Recently thereโs been a lot of online speculation about a new โWarzoneโ battle royale mode thatโs rumored to be coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in March.
This speculation has been accompanied by several leaks purporting to show footage and promotional materials for this Warzone mode.
The gameโs publisher, Activision, has been using copyright claims to get several of these leaks taken down and now court documents show that Activision is also trying to unmask a Reddit user behind one of these leaks.
The leak in question was posted by Reddit user Assyrian2410 with the text: โI found this image online. Not sure what it is. Possibly Battle Royale.โ
The image has been removed from Reddit but is still featured in several gaming news outlets and appears to be a promotional poster for Call of Duty: Warzone.
Tweets sharing the image are being โwithheld in response to a report from the copyright holderโ which suggests that the image is genuine and being blocked by Activision.

On February 14, Activision requested a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoena [1] [2] [3] against Reddit โto identify alleged infringersโ and demanded that Reddit hand over stored data that is โsufficient to identify the individual(s) responsible for posting content under the username โAssyrian2410โโ in the Reddit thread where the image was posted.
The subpoena commands Reddit to hand over Assyrian2410โs:
- Name (s)
- Address(es)
- Telephone number(s)
- Email address(es)
- IP address(es)
According to Torrent Freak, because โthe infringing content was posted in the thread itself and the actual image URL isnโt mentioned at all in the subpoena request,โ the subpoena is โseemingly deficient.โ
The subpoena commands Reddit to hand over Assyrian2410โs personal details by February 29 but itโs unclear whether Reddit will comply or whether this data is still available since Assyrian2410โs Reddit account has since been deleted.
Torrent Freak adds that after initially claiming they found the image online, Assyrian2410 later confessed that it was sent to them by an โinside sourceโ which raises questions about whether Activision is using the subpoena to investigate who this inside source is.