COD players angry as Activision takes legal action against Black Ops 3 mod X Labs ActivisionCOD community members expressed their disappointment as a second mod in five days shut down operations because of legal actions. An annual release cycle makes it difficult to revisit classic COD titles. Once a new game releases, fans flock to the new shiny product. And an unfortunate byproduct of yearly releases is old series entries not having enough players to host servers. Small development teams have put the onus upon themselves to keep classic experiences alive for players that may have missed our or want to relive their favorite maps and weapons. For example, sm2 was an ambitious mod project that used the Modern Warfare 2019 engine and over 100 iconic weapons from previous games. Community members were looking forward to rewinding the clock and rehashing an old era of the franchise, but Activision stepped in and forced the developers to stop mid-development. Players slammed the decision and took to social media again after another passion project saw its run end. COD players mourn loss of second mod within same week Just five days after sm2 shut its doors, X Labs announced on May 22: \u201cWe have received a Cease & Desist letter on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the X Labs project.\u201d The development team confirmed: \u201cWe are complying with this order and shutting down all operations permanently. Thank you all for your support over the years.\u201d X Labs was a community-made Call of Duty project that featured modded versions of previous COD titles like Black Ops 3. ModernWarzone responded to the news by claiming: \u201cThe biggest issue with Activision shutting down mods like XLabs is that there is no safe alternative to play older Call of Duty games online anymore.\u201d The Call of Duty insider argued it\u2019s unsafe for players to revisit old games on console because it puts their personal information in danger. Treyarch released an update for Black Ops 3 in March to address hacking issues but didn\u2019t provide the same assistance to console users. FPS streamer strahfe didn\u2019t hold back while calling out Activision. \u201cyou guys are absolute fuc*in clowns, maybe make a half-decent product & people won\u2019t be forced to do your job for you.\u201d YouTuber Mutahar added: \u201cI\u2019m devastated. I actually play this about every day at this point. It\u2019s the only fun cod, and fuc*ing Activision ruins it. Fu*k you.\u201d Some COD community members fear that this is only the beginning of a long string of legal action against other fan-made projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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