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

Tom's Hardware
By Shane DowningOct 12, 2026, 7:00 am183 ptsTrendingTop
Developer Maurice Heumann details in his blog how AI agents were able to decompile Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), which the post calls only “a popular first-person shooter,” in an effort to rebuild its source code in C++, taking three months and over 500 billion tokens. The agents originally…

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