Activision Blizzard has stepped in and shut down the favored PC Name of Obligation fan venture, X Labs.
In line with the workforce behind X Labs – a well-liked Name of Obligation modded consumer – Activision despatched them a stop and desist letter on Could 22 and was compelled to close down all operations instantly (by way of PCGamer).
“Right this moment, we’ve acquired a Stop & Desist letter on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the X Labs venture,” the modding workforce mentioned on Twitter. “We’re complying with this order and shutting down all operations completely. Thanks all on your assist through the years.”
Right this moment, we’ve acquired a Stop & Desist letter on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the X Labs venture. We’re complying with this order and shutting down all operations completely. Thanks all on your assist through the years.
— X Labs (@XLabsProject) May 22, 2023
As of in the present day (Could 23) X Labs has formally shut down its web site, Patreon, and Discord channel. As PCGamer famous, X Labs wasn’t distributing full Name of Obligation video games, it was a mod pack, so gamers had been required to have the bottom recreation put in for it to work.
This isn’t the primary fan venture to be shut down by the writer. On Could 17, Sm² — a modded Name of Obligation consumer primarily based on the Trendy Warfare 2 engine — was closed down.
The creators behind the software program launched an analogous assertion to XLabs on Twitter, saying, “…a workforce member acquired a Stop & Desist letter on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the sm² venture. We’re complying with this order and shutting down all operations completely. Thanks all on your assist over the previous 2 years.”
Plenty of different community-made tasks have additionally been shut down previously, equivalent to IW4X. In 2021, probably the most well-liked Name of Obligation: Warzone stat monitoring web sites was issued an order to close down by attorneys representing the writer, and now not exists.
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