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mw2-ps3-server

Community DemonWare server for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) - play MW2 online again in RPCS3 or on a real PS3

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Details

External ID
1406584096
Source
GITHUB
Company
—
Product
mw2-ps3-server
Website domain
github.com
Launched
Oct. 6, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
10
Upvotes percentile
0.11133973479652493
Tags
call-of-duty, demonware, game-server, modern-warfare-2, ps3, revival, rpcs3
Fetched at
Oct. 8, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
Updated at
Oct. 8, 2026, 5:03 p.m.

Enrichment

Niche
gaming mods, cheats, and overlays
Vertical
Media & entertainment
Function
Dev tools
Audience
Prosumer
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Hobby / open-source project
Normalized one-liner
custom multiplayer server emulator for call of duty modern warfare 2
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

No Re-implementing a DemonWare backend server requires reverse-engineering proprietary Call of Duty network protocols, binary packet structures, and PS3 authentication mechanics.

What it would actually take: Requires reverse-engineering network traffic captured from the PS3/RPCS3 executable using Wireshark, Ghidra, and IDA Pro. The backend stack typically uses Python, C++, or Go implementing custom TCP/UDP sockets mimicking DemonWare's encrypted protocols (BD services, matchmaking, stats, and auth). Expertise in network protocol reverse engineering, game security, and PS3 system architecture is essential.

Competitors

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Attention rank: #91 of 98 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 289 days after the earliest competitor.

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