Image credit: H2M / Activision
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered mod, H2M, has been cancelled following a cease and desist demand from Activision.
Although the mod – which upgraded Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer mode – was announced over a year ago, the cease and desist arrived yesterday, a day before the mod was scheduled to be released later today.
“Today, our team members received a Cease & Desist order on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the H2M-Mod project,” the team explained on Twitter/X.
“We are complying with this order and shutting down all operations immediately and permanently.”
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, 2024
“Genuinely heartbroken,” said one of the volunteer developers.
“Over a year of work from a dedicated group of people working for FREE to relive a fan favorite Call of Duty. Not a penny earned despite generating THOUSANDS OF SALES FOR ACTIVISION, all to get shut down AFTER PEOPLE SPENT THEIR MONEY. I’m sorry everyone.”
The news has sent waves of Call of Duty fans to the Modern Warfare 2’s Steam page, where players are expressing their displeasure by review bombing the game. Many fans say they expressly bought the 2017 remaster on Steam in order to experience it with the H2M mod.
Activision is set to roll out over the course of several updates ahead of Black Ops 6’s October launch, promising to introduce a streamlined interface, direct access to games, more control over downloads, and expanded texture streaming technology to reduce file sizes.
A first update to reorganise game content arrives on 21st August. Then, following Black Ops 6’s open beta on 30th August, a new user interface and other “remaining updates” are scheduled for mid-October. After these “larger initial updates”, Activision says future Call of Duty downloads will decrease in size and existing files will take up less space on players’ devices.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and certain tiers of Game Pass on 25th October.
