I really enjoyed WaW tbh. I had never played a WWII shooter before so it was a nice change for me
With regard to how much Treyarch are allowed to with the next game, according to Bash and Slash, IW have bugger all say in how Treyarch approach the multiplayer element of it. Treyarch are not owned at all by IW/Craptivision. They are an independant games studio that are just given the job of developing the next title.
I have a very strong feeling that normal dedicated servers will be available.
BTW did you know that the two head honcho's over at IW were fired last week! These guys were the creative force/drive behing the CoD franchise. Strange things are afoot
