Activision Shut Down XLABS

Activision shut down Xlabs, a mod that adds a server browser and anti-cheat to MW2. It was the only safe way to play MW2 on PC. Plutonium is next. I think it was because their website had torrents.

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  1. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    What the frick? Shit ran scot-free for close to a decade, why only now is Bobby C&D'ing private servers for fricking Ghosts of all things?

    This is a huge story, more people need to be made aware of scummy homosexual publishers ruining everything. Plutonium goes down, that's the entire PC CoD community gone forever.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Today, we have received a Cease & Desist letter on behalf of Activision Publishing in relation to the X Labs project. We are complying with this order and shutting down all operations permanently. Thank you all for your support over the years.
      Activision is afraid because they are only capable of producing scammy shit targeting kids with their ultra-expensive skins and gambling mechanics. MW2 is supposedly their flagship title and it's the worst fricking game AND CoD I've ever seen.

      Activision tries to bolster down the competition, that's all. Even though these were fan made projects and only handful of people played them - like 2500 people at most...

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        how is MW2 so goddawful when all they needed to do was tweak MW2019?

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >MW2 is supposedly their flagship title and it's the worst fricking game AND CoD I've ever seen.
        It is not worse than Vanguard. C'mon. Still really bad though

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Vanguard was unbearably fricking cringe and I physically cannot deal with another Sledgehammer adventure into ESG scores. I can't.

          Maps were good though, MW2 has been depressing, it's clear most of the work goes towards that warzone shit.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            >Maps were good though,
            no they absolutely fricking were not. Vanguard is, to this day, the only post-4 CoD game I never reached prestige 1 in because I hated playing it so much. What they did to the World at War maps they added (Dome and Castle) is a goddamn travesty, and pic related might be the worst map in the entire series. Even the worst maps of lesser games like Ghosts, Infinite Warfare and MWII are still better than the majority of Vanguard's maps. IMO the only half-decent Vanguard map was Gavutu, and even that wasn't very good.

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              Even the total snoozefest that was WWII was universally better than Vanguard. It takes effort to make such a viscerally bad CoD game.

              • 10 months ago
                Anonymous

                I actually had fun with WW2, but I played it after that Humble Bundle and apparently rework or something.
                I have to say that the cosmetics (characters) were actually pretty great, mostly historical.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      I was surprised when I saw no threads. People need to be pissed. Activision should be held accountable for not fixing the game. Even fromsoft fixed their games

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >This is a huge story, more people need to be made aware of scummy homosexual publishers ruining everything.
      What's next? In-game item shops for real money?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >This is a huge story
      It's really not.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        It's pretty big, anon, not little news. Keep an eye on YouTube people are losing their fricking minds. Blops 3 influencers are declaring Jihad already. ATV or MS better say something.

  2. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Looks like this is a coordinated attack against any and all Call of Duty fanmods. No fricking way.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      it was self inflicted

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        Kek was this just on their website? Why even do this to yourself

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          I'm pissed this was on their website because if it wasn't they would probably be fine

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        morono moment. Should've just said "why yes, you do need a legal copy of MW2." We all know that's just to protect yourself don't go and actually say "no don't buy it" fml

  3. 10 months ago
    saucy

    codbros???

  4. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    they better not frick with plutonium

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >First SM2
      >Now XLABS Launcher...
      you know whos next

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah if Plutonium is taken down, it's truly over. I guess COD4 is still around but I play MW2 and Black Ops 2 all the time.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      How is it legal to sell regular copies on Steam then? Those games on Steam have fricking RCE exploits and more problems lmao. How is this fricking legal.

      This week it gets down 100%. They are on a roll for some reason. Yoyo and some other guys were ramping up development of WW2 client too so yeah i guess this is dead now for sure.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      I wouldn't risk my life for any amount of money to try and frick with Plutonium.

  5. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Posters:4
    Doubt

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Just fricking have a nice day, you are the reason why gaming is so bad these days. Reason: you are brain dead cretin.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        literally most people dont know that thing was exist in the first place before the shut down announcement got spread like fire.
        heck, everyone gonna forget about it again in few days and going back playing MWII again like nothing happened.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Even my 12 year old won't play cod online on his console because its full of cheaters
          Laugh at Epic or Blizzard all you want but st least their anti cheat systems are more competent, I don't think they care with cod though, their lifetime of each online is really only a year or 2 long until the next one so why bother?
          See also: Rockstar. Probably the worst most broken level of cheating and hacking in gaming - couple months back they had an exploit running for a week that let people with mod menus literally access your PC even if you were on singleplayer. Doesn't bother rockstar, game consistently rakes in money month by month

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Hell no, I won't forget. I have played MW2 and Black Ops 2 since I got my first potato laptop. I literally found out it was taken down when I tried to play today.

  6. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    anybody got backups of the links that were lost?

  7. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >playing COD multiplayer on PC

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >consoleBlack person
      many such cases

  8. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Why don't they just migrate to russia like a lot of the private wow servers did

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      that's what i'm hoping

  9. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    IM FRICKING SEETHING RIGHT NOW

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      im sneeding as well

  10. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >It was the only safe way to play MW2 on PC.
    why?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Official retail versions are P2P trash riddled with RCE exploits.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        why not fix it then

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Callduties are being supported exactly 1 year after initial release, then it's abandonware.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      MW2 and older CODS use peer-to-peer connections. This allows hackers to take control of your entire PC. It's the same reason the old Dark Souls games got their online taken down, but even From fixed the online.

  11. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    BO3 is gone
    plutonium will be next probably

  12. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    it is so fricking over

    this was the most fun i'd had with cod in ages

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      sane

      frick me it was just so nice to be able to hop on MW2 and just go a few rounds with out gay fricking SBMM and frickery

  13. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >cease and desist
    Why do people care about these? Why not just say hey frick you bro, I wrote this software myself and it happens to interact with the one you wrote but so what? Protocols aren't protected by IP laws. As long as the servers don't enable piracy that is.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Idk, unless you are personally served you can feign ignorance and ignore it but there are some laws in some places that consider the letter going into your mailbox as confirmation and acknowledgement.

      But considering some company's like wizards of the coast sending Pinkerton agents to ransack someone's house I'd be a afraid of Activision doxxing me and sending thugs to intimidate and mess with my shit

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        So sue then?
        No, not Activision. Sue the thugs

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Yeah let me ask for their ID while they trash my place and leave threatening messages while I'm away.

  14. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    reminds me of when EA shut down the fan made BF2/2142 project

    technically they brought it upon themselves but my frick

  15. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    They were straight up encouraging piracy of the games. I'm surprised they lasted this long.

  16. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >Plutonium is not open source, so no one else can re-host it when it goes down.
    They're probably gonna get fricked as well. Enjoy it while it lasts.

  17. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >It was the only safe way to play MW2 on PC
    lol 80% of these subhumans were cheating anyway
    shit was ridiculous
    >report someone with video evidence to admins
    >he is just a good player bro
    SUBHUMAN SCUM even server admins were hacking

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >everyone better than me is cheating

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        Skill issue the post

        kys you third world subhuman troony cheater scum

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          I never saw any cheaters

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            You got cheated good if you didn't know

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Skill issue the post

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Not hacking as well
      Skill issue

  18. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    There are people on this board that willingly give these companies money.
    lmao

  19. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I can't tell if this is for MW2 2009 or MW2 2022

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      2009

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      The OG 2009 game.

  20. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Is this because big youtubers have been giving these clients publicity?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      No clue

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      SM2 was so bad that it also killed off other clients as collateral damage.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      It's probably related to the fact a) Activision is afraid and instead of spending time to actually making enjoyable games they go after some mod community which has about thousand daily players and b) they are doing a clean-up following the Microshit takeover, maybe they need to show they are in "control" and care about their "IP".

  21. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Everyone should be mad. Activision should be held accountable for actually stealing consumers money

  22. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    activision: hey that overwatch 2 thing is still fresh but how can we piss off gamers more?

  23. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    These services are all fricking dead population wise anyways. I can't find any God damn S&D game outside this one Aussie server that's in Vanilla MW2.

    Only Plutonium has a good population and that's just for Zombies

  24. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    The worst part is that BO3 added steam checks yesterday/2 days ago in a show of good faith

  25. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >they still charge full price for games releaced in 2010

  26. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    serves all these gays right. ALL of them added some shit monetization scam to their shit that made them vulnerable to C&Ds. Hope Activision goes after more of these fricks too

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      really? post pics

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        google is your friend chud

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          no it’s not

  27. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >buying anything activision and expecting it to be supported
    I'm sorry for your loss codgays but this is par for the course with this shitheap company, they could make an MCC-like launcher that combines all the cods into one cohesive game with crossplay and roll in the dough but instead they do gay shit like this to try to push people towards their newer and inferior products.
    Only thing you can hope for now is unaffiliated games that tickle the cod itch, they'll be immune from this frickery.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >they could make an MCC-like launcher
      >no server browser
      >no dev console
      >no mod support
      >no map tools
      >no native GSC script support
      No, thank you. I'm good.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >no server browser
        false
        >no dev console
        sure but mod tools are out
        >no mods
        see above
        >no map tools
        see above again
        >no native GSC script support
        homie what
        MCC does Halo more justice as it is today than you think, and certainly better than shitivision's failed remake attempts

  28. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Holy SHIT I hope Bobby Kotick is slaughtered by the Cartel for killing the only way to play MW2 on PC

  29. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Does anyone here have knowledge about working in the game industry ?

  30. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I hate Activision so goddamn much it's unreal. Imagine giving money to these corporations.

  31. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    So... How long until the next MW2 client drops? I'm not getting my computer hacked by autists on a decade+ old game.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Since IW4X wasn't open source, probably will take a long time, IW4X was worked on for multiple years.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      This is going to slow down any client development anon so you will wait for a very long time. People are scared now and some modders were preparing WW2 client and they just said they are dropping development. This acti streak will push away a lot of modders trying to do anything so unless some team of chinese or russians will make some shit then say goodbye to custom clients this time.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Probably never, population was at its peak during the aIW days and it never recovered since. I haven't seen more than 300 concurrent players on IW4x regardless of the time of day.

  32. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Microsoft, you fricking children, Activision had NOTHING to do with this.

    b***h at Phil Spencer, not us.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >not us
      >us
      Okay Actiblizz employee. Care to tell more u little homosexual?

  33. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I still play vanilla BO2 on Steam.
    I dunno, Vector in Plutonium feels like shit, did they nerf it or something?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      You don't do internet banking on that pc, right, anon? Right?

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >I still play vanilla BO2 on Steam.
        Why would you do that lmao this is risky as frick nowadays. I tried last year and had to reinstall windows after 2 days of playing.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Dude every P2P CoD still has RCE exploits and other shit like that. They "patched" it once but other exploits emerged instantly and so they just didnt gave a shit and left those games to die.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah it's also a software legal landmine which their (or Microsoft's) dumbfrick legal team stepped on today.

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              Its fricking hilarious how those games are also backwards compatible on Xbox series/one and homosexuals with JTAGs xbox 360's still mod lobbies which makes those games on consoles unplayable too AND they can change your gamerscore and name and get your account banned lmao. MS is hosting that shit in their store. This is not just PC problem because of JTAGGED consoles and CFW PS3's.

              • 10 months ago
                Anonymous

                In the end, Sony always wins. Microsoft just bought endless lawsuits as every hacked and fricked pc with old cods on them will be their liability.

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              I mean Activision would need a legal intervention by a third party because their games revolve around scamming people. MW2 release was a very fine example of this, almost bait and switch. And to this day it still doesn't even work properly on some people's machines.

              • 10 months ago
                Anonymous

                If little frickface Timmy in Europe's mommy's credit card or her nudes are stolen through vanilla retail blops 2 pc exploit, a Microsoft product btw, then you're gonna see some crazy legal spegetti.

              • 10 months ago
                Anonymous

                Thats not going to happen tho. Amount of people playing is insanely small anyways and Timmy plays nu CoDs instead of old "boomer" games.

              • 10 months ago
                Anonymous

                Okay anon, I believe you, steady as she goes. God you're smart, they should make you king of thinking.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >I still play vanilla BO2 on Steam.
      Why would you do that lmao this is risky as frick nowadays. I tried last year and had to reinstall windows after 2 days of playing.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        What about playing campaign?

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Playing campaign is fine but dont go online its legit fricking moronic to do so in those games on steam.

  34. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Tomorrow at 3pm PT all Call Of Duty titles are going on Gamepass.

  35. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Why don't people play H1?
    Shader compilation stutter?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Nobody knows about this client because it didn't get publicity.

  36. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >IW4x stops using Tor to distribute the game
    >Opens a patreon and discord, which is known to give personal information when requested
    >BOIII Client is locked to patreon only.
    >C&D suddenly shows up
    hmmmmmmmm

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Who owns discord?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      this, modders nowadays are fricking moronic and don't realize they're in a grey zone

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      LMAO, based MS legal pajeets fricking up cod.

      In early 2021, Discord spurned a $12 billion acquisition offer from Microsoft, an eye-popping sum for a nine-year-old social communications startup whose app saw a tsunami of new users during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

  37. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    BTW, IW4x is still playable because the server browser has a backup P2P server list.

  38. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    IW4X IS STILL ALIVE, FRICK ACTIVISION Black folk

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      I never liked MW2 tbh.
      Apparently they're porting MW2R weapons and maps into H1.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      How so???

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        If you already have the game and Xlabs client, you can still play.

  39. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    So this is cod under Microsoft, just a legal hellscape?

  40. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Didn't some of these morons have direct links to pirate the game on their site? I know nobody wants to buy old cod games because of the israelite prices but when you do shit like that it's expected

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Didn't some of these morons have direct links to pirate the game on their site?
      I'm pretty sure all of them do.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Anon I assure you that nobody at Activision gave a frick, lots of devs played on Xlabs as well.

      This is all the new guys doing it.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        You're a fricking moron

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Welcome to contact legal and confirm, Microwiener.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >noooo pirates have the right to do what they want! Master race! Master race! TotK? Played it through, was SHIT! suck it up tendies!

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >$1000 sales lost to piracy
        Vs
        >Millions in PR damage

        Tell me you're a Microsoft legal Pajeet without telling me you're a Microsoft legal Pajeet.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          in PR damage
          LMAO nobody will even know or care about this outside of a small Internet community
          You guys are deluded

  41. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >keep all dev names hidden
    >run all servers in DMCA-free or legally not present country
    Why they just can't do that?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      because homosexuals want credit

  42. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Online FPS games are dead.
    Get used to it.

  43. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    This is gonna be niche but maybe some of you autists can explain

    I love playing offline MW2 bots with controller support on IW4X. But then they started forcing you to use their gay ass XLabs launcher to even boot it up

    Its why I fricked hated Plutonium. Are they still doing this shit?

  44. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    CoD sôýboýs
    >nooo we got a C&D from actibliz we must stop the service immediately!
    >fanbase doesn't even revolt and just keeps playing the newst goyslop CoD trash
    Meanwhile WoW chads
    >dozens of successful private servers
    >many got C&D letters of the years
    >0 fricks given, community supports them

    they swim in money and all bobby kotick can do is watch and seethe

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      LMAO You motherfrickers are next in Microsoft's sights they will drone strike or pay other Russians to correct you if you're outside of extradition.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >two more weeks

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          Actually, today.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      I'm revolting I haven't bought a new cod since 2019

  45. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    None of you seem to understand, Microsoft is in charge now. They're already calling the shots, it's over for all of you.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Wouldn't be shocked if they shut down all the old cod console servers once they take over. I'll be pissed since I like playing blackout occasionally.

  46. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Bummer. IW4x was the only way to play a fairly active MW2. The original is fricking dead.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      All cod games are coming to Gamepass hold on to your skirt it'll be announced at the Xbox showcase.

  47. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    You can still play all the good cods on ps3

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Frick off Sony, not your IP.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Not if you changed your PSN name or made an account after 2015 or so.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >controller
      >having to pay for DLC maps
      >homosexuals running shitty mods through custom firmware consoles
      no thank you

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      You cant. Its infested with modding cheaters with cfw just like jtag Black folks on Xbox.

  48. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I'm confused. Is this the new MW2 or actual MW2 from years back? You're telling me the new MW2 is exploitable by hacks and stuff? Is that why I'm already behind the corner and yet somehow I die from a shot even on my killscreen?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      No its about oldgay one. Nu MW2 has problems with cheaters on both pc and console tho. Ranked is barely playable because of that lol.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        Okay, that makes more sense. I'll admit, I kind of enjoy the new MW2 just for stupid fun. It's just a stupid run and gun game I like to play with friends and talk shit when we beat each other on the scoreboards, even though we all know it's moron levels of "skill based". Just a fun time with the guys. Back in old school MW2 it at least had some semblance of skill involved, even if not much by FPS standards. If nuMW2 was hackable I could always blame that when I get rekt while drunk and my friend manages to beat me for once.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Is that why I'm already behind the corner and yet somehow I die from a shot even on my killscreen?
      no, that's because the fricking monkeys can't make a proper netcode to save their lives, but they'll still shill their moronic cod league garbage pretending they're releasing a competitive game

  49. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    makes sense they cant get more money if people play old games

  50. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    And nothing of value was lost

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      KYS troon

  51. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    codgays get what they fricking deserve

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      And nothing of value was lost

      >noooooooo, think of the poor multi billion dollar companies!

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