Hi everyone,

Now that we're back in the office, we're continuing to work on several updates, including some new content, map editing tools and an anti-cheat solution and should have more details available soon.

To all our fans, thanks for your interest and your support.

We'll keep you posted as soon as we can.

Thanks,
Infinity Ward

It is likely the announcement is related to a planned strike on the part of Call of Duty 2 server admins, many of whom claim that "nobody's happy" with the lack of support shown for what they believe is an unfinished game.

Mike Nomad had been an avid player of the first "Call of Duty" but had been frustrated by the game's initial flaws. The game didn't sufficiently block cheaters, and it limited the ability of modders to create their own maps, a common and generally sanctioned option for PC first-person shooters. But after months of player complaints, Activision and Infinity Ward began releasing effective patches that remedied those issues. Nomad said a follow-up expansion, "Call of Duty: United Offensive," seemed to get things right at the start. But this year's sequel brought back the headaches of the original.

This seems to be one of the first large organized actions of this specific type attempting to directly provoke a developer into improving a multiplayer game. The strike is planned for this weekend, so if you're trying to find some populated servers and not having much luck, this is why.