A team of modders was working on a pretty cool mod for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, called H2M. H2M was aiming to recreate the original MW2 multiplayer experience in COD: MW Remastered. This mod was meant to come out today. However, mere hours before it hit the Internet, Activision has shut it down.
This is one of the main reasons we always suggest keeping a low profile until your fan project is out. Most gamers believed this mod would fall into the “Fair Use” category. However, it appears that Activision was not OK with it.
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 15, 2024
What’s also funny is that a lot of gamers are currently review-bombing COD: MW Remastered. And, I’m pretty certain that most of them will pre-order Black Ops 6.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered came out in 2017. That’s seven years ago. So, these Overwhelming Negative reviews will not achieve anything. In all honesty, these reviews feel like they are coming from immature people. There is another term for them. Crybabies. If you want to make an impact, do something about the sales of the new COD game. But oh no, you must play it. So yeah, crybabies.
Anyway, it’s a shame that the mod was shut down. From what I could see, it had a lot of potential. And it sucks that Activision shut it down on its launch date. But hey, that’s how the gaming business works. And as I said, if you are unhappy with Activision, STOP BUYING ITS NEW GAMES. Plain and simple.
Finally, I’ve included the official trailer for the H2M Mod below. This video should give you an idea of what its modding team was trying to achieve. So, go ahead and take a look.
Enjoy!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
Contact: Email
Any company which messes with the modding community deserves complete bankruptcy.
The sadreality is fools will keep suporting them, meaning that will never happen!
They could also boycott microtransactions in the CoD games they are playing.
this stops when you stop buying cod.
all the effort went down the drain!
COD fans aren't going to stop buying the next game in the series no matter the price or the quality of the game. Over the years I have asked quite a few COD fans (and there are millions of them) why they pre-order or buy at release every new game and the most honest answer I have ever received is, "a lot of my friends play them and I would miss out on the fun if I wait."
Don't be deceived by the lack of gamers discussing COD games on PC gaming sites. They are here (but mostly on console sites) but they have learned not to comment much because others give then a hard time. When a game every year generates over half a billion dollars in revenue within a few days of release then you see the huge size of the fan base. It's a endless gold mine for Activision.
People who are playing the newest COD and preordering the next one don't give a single crap about a mod from a 2017 COD, you and John are criticizing the wrong target.
This is the exact same reason why EA is raking in so much cash on FIFA/FC or whatever it's called now and Madden.
Complacency breeds mediocrity.
Yes, EA is also an offender with their sports games. It's amazing that year after year they sell essentially the same game with just a different roster and a bit of updating and now they are up to $70 a game.
off topic: Look at what complacency has done to Intel. They are a train wreck now. Stock is down 40% in the last month and this is just the beginning. Hard to feel any pity for them though.
Indeed. I called the Intel downfall years ago, since it was quite visible that they are just sitting on their hands with the 14nm architecture that they kept milking to a ridiculous degree without anything else to show for it.
AMD invested into the future and now it pays off for them enormously, especially in the enterprise sector.
Regarding EA, it's even worse than COD in my opinion because that franchise at least innovates the tech it's running on, but Madden?
I'm not their customer but even I get pissed off whenever I see the irrefutable regression in both the feature set and the underlying framework. A highway robbery.
The ONLY reason they were milking 14nm is because they couldn't get their 10nm lithography to actually work and they didn't want to license it from the US group that owns the IP like TSMC does.
The reason why the US can stop TSMC from selling the best stuff to China or Russia or Iran is because TSMC only licenses the EUV IP they don't own it themselves. It is owned by a group of American corporations that was formed using US Federal Tax Dollars to pay for the R&D involved
FOMO is a powerful form of propaganda especially for those who have a Herd Mentality
Almost like a cult… same with fifa players, no matter how abused they are they still want to be abused even more. Clear cases of Stockholm's syndrome
People who buy annual sports/fps franchises are not the audience of the mod, but Activision shut it down anyway in case the mod goes viral and steal part of their audience, it's not like Steam who lives from the online store and can absorb fan projects to their fold like Black Mesa and such.
Steam will also shut you don't if the IP holder of the game requests it. Read their subscriber agreement
I hate Steam workshop and wish modders stop using it, or at least provide the files elsewhere.
Just wait until Activision's new Overlord hears about this, cool-guy Phil Spencer.
Always remember guys, Microsoft cares about us PC gamers, which is why they love making Windows better by stuffing more "AI-CoPilot" into it.
Can't wait until the Xbox handheld wipes the floor for Valve…
I Remember when Call of Duty was a good game make your own maps make your own rules choose your server vote to kick now its just greed and money and bollocks to the consumer.
These are the same idiots that worked on SM2, which also got DMCA'd. You'd think they would have learned their lesson and released H2M suddenly to have it out on the internet before Activision showed up with the ban hammer, but NOPE! I have no sympathy for retardation.
What is SM2? And i agree, these mods most likely to get banned should be "leaked" on torrent sites, with support for pirated copies, but these goody two shoes want to help sales of these stupid corporations, so they can work on their coding sweatshops.
Fans trying to make something actually entertaining & fun ; Microsoft, Activision, EA, Ubisoft, Rockstar, Nintendo : " Shut it down! SHUT it down! we're gonna loose money. Its a THREAT"
It's not all baseless tbh. They could either turn lemons into lemonades (getting in touch with the modders to monetize the mod/fan game for them) or just issue a C&D and win money if the subject don't comply. Many go with the latter, unfortunately. And in a predatory business such as COD business, i think even if they tried to put the mod under their umbrella they would lose money.
From the business perspective, could be a right thing IF only they were listening to fan demands and actually delivered something better than modders in response. But nope not the case here. I smell greed in their games business not entertainment anymore. CDPR, capcom, netherrealm and namco might be a little bit harsh but they openly accept modding and enjoy their creativity
Modding a game is a privilege not a right. You DO NOT own a game, you only license their use …. Look at your Steam User Agreement which they call a subscriber agreement because Steam is a subscription service like Netflix or Disney+
Valve hereby grants, and you accept, a non-exclusive license and right, to use the Content and Services for your personal, non-commercial use (except where commercial use is expressly allowed herein or in the applicable Subscription Terms). This license ends upon termination of (a) this Agreement or (b) a Subscription that includes the license. The Content and Services are licensed, not sold. Your license confers no title or ownership in the Content and Services
GOG User agreement is basically the same
So (unless you have prior GOG permission) please don’t
modify, merge, distribute, translate, reverse engineer,
decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works of
GOG services or GOG content – unless you’re allowed in
this Agreement or by the law in your country.
Pirating this POS is my privilege all right.
Hahahaha
Hah! If people would've followed the so called "agreement" a lot of games would've either lost or won't be playable today, which they are, thanks to modders. And btw who actually follows these volatile agreements when they change every now and then. Nobody cares about it just like cookies on the internet. "VideoGames are Toys for fun & experience ". Companies should remember that. People buy game. People get game. If they have it in their possession they own it. They have fun and they can do whatever with it and share it with others so that everyone can have a fun experience. Its when companies make it a product of greed then they do things like this.
I like how they sent the letter after they banked on the sales from the recent hype for this mod.
Instant classic.
Capitalism never changes…
But it's still better than Communism …… By a long shot
Which goes to show the audience for this mod is not the same as the people preordering the next one, as John claims. I wouldn't bank on buying a game just for a mod, i would rather pirate it and play the mod if possible.
John, you sure about this?
Just looking at its file-size (129 KB), I have my doubts…
There is a .png file in the archive, probably with instructions, but I'm not going to download it since I have no interest.
Better hope it doesn't have anything malicious hidden in the EXIF header
https://umbrella.cisco.com/blog/picture-perfect-how-jpg-exif-data-hides-malware
It's just a pic of a random fat dude.
It's just a pic of a fat dude, don't know if John is just trolling people or just his usual dumb.
Yeah it was fake, I removed the update and the link.
You should have issued an apology, you could infect someone PC with your incompetence.
boohoo boohoo you still crying moron. Did the mean old man hurt your feelings moron? Do you need a hug from him to make it all better moron? boohoo boohoo moron. do you need your mommy moron?
Hello, Stew Pidd.
Such pettiness from Johnny crybaby. People who would still bother playing a mod from a 2017 game (and also having the agency to put a negative review) are not the target audience of the new COD!! If some of them do preorder a new COD, show proof, don't come with r3tard3d general statements about "crybabies".
Let's not also forget that Johnny crybaby favorite subject is game with predatory pratices and games with treat PC players as Third class civilians (cough, GTA6, cough). Such hypocrisy will not go unchallanged, Johnny boy.
It's hilarious that Just a few days ago John was shilling for COD2 with RTX.
" If you want to make an impact, do something about the sales of the new COD game."
I never bought a single COD game, and i'm sure the impact of my choice is minimal, if it even exist. You can't vote with your wallet against a bovine audience, big investors, etc, but John sure loves giving stupid advice.
"This is one of the main reasons we always suggest keeping a low profile until your fan project is out."
Hey john, quick question: If you see someone making a fan project based on a famous IP, what do you do with the information:
1) Keep a low profile; or
2) Make a new post reporting on said fan project, exposing thousands of people, and potentially the lawyer firms of corporations?
We all know the answer for the question, so when are you going to help those developers complete their projects, by simply not talking about it?
"UPDATE:
Someone has leaked the full mod and you can download it from this link."
Guys, the link is fake, Thanks, Johnny fake news.
Yeap, it was a fake file. It took me a while to remove it as I was quite busy today with meetings and some other stuff. My bad.
Could have sworn you was trolling us with the tone of the article lmao.
Well Duh! I know all they wanted was to announce their work and all that jazz but that was a stupid move they may have been able to continue if they didn't paint a massive target on their project by making a public announcement.
Johnny provides a fake link without checking which could have a virus, spyware, etc, removes and don't even issue an apology, crybaby scum.
You click on every link you see? Your a moron. Dont do that moron. You get virus that way moron. Are you a friend of that mongrel slime ball dagoat?
Are you Stew Pidd? Sure seems like you are the real deal and not an alt.
Check my account moron. I have it since 2013. moron dont make fun of my name. I dont like that moron. Answer my question moron are you a friend of that mongrel filth dagoat?
Maybe just ignore activision and release the mod on torrents… then if they ask about it, say you were hacked. Screw em
well THAT was kind.
you can always, ALWAYS count on Activision and the companies like it to expertly read the consumer mood and honor all possible / likely public reactions to their business machinations.
that's why they're the best. that's why everyone loves 'em — they simply KNOW gamers. they just know what their fans want. they know how well this looks to the longterm players they depend on for profitability.
well done, Activision, you've done it again. just HOURS OUT from release, too! what a heartwarming story. imagine how good that must've felt to the excited people who'd worked so hard on it: "Finally! Launch day! oh boy! here we gOH NO"
4 stars*, Activision!
[*out of 4,000]