Activision reportedly serves cease-and-desists on Call of Duty modders and fan server operators

[Jan]

Activision forces takedown of fan-created mods and servers for old Call of Duty games

Activision Blizzard has forced the shutdown of dedicated fan servers and mods for old Call of Duty (COD) games being run by fans of the franchise, Ars Technica reports.

According to the publication, the COD game publisher recently took legal action against modding group SM2 and custom client and server provider X Labs.

 

[_TrXtR_]

Yeah I think this is an excellent invite for hackers to kill off your company. Can't serve your customers if you don't have stable servers.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Well this sux

 

[Swa]

I'm all for preserving old stuff but this sounds like a bit more. They practically reversed engineered it and provided their own versions.