Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 announced

by Dustin Burg { Dec 3rd 2008 at 8:45PM }

That's right kiddos, Activision's hugely successful Call of Duty franchise is spawning another sequel limb with today's semi-official announcement that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is in development and set for release Fall 2009.

The announcement comes from a Microsoft sponsored Massive Inc. upfront where publishers showcase and talk about upcoming products to lineup advertisers prior to release. Activision didn't have any specifics to announce regarding the title, other than the fact that we'll be receiving a second helping of Modern Warfare late next year.

Anyone beyond excited for more CoD, especially a sequel to CoD4 which is arguably the best of the franchise?

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Tags: call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2, cod, cod-modern-warfare-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)

Michael @ Dec 3rd 2008 8:50PM

So is it to safe to say we will see "Halo 3: Part 2"

Call of duty, please stop now. :(

Dennis Quaid @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:27PM

My comment was deleted! :x

Exiled Legend @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:28PM

My homophobic comment was removed! Oh noes!

nathan-dts @ Dec 4th 2008 2:17PM

My problem with Call of Duty 4 and World at war is that the online multiplayer tricks the gamer; it allows them to get about 5 or 6 kills so they aren't annoyed at there pathetic gaming and also kills come so easily.

Infinity ward please make it take at least some skill to win at your game.

Brad @ Jan 13th 2009 9:53PM

My comment was deleted for being offensive AND off topic. Ain't that a shame?

Oranda @ Jan 24th 2009 7:12PM

no...i think its safe to say that there is going to be Halo Wars

Master Giggidy @ Jan 26th 2009 6:58PM

Actually the second Halo 3 is ODST so Activision has every right to make a second Modern Warfare.

Hudson @ Jan 27th 2009 1:27PM

Ease up on halo, halo is a game of the past, for little girls and boys who want to jump around in little red and blue jumpsuites, jumping 20 feet in the air, shootin 50 rounds into each other trying to get a kill. Call Of Duty is bringing the reality of war to video games, chaos, confusion, next thing you know your dead. unless you adapt and survive. Call Of Duty is the start or the future of warfare games, next thing you know they'll be teaching us how survive in war through videos games. Halo was good once apon a time but they need to step it up, to keep up. And Just one more thing to top it off, all the halo fans saying that call of duty MW is for girls and takes no skill to be good at never played CODMW for more then 5 minutes because they couldn't see their red and blue opponents jumping sky high trying to shoot each other with lasers and needlers. Therefore they weren't successful in getting any kills, because in COD your opponents have camo, and real true to life weapons and kill you with a resonable amount of rounds that would kill a human.

Killa @ Jan 28th 2009 2:08PM

Dammit lsn, Call of duty 4 n' 5 are amazing cause there realistic not like halo or a million other games, when you shoot someone a couple of times he dies cause thats real life, people make these games to know how war is like, i mean you can't get shoot like a 100 times and not die. Normaly if shot with a pistol even once you die! So stop saying COD is bad, and go play your unrealistic games.
Plus i am sure everyone agrees that the graphics in COD are unlike any other game, even better than Crises!
( Not offending Halo fans, cause it will be like offending every game before COD )

stupid campers @ Feb 1st 2009 1:23AM

yeah Exiled Legend your right.
cod4 was a good games, but some players where reuning it by camping, trowing grenades everywhere and by playing dirty.

Justin W @ Dec 3rd 2008 8:54PM

I'm saddened by this. I was hoping for a futuristic call of duty. This makes me unhappy.

Kinsey @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:48PM

then it can be called the "Call of Duty to Come"

Rafael @ Dec 4th 2008 9:33AM

brow , if you want futuristic CoD, go play halo 3.
CoD is about real wars not sci-fi , futuristic shit.

XzaR @ Dec 4th 2008 11:12AM

Rafael, call of duty began with World War II and later made the one with the present world. So whats wrong with a call of duty in the futuristic settings. I would like to see a call of duty with post-apocalyptic setting where nation fight each other for world domination.

Mehar @ Dec 4th 2008 4:58PM

@ Rafael: Call of Duty 4 wasn't a real war

dude @ Feb 2nd 2009 12:16PM

play GRAW2

Dadidito @ Dec 3rd 2008 8:55PM

Call of Duty can bring it. I can't wait on this one. Best of the serious was definately Modern Warfare in my opinion. Unlike World at War which I bypassed this is on my preorder list.

FLaSHBaCK @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:21PM

series**

nathan-dts @ Dec 4th 2008 2:17PM

World at war is the exact same quality as Modern warfare (they both extremely suck)

My favourites were Call of Duty 2 and 3 (3 for the epic online and 2 for bringing some originality to the game)

Rob Bourne @ Dec 4th 2008 8:35AM

Why so series?

...............@.................

Sorry, I'll go :(

Penguin Warlord @ Dec 4th 2008 9:48AM

I can haz co-op?

And I'm not great with algebra, do we add the two numbers together, multiply or is it some form exponential equation? CoD4:Modern Warfare 2 == CoD6? CoD8? CoD16?????

OMGBLAKE @ Dec 3rd 2008 8:56PM

I'm game.
I'm already bored of COD:WAW.
Bring on the real game developers!

Fafhrdd @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:32PM

Agreed. InfinityWard makes the best COD games.

COD4 was the best by far. W@W is okay and a MAJOR improvement over COD3 but InfinityWard makes much better games.

offday @ Dec 4th 2008 12:19AM

WaW sucks.

Doug @ Dec 4th 2008 12:44AM

offday: No.

Azerael @ Dec 4th 2008 5:48AM

Treyarch suck.

Delirium @ Dec 3rd 2008 8:58PM

Good, I can send back this inferior World at War title.

Shadowfire56 @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:02PM

I knew WAW was gunna be worse than MW, and was right, so this should be awesome! :D

danny-oli @ Dec 4th 2008 11:30AM

its not worse,
its just different, you only think tis worse because its set in the past so the guns are worse making tha game harder, becuase tbh cod4 was to easy, the campaign and online, but WAW is a bit more challanging, and the people that cant take a challange or just wont take the time to get better at the game will just think its rubbish, i prefer WAW to MW

alexander @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:04PM

Can't wait for the first gameplay! Didn't even buy COD:WAW after playing the beta..

IBTOHIGH @ Dec 4th 2008 6:19AM

Same Here! I Play COD4 every day!! Have no interest in WAW

Deegan @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:09PM

How 'bout they just start putting years in the title?
CoD AW '09

Andrew @ Dec 4th 2008 12:20AM

It's not made by EA, so that would be widely accepted by the gaming community.

Donalds5 @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:09PM

OMG, yes finally, i've been waiting for this since the ending of cod4

Curtis @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:13PM

Next will be
Call of Duty: Cowboys and Indians

Jacob @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:18PM

Oh my god...Halo Wars, Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Halo 3: ODST, and now this.

Yep, next year the piggybank will definetly be broken.

Zack @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:20PM

Call of Duty 4 was one of my favorite games so I can't wait for the second one!

Dragod @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:19PM

CoD1 - Never played it
CoD2 - LOVED IT
CoD3 - Massive disappointment on Christmas morning
CoD4 - Fun at first, lost interest quickly
CoD5 - Played the Beta and couldn't believe how horrible it was.

I don't think I'll be checking this one out unless the game gets more balanced... Get rid of the stupid perks, make the snipers worth using, up the player health... Then maybe I'll check it out.

OptimumEDGE @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:22PM

... You're f'in insane. Have you even actually played COD4? I honestly cannot see how you don't like it. Remove the perks? WTF.

No. Go play Halo.

Dragod @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:25PM

Sorry, I worded that kind of funny. What I meant was get rid of perks that boost damage/health, and the ones that are just completely useless.

Oh, and make the game actually playable on LAN. CoD2 was the perfect CoD game. Every game so far has been a massive disappointment for me.

Jared @ Dec 4th 2008 8:10PM

I actually agree.

What's with starting out in a multiplayer game where everyone who is already a badass gets the biggest and BEST weapons while you come out of the loading screen with spitballs?

The better you are, you should be fighting for bragging rights cause you whooped that n00bs ass with a feather duster, not cause you can call in a friggin airstrike 12 seconds into the match.

Halo 3's matchmaking is completely superior.

I"ll take COD2 ANY day of the week and twice on Smoked Turkey day.

Dragod @ Dec 4th 2008 8:12PM

Ah, Jared. At least you see what I mean, unlike the mindless CoD fanboys who can't see anything wrong with the "almighty Call of Duty 4".

Storm @ Feb 9th 2009 11:27AM

If u want more health go back to halo and give cod to someone who wont complain

x3f @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:21PM

Ah, the Activision gravy train continues, and the fanboys, given the comments here, will suck it up.

COD4 was stellar in every way, but there is no way I am going to pay for something that reeks of a DLC pack (WAW should have been a $20 pack for COD4).

Eric @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:26PM

17, i agree W@W was gay, and infinity ward makes modern warfare and let that other publisher*cant think of the name* use their cod4 engine, this is gonna be awesome, cod4 was better than halo 3 by far, but props to halo 2 for making xbox live for what it is ;)

OptimumEDGE @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:20PM

I cannot friggen wait. I hope they expand on the Multiplayer and make it even better, I know IW can do it, they kick ass.

I really don't see why people are bitching about a sequel. This is great news IMHO.

CANNOT WAIT!

Deck @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:20PM

Can't wait! COD4 was so, so awesome!

Haven't picked up W@W yet, though I eventually plan to.

However this time it'll be InfinityWard and that means it'll be great! Can't wait!

Tricky Bandit @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:21PM

Wow...actually playing a cowboys and indians could be kinda fun. Firing six shooters from horses, and throwing tomahawks at people to knock them off horses!! Hell, as long as it adds executions via GOW...imagine, a scalping execution or an arrow in the eye socket. But I guess the cowboys couldn't do much in fear of racism though.