Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, is an in-development game by Infinity Ward which is set to released on November 10, 2009. It was officially announced by Activision Blizzard on December 3, 2008.

Gameplay
No co-operative play will be included in the campaign of Modern Warfare 2, unlike the previous installment. In the Game Informer article, Infinity Ward stated that co-op campaign detracted greatly from the cinematic effect of the game no matter how they tried to implement it. However, a new mode of gameplay, called Special Forces mode, will include co-operative play. Special Forces mode will include several fast-paced action missions similar to Mile High Club which will be of much higher difficulty than normal campaign missions and will not be related to the main storyline.

It has also been stated that NPCs will carry customized weaponry, similar to multiplayer.

In at least one mission, enemy soldiers will be amongst non-combatant civilians, forcing the player to discern between civilians and hostile soldiers.

It also appears that torture and hostage situations will be a part of the gameplay as well, differing from Modern Warfare 1 where torture was not seen..

Plot
Modern Warfare 2 is to feature Russia in political turmoil once again. Vladimir Makarov, a brutal leader and former associate of Imran Zakhaev, has set in motion a series of events that will threaten global security. After a series of vicious terrorist attacks, the situation is deemed dangerous enough for Task Force 141, led by Captain Soap MacTavish, to be deployed to Russia. There, the force must fight its way through near white-out conditions to infiltrate a secret military base hidden in the mountains. After detonating a large volume of explosives, the team loses the pursuit on snowmobiles. Task Force 141 is later deployed to Rio De Janeiro to capture an arms dealer linked to the plot by ballistics data, eventually being led to the barren lands of Afghanistan. But the intel Task Force 141 is receiving is likely inaccurate, as even they do not understand the danger of Makarov's sinister plot.

Title
Due to the commercial success of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which has sold over 12 million copies, Infinity Ward decided that the modern setting had become a "world of its own," and they dropped the Call of Duty prefix from the title.



Weapon List
This is a list of all weapons that have been identified in official media for Modern Warfare 2. Definite means that it has been seen clearly in an actual screenshot or video.

Assault Rifles

 * AK-47 (definite, seen with either red dot sight or ACOG, equipped with heavily modified furniture)
 * ACR (definite, seen with red dot sight, suppressor, and heartbeat sensor)
 * FAMAS (definite, seen with red dot sight or no attachment)
 * F2000 (definite, seen with some kind of undermount)
 * G3 (definite)
 * IMBEL MD 3 (a FAL variant, definite, seen with red dot sight)
 * M4 (or some other AR-15 variant with a telescoping stock, definite, seen with just a suppressor in one part, ACOG and Grenade Launcher together in another)
 * M16 (or some other AR-15 variant with a solid stock, definite, seen with a Grenade Launcher)
 * AUG HBAR (definite, seen with scope or red dot sight)
 * L85A2 (highly probable, shown incorrectly as pick up image for AUG)
 * G36K (Possible, listed in Spanish Magazine article about MW2)
 * G36C (Possible, used as image for G36K in Spanish magazine article about MW2)

Sub Machine Guns

 * UMP (definite, seen with red dot sight)
 * MP5 (definite, seen with red dot, can be used in conjunction with a shield)
 * P90 (definite)
 * TDI Vector(Known as the Kriss Super V) (definite, seen with no attachment, a Red Dot/Holo Sight)

Light Machine Guns

 * M249 SAW (possibly FN MAG or Mk. 46 mod 0, definite)
 * M60 (seen in flashback to CoD4 during trailer, highly probable)
 * RPD (definite)

Shotguns

 * Striker (definite)
 * M1014 (highly probable, original CoD 4 gunshot sounds can be heard in the E3 game demo)
 * Remington 870 (or a very similar shotgun, possibly W1200 from Call of Duty 4, definite)
 * SPAS-12 (definite)

Sniper Rifles

 * Dragunov (definite, seen with sniper scope)
 * Mark 14 Mod 0 Enhanced Battle Rifle (definite, seen with a suppressor and scope)
 * M21 (highly probable, seen with sniper scope)
 * WA2000 (definite, seen with sniper scope)

Pistols

 * Desert Eagle (definite, seen with a laser and/or flashlight attachment)
 * Glock 18c (definite, seen used while driving a snow mobile)
 * M1911 (definite)
 * USP .45 (definite, seen dual wielded with knife)

Miscellaneous

 * Knife (definite, can be held as support for a pistol)
 * Riot Shield (definite, will be a Perk in multiplayer)
 * Ice Picks (definite, actually ice axes, used to climb, crosshairs may mean that they may possibly be used as melee weapons)
 * RPG-7 (definite, will be a perk in multiplayer)

Teaser Trailer
On March 25, 2009, a few days after GDC 2009 had begun, Infinity Ward launched Modern Warfare 2's official media site. At its initial stage, the website only displayed a green wave with nothing else on the page. With days still to come in GDC 2009, gamers expected that site will be slowly be expanded upon. Sure enough, the first official teaser trailer posted later that night.

Gameplay Trailer
On May 10th, a promotional video for Modern Warfare 2 was unveiled on TNT. Multiple weapons were shown in the video, all of which are listed above, along with weapons shown in the Game Informer article. On May 21st, a second promotional video was shown on GTTV. Both of the two videos were pieces of the large trailer that was to be released on May 24th, to which an Infinity Ward developer responded, "The extended trailer which launches on ModernWarfare2.com on Sunday will be 5x the amount of content.".

Sure enough, the full length trailer topped off at 2 minutes and 1 second, with more gameplay than was previously shown. The trailer's debut was so popular that the official Infinity Ward forums were crashed for nearly ten minutes, due to the flood of people.

Videos
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Game Informer Article
The June 2009 edition of Game Informer is set to include a 10-page exclusive Modern Warfare 2 article. Scans of the article have been posted online. The article sheds light on numerous aspects of gameplay. Soap MacTavish will be a Captain in the SAS, and on SAS missions the player will be one of his subordinates. There will be no co-op in the Campaign, but there will be a new "Special Forces" mode which will feature missions in the spirit of Mile High Club; these missions will have co-op. Players will be able to customize their loadout in campaign, and presumably in Special Forces. The campaign will be around six to ten hours long. There are also pictures showing weapons, which are all listed above. Other magazines, including PSM3 are also reported to be ready to release details in their June editions. According to PSU.com, "Modern Warfare 2 will include a level in Rio De Janeiro, a level in Siberia, a level on an oil tanker, and a stealth-based oil pipeline level where players will be undersea in scuba gear. Swimming will be a new gameplay mechanic (it might be a bit hard to do an underwater level without swimming, after all). Vehicles such as trucks, tanks, and helicopters will be featured (and presumably controllable). Finally, Ken Lally (Wesker from Resident Evil 5) will be one of the voice actors appearing in the game." 

E3 2009
Modern Warfare 2 was originally thought not to be present at E3 2009. But when Spike TV released an exclusive look at Activision's E3 booth, Modern Warfare 2 was front and center. It wasn't very long after this stunning first look that GameTrailers.com released their most anticipated games of E3 2009. On the top of GameTrailers' list was Modern Warfare 2, also hinting that a demo might be showcased at E3. On May 29th, 1UP.com compiled a syllabus of E3, in which it was confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 would have an in-booth.

Surprisingly, Modern Warfare 2 got a gameplay demo debut earlier than expected. It was the second game to be shown during Microsoft's Press Conference on Monday 1st June 2009. Microsoft confirmed that two map packs will be timed exclusives for the Xbox 360. Then the demo started on the level Cliffhanger, in which Captain Soap MacTavish and Sergeant Gary "Roach" Sanderson are somewhere in the Tian Shan Mountain range in extremely frigid conditions. The level started off with Soap and the protagonist climbing up the side of a mountain face, but soon found themselves blowing up a fuel depot and escaping from the base on snowmobiles whilst being chased by Hinds.

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Gamer Ideas
On twitter.infinityward.com, gamers can enter their ideas for Modern Warfare 2. Gamers can also vote on the ideas already added to the page. Infinity Ward will be putting the most popular ideas into the game.

Trivia

 * Gamestop is already accepting Pre-Orders for the game. It has actually been on their "Best Seller" list, even though it is several months away. There is also no Pre-Order picture.
 * What appear to be blood droplets have been added to the gameplay's HUD, so whenever the player is hit by enemy fire, blood will now cover the screen. However, it is possible that this is just due to the fact that Roach is wearing goggles in Cliffhanger.
 * This appears to be the first game in the series to have weather conditions affecting the screen (if you look closely at the level Cliffhanger you wil be able to see frost along the edges of the screen. This is because Roach is wearing goggles.
 * A new grenade icon is present in the gameplay. It could either be a new weapon or it could just be another symbol for an already familiar grenade (like the flashbang).
 * Arctic camouflage will make its debut in Modern Warfare 2 as a new type of camo available to the player in the singleplayer campaign (Cliffhanger) and on the online multiplayer (as an obtainable weapon skin).