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Activision shut down Modern Warfare multiplayer mod H2M to stop it “interfering” with Black Ops 6 sales, says mod makerPlayers start petition to bring it back
Players start petition to bring it back
Image credit:Activision
Image credit:Activision
Last week, the Xitter account for H2M - a mod aiming to recreate the heyday of classic Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer insideCall of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered-announced that they had received a cease and desistfrom Activision Blizzard, and would shut down the project. The2022 version of Modern Warfare 2lacked the original’s multiplayer, and H2M was so highly-anticipated that Steam sales of the 2016FPSbalooned 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 fansspeculated the discount was a deliberate bait-and-switchon 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 fromCall 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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Essentially, because of the popularity H2M was gaining and how close it is to Black Ops 6, releasing and kind of the marketing and the beta stuff like that, they did not want H2M interfering with possible sales ofBlack Ops 6
If you were looking forward to H2M, there is somewhat of a silver lining to the story, however. Hours after the news of the cease and desist came out, the mod had leaked online through several Discord servers, again viaInsider Gaming. “Around 800 people were playing the Mod at the time of writing, with thousands believed to have downloaded it,” they write.
There’s also currently a petition, with over 8000 signatures at the time of writing, named “Let H2M-Mod Live in peace.” From the petition:
H2M is a passionate project that has revived interest in a game long considered dormant, actually helping Activision earn money from a title many thought was dead. The proof? It’s been in the top 5 on the Steam charts for almost a week since it was announced and gained attention.
Instead of sending a cease and desist letter, Activision should thank the creators for dedicating countless hours to developing such an impressive mod for their game.
Consider the hundreds of thousands of dollars Activision has likely made thanks to this mod.
Best of luck with that, lads - although its hard to disagree with the sentiment. In other COD news, Activision are aiming tocut down the obscene install size for the next entry in the series.
