[Hostile_18]

Last week, the Xitter account for H2M - a mod aiming to recreate the heyday of classic Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer inside Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered - announced that they had received a cease and desist from Activision Blizzard, and would shut down the project. The 2022 version of Modern Warfare 2 lacked the original's multiplayer, and H2M was so highly-anticipated that Steam sales of the 2016 FPS balooned in the lead-up to the mod's planned release date. It didn't hurt that Activision had it on sale, of course, but the timing lined up so well that some fans speculated the discount was a deliberate bait-and-switch on the publisher's part to profit from excitement over a mod they were already planning to shut down.

In all, H2M was set to include remasters of every classic Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer map, campaign levels tweaked for multiplayer, and all the maps from Call Of Duty 4 - for a total of 54 maps. Basically, it was a lot of work, took a long time, and Activision waited until the very last minute to get all litigious about it.

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It's one thing shutting down a mod (even though other entries have official mod support) but they clearly got all the sales they could from the hype and waited until last minute to shut it down. Modern Warfare 2 remastered is getting review bombed to hell right now.

Seems like Microsoft don't love gamers playing where they want to play after all.

 

[TaySan]

Scummy as hell they took advantage of the hype and run.

 

[Hostile_18]

Scummy as hell they took advantage of the hype and run.

So short sighted as well, all the extra sales they would have got on top after release + the goodwill of the community. It's telling that they fear a fan made project on a shoestring budget can compete with a multi million pound operation.

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® Remastered (2017)

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[Amorous Biscuit]

Really shit move and if they had any respect for their audience they would immediately revoke the C&D. It's made them money unexpectedly and I hope a tonne of refunds are being sent through.

 

[Hostile_18]

Really shit move and if they had any respect for their audience they would immediately revoke the C&D. It's made them money unexpectedly and I hope a tonne of refunds are being sent through.

You know its bad when even Nintendo would say they have gone too far lol.

 

[thebigR]

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Seems like Microsoft don't love gamers playing where they want to play after all.

I wonder if its because Microsoft is the headless chicken that let's its acquisitions run the way they want outside of any structural reassignment when necessary. This is classic Activision at play.

 

[J-Roderton]

Really shitty of them.

 

[Mirabilis]

That's some BS by Activision. Could have shut it down at any point, but to wait until a day before launch, dirtbag move.

 

[Bolivar]

I don't know about them intentionally waiting until the last minute to pull the plug. Maybe they didn't know this was going to be a big thing until they saw the sales and this is how long it took for legal to move on it. Drafting this stuff takes time.

A lot of the people affected could have refunded. Buying a game in anticipation of a mod is not bright.

Gotta get everyone in the Blops beta for as much data and feedback as possible. It's a game people are going to continue to play after the novelty wears off, unlike H2M.

This had to be done.