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Activision unleash their full arsenal to silence Call Of Duty battle royale leaksPlug those leaks, fast
Plug those leaks, fast
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfareis probably getting a battle royale. At least, that’s if you’ve been following the leaked photos, trailers, and unintentionally-revealed menu options that have been popping up lately. Naturally, Activision are a bit miffed over these leaks. The publisher has taken a scorched-earth approach to stamping out these rumours - slamming takedown notices against leaked shots and issuing a subpoena against Reddit to get to the bottom of Call Of Duty’s worst-kept secret.
If Activision weren’t planning on cultivating a battle royale rumour-mill, they’ve done an awful job of it. ThatSeason 2 of Modern Warfarearrived with a “confidential” menu item doesn’t even scratch the surface -VGC reportsthat players have found their way into a massive environment full of popular Call Of Duty locations, much likeBlack Ops 4’s own battle royale map.
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Activision haven’t been taking these leaks too well. There’s the usual response, of course - removing videos and images from the internet, including a YouTube clip of a player wrangling their way into the mode’s tutorial. Amegathreadcollecting every known leak now notes that Activision have filed copyright against the “majority of the source material” linked in the thread, and forced the removal of all images in the post.
It’s a dense thread, even in its chopped-up state. The post hints at manyApex Legends-style features, from pings and respawns to the idea of a “jumpmaster” who controls the team’s flight path.
TorrentFreak reportsthat the publishers have gone even further, issuing a subpeona against Assyrian241O. This would require Reddit to share their personal details so that, I’d assume, Activision could take harsher actions against the leaker - and whoever gave them the saucy information.
Activision are understandably within their right to protect their launch. They’d rather release Warzone, or whatever it is they’re cooking up, on their own terms. But this mess has hardly earned the publishers much goodwill. Commenting on the megathread, Reddit user DougDagnabbit feels Activision have handled the situation in the “worst way possible”.
“I’m sure they didn’t intend on any of this to happen, but the public opinion of them has definitely gone down since everything started, and everyone knows the current public opinion on Activision isn’t exactly great.”
After all this, though, I’m definitely convinced that Warzone doesn’t exist. Absolutely certain. Totally sure. Yup.
