Banned ‘Call Of Duty’ mod claims Activision were worried about the competition

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Activision reportedly filed a cease and desist letter against a fan-made Call Of Duty mod because they were worried it would impact Black Ops 6 sales.The H2M mod reworked the beloved multiplayer mode from Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and required players to own a copy of the remastered Modern Warfare to use it.Excitement around the project was so high, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered found itself back in the Steam charts as players bought the game in anticipation of the mod, but just before the project was launched, developers revealed Activision had forced them to shut the project down.“Today, our team members received a Cease & Desist order on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the H2M-Mod project.

We are complying with this order and shutting down all operations immediately and permanently,” they wrote on social media, and updated their X bio to read “SHUTDOWN”.Today, our team members received a Cease & Desist order on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the H2M-Mod project.

We are complying with this order and shutting down all operations immediately and permanently.— H2 Multiplayer Mod (@H2Multiplayer) August 15, 2024Now Watchful Wolf, a member of the H2M development team, has released a video addressing the situation. “Because of the popularity H2M was gaining and how close it is to Black Ops 6 releasing, they did not want H2M interfering with possible sales of Black Ops 6,” he said [via PC Gamer].“For people who suggest we should have just made it on [Black Ops 3] or something that allows mod support, I don’t think any project [that] garnered such popularity so close to a new game releasing [would be allowed].