Recreations of classic maps and modes from other games are nothing new in shooters. Lately, however, publishers have started getting prickly over users remaking maps from their game in someone else’s, and it seems this may be especially true when those games are as competitive with each other as Battlefield and Call of Duty. Battlefield 6 players remaking CoD maps via the game’s new portal mode are finding this out the hard way, with their recreations of modes and maps from Activision’s popular shooter getting taken down over intellectual property violations.
In an email to Kotaku, Battlefield player and YouTube creator Phiality saw their “Battlefield Zombies 2028: Osiris” Portal creation struck down, which notably took place after the mode gained some traction on YouTube. On October 23, 2025, EA sent them a copyright takedown notice specifically naming Activision as having filed the complaint. The notice asks them to “permanently delete the experience and create a new one that incorporates only your original work.”
The use of intellectual property in user-made maps has been a thorny topic in recent years. Though some of us vets may recall the days of Halo 3’s user-made Forge maps that remade popular CoD playspaces surging in popularity without issue, the youth of today hasn’t had it as easy. Fortnite’s publisher, Epic, has in the past policed the recreation of maps from other intellectual properties in its popular battle royale.
Still, the targeting of CoD maps and modes in Battlefield feels very specific. As Phiality notes in their statement to Kotaku, other games, including Fortnite, presently have recreations of CoD maps. In a reverse situation, you can even download a Battlefield 4 weapon pack for BLOPS 3 via the Steam Workshop.
Phiality isn’t alone in seeing their Portal creations taken down. As reported by Insider Gaming, a recreation of the classic CoD map “Shipment,” titled “Shipment first test,” got yanked with a warning that repeat copyright offenses might result in a temporary or permanent ban from not just Battlefield, but potentially all “EA Games & Services.”
