PulseAugur
EN
LIVE 13:04:16

AI agents rebuild Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 source code using 700B tokens

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

Developer Maurice Heumann utilized a fleet of AI agents, consuming an estimated 600-700 billion tokens, to reconstruct the source code for the 2009 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The process involved using models like Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex, with agents attempting to reverse-engineer and recreate the game's functions. While the project successfully recreated 83% of the original functions byte-for-byte, verification proved to be the most challenging aspect, leading to the implementation of automated checks to ensure accuracy. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's capability in complex code reconstruction and verification, potentially impacting software development and reverse engineering.

RANK_REASON Developer uses AI agents to reverse-engineer and reconstruct source code for a video game, detailing the process and challenges. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

Read on Tom's Hardware →

AI-generated summary · Google Gemini · from 1 sources. How we write summaries →

AI agents rebuild Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 source code using 700B tokens

How we ranked this

Signal score
29 / 100
Composite score across the factors below. Higher = stronger signal that this story matters right now.
Newsworthiness bucket
Tool
Developer uses AI agents to reverse-engineer and reconstruct source code for a video game, detailing the process and challenges. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
Source corroboration
Single-source cluster
Only one publisher covered this so far. Single-source stories can still rank when the publisher is high-authority, but they lack cross-source corroboration.
Topics
product, infra
Editorial topic classification. Feeds into how the story surfaces on /topic/<slug> hub pages and into the per-entity coverage mix.
AI-industry relevance
High
Clearly on-topic for AI-industry coverage.
Story freshness
Breaking (< 6h)
Fresh story with cross-source coverage still developing. Ranking may shift as more sources report.

Full methodology in our editorial standards.

COVERAGE [1]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Shane Downing ·

    Dev used AI agents and more than 500 billion tokens to rebuild Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's source code

    Maurice Heumann's Claude and Codex agents rebuilt Modern Warfare 2's source; 83% of functions match the original byte for byte.

RELATED ENTITIES

RELATED TOPICS