Is Modern Warfare 2 part of the Call of Duty series?

I thought they took Call of Duty out of the name. Did they put it back and if they did, why?

No, they added the Call of Duty name back.

So I assume it is part of the COD series

Why? Well I am not completely sure, sales perhaps

Oh my gosh. Another one of these discussions? When a game has the name "Call of Duty" in it, then its a call of duty game. Thats it.

I like the Dynasty Warriors games. But i don't like the Dynasty Warriors Empire games, because it's a whole other system i can't get in to. Does that mean Dynasty Warriors empire games aren't "true" Dynasty Warriors games and don't deserve that name, just because they're different?

Every Final Fantasy game takes place in a whole other universe/world, with different battle systems, characters, monsters and so on. Does that mean for example Final Fantasy 12 isn't a "true" Final Fantasy game, because its not round based anymore?

I hear the same discussion about Fallout 3 not being a "true" Fallout game, just because its not made by the same producers.

If you're saying a game doesn't deserve a specific name then you can argue like that about movies, cars, clothes or bubblegum. Saying Modern Warfare isn't a Call of Duty game, although it HAS the name "Call of Duty" in it, just because it's different is a weak excuse for not liking significant changes.

Oh my gosh. Another one of these discussions? When a game has the name "Call of Duty" in it, then its a call of duty game. Thats it.

I like the Dynasty Warriors games. But i don't like the Dynasty Warriors Empire games, because it's a whole other system i can't get in to. Does that mean Dynasty Warriors empire games aren't "true" Dynasty Warriors games and don't deserve that name, just because they're different?

Every Final Fantasy game takes place in a whole other universe/world, with different battle systems, characters, monsters and so on. Does that mean for example Final Fantasy 12 isn't a "true" Final Fantasy game, because its not round based anymore?

I hear the same discussion about Fallout 3 not being a "true" Fallout game, just because its not made by the same producers.

If you're saying a game doesn't deserve a specific name then you can argue like that about movies, cars, clothes or bubblegum. Saying Modern Warfare isn't a Call of Duty game, although it HAS the name "Call of Duty" in it, just because it's different is a weak excuse for not liking significant changes.

I don't know about a missing "Call of Duty" in advertisements. Maybe, but i don't think they did that because they wanted to veer away from the series.

Dudes of course it's Call of Duty. It should always be! I hope Infinity Ward never forgets what gaming series they're doing, and that the Call of Duty series will live on for many games to come!

right now it is call of duty: modern warfare 2:)

I thought they took Call of Duty out of the name. Did they put it back and if they did, why?

RAW_5234

yes but its involved with activision in some complicated way

My thought is that originally they decided to drop "Call of Duty" from the title because they felt maybe people were tired of them milking the series with a new game every year but then they thought they might lose some money on the game because some may not know that the game is a sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

NO, infinty ward wanted to create a spin off series, or give modern warfare it own franchise. But its still the direct sequel to modern warfare 1

Yes, look at the box.

Apparently some company or something did a survery & their results showed that consumer awareness of Modern Warfare 2 was significantly lower without the COD in front of it. A couple days after those results were released they put it back to COD MW 2. There was an article about this posted here on Gamespot, do a little searching & you should be able to find it.

Check it out here:

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/211010/modern-warfare-2-50-less-awareness-without-call-of-duty-title/

Apparently some company or something did a survery & their results showed that consumer awareness of Modern Warfare 2 was significantly lower without the COD in front of it. A couple days after those results were released they put it back to COD MW 2. There was an article about this posted here on Gamespot, do a little searching & you should be able to find it.

Check it out here:

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/211010/modern-warfare-2-50-less-awareness-without-call-of-duty-title/