1st of all thanks to Dav_ for posting this video on forum :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDLOfIDi2N4

when video reaches 1:00 u see that there are 16 spots
although only 2 players and 14 obsorvers this defenently means
the player cap was raised to 16! or atleast obsorvers =D

Actually, no. As mentioned those are only observer spots. The player limit is still 8 players. :)