Activision has shut down an ambitious and widely anticipated mod for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered on the very same day as its planned release. "Today, our team members received a Cease & Desist order on behalf of Activision Publishing," the team behind free-to-play mod H2M tweeted last night. "We are complying with this order and shutting down all operations immediately and permanently.
" The H2M-Mod project essentially served as a Modern Warfare 2 (2009) revival mod that would have added all of the original game's maps, modes, weapons, killstreaks, and more to Modern Warfare Remastered, alongside some new stuff (attachments, camos, maps built using single-player environments, and an updated progression system.) The mod was supposed to be free, with the only requirement being ownership of Modern Warfare Remastered. An obviously huge undertaking such as the H2M mod was always sure to attract tons of attention ahead of its planned August 16 release date, but this time, online chatter translated to tangible sales.
Modern Warfare Remastered shot to the very top of Steam's sales charts a few days ago, only behind perennial giant Counter-Strike 2, and the seven-year-old shooter was pulling in higher concurrent player counts than it had since launch - all presumably fuelled by hype for the now-in-limbo mod. Needless to say, Activision's cease and desist order hasn't gone down well with the community, especially since the mod had very publicly been in development for years .