Call of Duty 4 is one of the best-selling Steam games right now, but only because you need it to play an ambitious Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer mod launching this week

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That’s a bit weird at first glance—the remaster going on sale for $20 somewhat explains the sales bump, but it doesn’t account for why this one not particularly active CoD remaster is outselling every other game in the series and most other games on Steam.

The real reason for the renewed interest is way more fun, and very PC gaming: There’s a long-awaited fan mod coming out this week that revives classic Modern Warfare 2 (2009) multiplayer on PC, and you need this remaster to get it working.

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The project, calledH2M, is coming out August 16. On the mod’s website, developers say H2M aims to recreate classic Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer while adding “a wide variety of maps, new progression, unique camos, remastered weapons, custom attachments, and more.”

H2M isn’t publicly available for a few more days, but some YouTubers and streamers have gotten in early and are sharing very positive impressions. “I have been waiting years for this day,” said CoD YouTuberFaZe Scopeupon seeing H2M’s main menu.

H2M-MOD Official Trailer (MW2 Remastered Mod) - YouTubeWatch On

H2M-MOD Official Trailer (MW2 Remastered Mod) - YouTube

And more, actually. H2M includes remastered versions of every classic MW2 map, but it also features MW2campaignlevels retooled as multiplayer spaces. I absolutely have to know what that’s like. Rounding out the package is every CoD4 map as well, totalling 54 maps.

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While I don’t share the strong desire to return to MW2’s days of rapid quickscoping and akimbo shotguns, I am interested in what is essentially a new Call of Duty multiplayer suite free of modern live service trappings. No battle pass, store tab, or paid XP boosters here—just plain ol' challenges, camo unlocks, and prestige levels with a few modern touches that early players seem to love, like expanded attachments and inspect animations for every gun.

H2M will be free once it’s out on the 16th, but the devs say you need a legit copy of Modern Warfare Remastered to get in. Streamer MikeRxqe has also shared aworkaround to a common MWR problemwith modern graphics cards: Before jumping into H2M, be sure to launch CoD4’s campaign and turn off shader caching.

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