Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
2022 video game
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| 2025 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III won the Sound Design of the Year award at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards. |
| 2025 | Claudia Doumit is nominated for Best Performance for her role as Farah at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards |
| 2024 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was nominated for Best Original Video Game Score at the Ivor Novello Awards |
| 2024 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was nominated for Online Game of the Year at the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards |
| 2024 | Modern Warfare III was longlisted for Technical Achievement at the 20th British Academy Games Awards |
| 2024 | Nominated for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards |
| October 2024 | Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members granted ability to stream Modern Warfare III via Xbox Cloud Gaming. |
| October 2024 | Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members granted ability to stream the game via Xbox Cloud Gaming. |
| July 2024 | Modern Warfare III made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers. |
| 2023 | Multiplayer mode launched with sixteen maps from the original Modern Warfare 2 (2009), introducing a new 'Cutthroat' game mode where three teams of three players compete against each other. |
| 2023 | Launched with a new 'Cutthroat' game mode featuring three teams of three players, and confirmed plans to release at least twelve new 6v6 multiplayer maps post-launch. |
| 2023 | The PlayStation 5 version of Modern Warfare III ranked as the fourth best-selling retail game in Japan during its first week of release, selling 22,132 physical copies. |
| 2023 | The game became the second best-selling game in the United States for 2023, only behind Hogwarts Legacy. |
| 2023 | Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games collaborate to introduce a new open-world Zombies mode, structured similarly to Warzone's DMZ mode, allowing up to 24 players to play together in a large map with unique extraction and objective-based gameplay. |
| 2023 | The game was nominated for Game of the Year and Better with Friends at The Steam Awards |
| 2023 | Nominated for Sound Editing and Music Editing at the MPSE Golden Reel Awards 2023 |
| 2023 | Nominated for Animation, Multiplayer, and Performer in a Leading Role (Alain Mesa as Alejandro Vargas) at the 19th BAFTA Games Awards |
| 2023 | Won Outstanding Game, Franchise Action at the NAVGTR Awards 2023, with additional nominations in Animation, Original Dramatic Score, and Use of Sound |
| 2023 | Received multiple nominations at the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, including Online Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Audio Design, and Character |
| 2023 | A terrorist attack occurs in Vondel, Netherlands. The Peacekeepers (later revealed to be the Russian PMC Konni Group) seize control of the city during the evacuation. |
| November 2023 | Konni Group operatives raid the Zordaya Prison Complex in Verdansk, Kastovia, and free Vladimir Makarov from imprisonment. |
| November 2023 | Konni Group operatives raid the Zordaya Prison Complex in Verdansk, Kastovia, freeing Vladimir Makarov from imprisonment. Hours later, they assault a port in Urzikstan and steal ballistic missiles from Shadow Company. |
| November 2023 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III topped the sales charts in the United Kingdom for the month of November, despite experiencing sales figures approximately 38% lower than its predecessor Modern Warfare II during the first three weeks of launch. |
| November 10 2023 | Official release of Modern Warfare III, with its soundtrack simultaneously released on digital platforms. |
| November 2 2023 | Campaign released in early access for all digital pre-orders. |
| October 2023 | Game showcase event and public beta for Modern Warfare III took place. |
| October 2023 | Public beta of the game was conducted, allowing players to preview the game before its full release. |
| August 2023 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was officially revealed by Activision. |
| August 2023 | Under Shepherd's command, Graves leads Operation: Rogue Arsenal, assaulting the Konni-occupied Zaya Observatory in Al Mazrah. Shadow Company destroys the observatory and attempts to extract chemical weapons, but Konni operatives infiltrate and hijack the gas shipment planes, rendering the operation a failure. |
| August 2023 | Graves, who had faked his death, meets with Farah and Alex to propose an alliance between Shadow Company and the ULF in preparation for a Konni Group invasion of Al Mazrah. |
| July 2023 | Activision confirmed that all Modern Warfare II operators, weapons, and cosmetic bundles would be available in Modern Warfare III following internal leaks. |
| July 24 2023 | Game's key art leaked during a Monster Energy promotion, featuring Captain Price behind the Modern Warfare III logo. Activision confirmed the leak and issued copyright takedowns, responding with sarcastic tweets on social media. |
| July 17 2023 | Large content leak occurs, revealing 'red dot' minimap, War mode, and new perks from an internal alpha build. |
| April 2023 | Valeria escapes captivity in Las Almas and rallies the Las Almas Cartel to conduct activities in Al Mazrah. Alejandro is recruited by Laswell to counter the cartel's plans and apprehend Valeria. |
| 2022 | The game earned significant revenue within its first three days and ten days of release, surpassing previous Call of Duty franchise sales records. |
| 2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II was nominated for Best Audio Design, Best Action Game, and Best Multiplayer at The Game Awards 2022 |
| 2022 | The game was the best-selling video game in the United States for the year. |
| 2022 | In its release week, the PlayStation 4 version sold 24,371 physical copies in Japan, becoming the second bestselling retail game. The PlayStation 5 version sold 17,710 physical copies, ranking sixth on the all-format video games sales chart. |
| 2022 | Infinity Ward developed Modern Warfare II alongside a new version of Warzone, using an upgraded game engine with advanced features like physically based material system and world volumetric lighting. |
| 2022 | Private military companies begin moving into Al Mazrah, seeking to control the city from AQ forces and each other. Shadow Company starts new operations in Al Mazrah, Ashika, and Building 21. |
| 2022 | The game's plot partially references the real-life assassination of Qasem Soleimani, incorporating geopolitical themes into its narrative about Task Force 141's multinational special operations. |
| December 2022 | Hadir captures Price, Farah, and Alex, but they escape captivity and pursue him through the bunker. |
| December 2022 | Price, Farah, and Alex discover Alex Keller alive in the bunker, learn that missile warheads were stolen by Al-Qatala, and learn that Hadir (Farah's brother) is the AQ commander. |
| December 2022 | Price, Farah, and Alex confront Hadir in the Soviet-era bunker, where Hadir is mortally wounded after attempting to escape with a stolen nuclear warhead. Before dying, Hadir warns Farah about an impending Russian threat to Urzikstan. |
| December 2022 | Laswell tasks Price, Gaz, and Farah with investigating the disappearance of former CIA officer Alex Keller, who was sent to infiltrate a Soviet-era bunker in the Sattiq mountains in Urzikstan. |
| November 2022 | Sarah Schachner stepped away from writing further music for the game, citing challenges with the audio director and expressing dissatisfaction with the official soundtrack's mixing and mastering. |
| November 25 2022 | Digital soundtrack for Modern Warfare II was released, featuring 23 original score tracks and two songs by Edison Flood, Destani Wolf, and Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga. |
| November 16 2022 | Warzone 2.0 battle royale game mode was introduced with the first seasonal content update, featuring a new DMZ extraction game mode where teams of trios battle against each other and AI combatants. |
| October 2022 | Major Hassan Zyani becomes involved in funding terrorist activity and seeks revenge on the United States after General Ghorbrani's assassination. |
| October 28 2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S platforms, marking the nineteenth installment in the Call of Duty series and a sequel to the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot. |
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