Call of Duty Browser Game Ports Taken Down by Activision

Checked: October 29, 2026. Reporting from XDA Developers, tbreak and FRVR, cross-checked against the Steam store pages for both Black Ops games. We did not play the ports and will not link to mirrors.

What Activision took down

According to XDA, the developer, who posts as Luckey Faraday, said Activision targeted him "for porting CoD games to the browser". There were two projects. One was a version of Black Ops II's multiplayer map Hijacked with AI-controlled enemies, published under the name "Claude of Duty: Vibe Slops II". The other was Kino Der Toten, the zombies map from the first Black Ops. Both were built with the help of AI coding agents, XDA wrote, and both project pages said their "maps, models, and animations were exported from the original PC games".

That last detail is the whole story. These were not new games inspired by Call of Duty. They were Activision's own assets, pulled out of games that are still on sale, running on someone else's website for free. XDA's own read was that more notices were likely, given how many browser ports of older games had appeared in the previous weeks.

Our view: the technical trick is real, and that is why the clips went viral. The legal position was never in doubt. A project that ships a publisher's maps and models does not become fair game because an AI wrote the loader.

Screenshot: Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Steam (Activision). Official store image; the browser port is not shown.

GODEEPER: If you were looking for a free shooter that runs in a tab and is actually licensed, our best io games by genre list checked Krunker's live lobby count and update log in October.

Fallout: New York went first

The Fallout case ran a few days ahead of the Call of Duty one, and it shows the same pattern from a different angle. Chris First presented Fallout: New York as a browser-playable Fallout game built with Claude Opus 5.5, with quests, dialogue, V.A.T.S. combat and a working Pip-Boy, tbreak reported on October 4. The video drew 3.5 million views on X before First said the project was coming down. FRVR, which reported the takedown on October 2, quoted the ZeniMax email, which said the domain the game used included "copyrighted material produced by Zenimax Media", and First's reply that "the suits got involved and the fun is over".

tbreak was careful about what that means: "That was a demand from the rights holder, not a court ruling on AI-generated games." The same piece covered a separate case, an AI-assisted decompilation of 2009's Modern Warfare 2, where footage posted on X was disabled after a copyright report.

Unlike the Black Ops ports, Fallout: New York did not ship Bethesda's files; its creator said the city and characters were generated through code. It still came down. According to tbreak, ZeniMax's notice also pointed to the fallout.nyc domain, tying the project's branding to the Fallout trademark, and the email FRVR quoted says ZeniMax has an "obligation as a trademark owner" to act against unauthorised use of it. "Made by AI" protected neither project.

What you can play legally

The Black Ops games themselves are still sold on Steam. Call of Duty: Black Ops came out on November 9, 2010 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II on November 12, 2012; both listed at $39.99 when we checked the store on October 29. That is the official way to play Kino Der Toten on a PC today.

Screenshot: Call of Duty: Black Ops on Steam (Activision). Official store image.

For free games in a tab, the safer test is who runs the site. Poki says "every game on Poki is official, licensed, and published with permission", and big studios are building their own browser arcades. Big Run Studios launched Crash Arcade on October 9 with 32 web games and a target of a new game every week, GamesBeat reported. Google opened Playground on October 7, an experimental site at playground.google where adults in the US build and share games by typing instructions, with creation limits tied to their Google AI plan, according to PPC Land.

Our browser games hub compares Poki, CrazyGames and itch.io and explains why GameBrief lists no unofficial ports or "unblocked" mirrors. For group play, the browser games to play with friends list covers nine licensed picks with player caps, and the daily puzzle crowd has the games like Wordle list and the free GeoGuessr alternatives.

What to watch next

XDA expects more notices, and the list of recent browser ports it mentioned includes Halo: Combat Evolved and Super Mario 64, both owned by publishers with a history of enforcing their rights. If another Call of Duty browser game link, or one of those, lands in your feed, assume it will disappear and that anything you log into or download from a mirror is unvetted.

If a short paid game fits better than a takedown lottery, our indie games under $20 list and the best roguelike games of 2026 are where we would start.

GODEEPER: Poki's developer deals, CrazyGames' soft launch and itch.io's open uploads all decide which browser games stay up. The browser games hub sets out each platform's own rules.

References

• XDA Developers: Activision takes down AI-built Call of Duty browser ports with DMCAs, October 11, 2026
• tbreak: Activision and Bethesda move against AI-made Fallout and MW2 projects, October 4, 2026
• FRVR: Bethesda takes down AI-generated Fallout: New York game, October 2, 2026
• Call of Duty: Black Ops on Steam and Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Steam
• Poki FAQ
• GamesBeat: Big Run Studios launches Crash Arcade, October 9, 2026
• PPC Land: Google ties Playground game creation to AI plans