Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Peak of the killstreak-and-prestige loop that made annual military shooters the industry's revenue engine.

Released 2009 Developer Infinity Ward Publisher Activision Platform Xbox 360 Genre First-person shooter Era Digital storefronts & indie Website modernwarfare2.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Iron-Sight Aim-Down-Sights ~~1998~~Regenerating Health ~~2001~~Automated Skill Matchmaking ~~2004~~Perk-Based Loadout Customization ~~2007~~Persistent Multiplayer Progression ~~2007~~Prestige Reset-for-Status ~~2007~~

The Call of Duty series in this dataset

2003

Call of Duty ~~2003~~

2007

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare ~~2007~~

2008

Call of Duty: World at War ~~2008~~

2009

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ~~this page~~

2010

Call of Duty: Black Ops ~~2010~~

2020

Call of Duty: Warzone ~~2020~~

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