Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007
first-person shooter video game, developed by
Infinity Ward and published by
Activision for
Microsoft Windows,
Mac OS X,
PlayStation 3,
Xbox 360 and
Wii. A
handheld game was made for the
Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America, Australia, and Europe in November 2007 for video game consoles and Microsoft Windows. It was released for the Mac in September 2008, then released for the Wii in November 2009, given the subtitle
Reflex Edition. It is the fourth installment in the
Call of Duty video game series, excluding
expansion packs, and is the first in the
Modern Warfare line of the franchise, followed by a direct sequel,
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as well as the first game in the series to have a Mature rating. The game breaks away from the
World War II setting of previous games in the series and is instead set in modern times. Developed for over two years, the game uses a proprietary
game engine. On September 10, 2009, it was re-released in Japan by
Square Enix.