Activision has responded to Call of Duty 2 fans who threatened to shut down servers by embarking on a 24 hour strike.

In a statement issued to Eurogamer, the publisher said: "After 2 yearsof non-stop work on Call of Duty 2, Infinity Ward has just returnedfrom a much-deserved break. The team is aware of some concerns aboutmultiplayer cheating in the game and is looking into an anti-cheatsolution.

"Stay tuned for new updates and we'll be sure to keep you posted as soon as we can."

The strike was called by CoD2 fan ButchCassidy, who wrote on a fansiteforum: "We request here and now that either Activision or Infinity Wardmake an official announcement regarding their future support for theCall of Duty series of games on or before 16th December 2005."

But will this be enough to prevent the strike? Well, at the time of writing it was still set to kick