‘H2M’ offered players a remastered take on ‘Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2’’s multiplayer Activision has issued a cease & desist letter against a hugely popular Call Of Duty mod. H2M was due for release today (August 16) and would have given Modern Warfare Remastered players an expanded multiplayer playground to explore. Based on the original Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ’s beloved multiplayer mode, the new mod would have brought over 50 maps and a new progression system to the 2017 game.

A number of Modern Warfare 2 killstreaks and weapon attachments would also have been made available in Modern Warfare Remastered . The mod was so popular, it had caused sales of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered to increase dramatically, with the game re-entering the top ten of Steam ’s best-selling titles earlier this week. However hours after releasing a new trailer, the team behind H2M shared a statement on social media.

“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 , 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.