Activision has reportedly despatched a stop and desist letter to the devs behind H2M Mod. The extremely anticipated fan mod for Name of Responsibility 4: Trendy Warfare Remastered was targeted on recreating and remastering the net multiplayer of Trendy Warfare 2 for PC gamers.
CoD4: MW Remastered launched in 2016 and included the unique marketing campaign in addition to a remastered model of that sport’s beloved multiplayer mode. Nonetheless, when Trendy Warfare 2 Remastered arrived in 2020, it solely included the marketing campaign and didn’t function any on-line multiplayer. For a lot of gamers, this was extraordinarily disappointing ,as MW2′s on-line multiplayer is taken into account by many CoD followers to be the perfect within the franchise’s historical past. So some fan modders determined to recreate MW2‘s on-line motion and maps utilizing CoD4: MW Remastered. And this mod, H2M, was set to reach very quickly. However then Activision allegedly stepped in and killed it.
On August 15, the builders behind H2M introduced on Twitter that that they had obtained a stop and desist letter from Activision and had been shutting down the mod “instantly.”
“Right this moment, our crew members obtained a Stop & Desist order on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the H2M-Mod mission,” posted the devs on Thursday. “We’re complying with this order and shutting down all operations instantly and completely.”
Kotaku has reached out to Activision for remark.
The H2M Mod deliberate to incorporate over 50 maps, a full MW2 progressions system, new attachments, gun camos, and unique killstreaks featured within the basic FPS.
Gamers weren’t glad concerning the information, particularly as a result of for the final week or so MW Remastered has been on sale on Steam, letting tons of gamers purchase the sport at a reduction as they waited for the mod to launch. So many individuals purchased MW Remastered due to the mod that it jumped into the highest 5 best-selling video games on Steam. On social media, gamers are sharing messages that they’re returning the sport and downvoting it. At present, MW Remastered has a “principally detrimental” evaluate standing on Steam.
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