Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a 2009
first-person shooter video game developed by
Infinity Ward and published by
Activision for
Xbox 360,
PlayStation 3 and
Microsoft Windows. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game was released worldwide on November 10, 2009. It is the sixth installment of the
Call of Duty series and the direct sequel to
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, continuing the same storyline, with
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ending the storyline. It was released in conjunction with two other
Call of Duty games:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized for the
Nintendo DS, and
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex, a
port of
Call of Duty 4 adapted by
Treyarch for the
Wii console. In addition, a
comic book series based on one of the game's characters was also produced, entitled
Modern Warfare 2: Ghost.