Activision has announced that the leaderboards and combat records for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) are being “permanently disabled” ahead of Modern Warfare 4’s release in October. Activision said it’s doing this “as we optimize backend services” in the lead-up to MW4’s launch. The announcement upset and bewildered fans. Some are wondering how things like leaderboards and combat records for older games are related to providing services for new games.