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The Guardian Windows Nov 09, 2009 100 GamingEvolution Xbox 360 Sep 11, 2012 9.5 out of 10 95 Atomic Gamer Xbox 360 Dec 04, 2009 94 out of 100 94 Jeuxvideo.com PlayStation 3 Nov 10, 2009 18 out of 20 90 Thunderbolt Games Xbox 360 Nov 16, 2009 9 out of 10 90 games xtreme Xbox 360 Nov 27, 2009 9 out of 10 90 GameSpot PlayStation 3 Nov 11, 2009 9 out of 10 90 Gamestyle PlayStation 3 Nov 16, 2009 9 out of 10 90 4Players.de PlayStation 3 Nov 05, 2009 88 out of 100 88 Game Observer Xbox 360 Nov 28, 2009 88 out of 100 88

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's single-player-campaign called "For the Record" begins five years after the events in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare . The world is once again at the brink of destruction. The Russians, originally defeated by the Americans, make Zhakaev a hero and threaten once again the peace on earth. Worse: they get help by a known terrorist who tries everything to let escalate the tension into a full-scale-war. In the middle: the player. During his missions he will slip into the shoes of PFC. Joseph Allen, Sgt. Gary "Roach" Sanderson who is a member of Task-Force 141 and the hero of the first game, Captain "Soap" McTavish – leader of said task-force.As it's predecessor,is a first-person-shooter that provides a fairly linear but heavily scripted and action-oriented single-player-experience. The missions take the player all over the world shooting, sneaking and driving through enemy lines to fulfill his various objectives like blowing up a fueling station. To fight all those hordes of ever respawning enemies, he has access to a large collection of modern-world-weaponry but can only carry two weapons plus grenades at a time.This is also true for the multiplayer-mode of the game which again features an extensive ranking system with the players gaining experience points for killing enemies, winning a round or completing objectives. Once enough experience points have been collected, the player advances in rank and unlocks new game-modes (ranging from deathmatch to pure team-oriented modes), new dog-tags and new weapons and abilities with which he can create his own custom class besides the five standard classes available. Also available is a coop-game-mode for two players called "Spec Ops" featuring several missions going on besides the main campaign in three different difficulty-settings with several different objectives including getting from A to B in a certain amount of time. These missions can also be completed alone however.

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If you listen to the background chatter while you run the pit in S.S.D.D, you will here references to a "guy with a mohawk" and another "Some other dude with a skull ski mask" having run the pit before you. This is more than likely to be Soap and Ghost.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 contains a couple of references to the Michael Bay film The Rock .



The first one is in the gulag, when you are going through the shower room, with enemies shooting at you from the upper levels. This is almost a carbon copy of the shower scene in The Rock .



The second reference is the green smoke flares that the player uses to signal US fighter planes whilst he is in the White House.The film also features green flares to warn off US planes.

contains a couple of references to the Michael Bay film . The first one is in the gulag, when you are going through the shower room, with enemies shooting at you from the upper levels. This is almost a carbon copy of the shower scene in . The second reference is the green smoke flares that the player uses to signal US fighter planes whilst he is in the White House.The film also features green flares to warn off US planes. The mission Wolverines is a reference to the war movie Red Dawn by John Milius. In that movie the Soviet Union launches an airborne assault against the USA. The movie told the story about a couple of high school students which form a guerrilla group called Wolverines.

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1UP 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Shooter (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best Shooter (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Multiplayer Game (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best Multiplayer Game (Readers' Choice)

4Players 2009 – #3 Best Game of the Year (Readers' Vote) 2009 – #2 Best Action Game of the Year 2009 – Best Sound Effects of the Year 2009 – Biggest Insolence of the Year (for the the so-called „uncut“ German version)

AceGamez 2009 - Best Shooter 2009 - Best Multiplayer Game

Cheat Code Central 2009 - - Best FPS/Shooter Game

G4 2009 - Best Multiplayer Game 2009 - Best Shooter 2009 - Best Sound Design

GamePro 2009 - Biggest Risktaker

Game Informer 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Shooter (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best Shooter (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Competitive Multiplayer (Editors' Choice) 2009 - Best Competitive Multiplayer (Readers' Choice)

Gamespot 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Shooter (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Competitive Multiplayer (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Most Memorable Moment (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Most Surprising Game to Make it Past Aussie Censors (Readers' Choice)

GameStar (Germany) February 05, 2010 - Best Multiplayer Game in 2009 (Readers' Choice) February 05, 2010 - Best PC Action Game in 2009 (Readers' Choice) February 05, 2010 - Best Console Action Game in 2009 (Readers' Choice)

Gamespy 2009 - Game of the Year 2009 - Multiplatform Game of the Year 2009 - Multiplayer Game of the Year 2009 - Multiplayer Gamers' Choice Award 2009 - The Weapons of Mass Destruction Award 2009 - The Stay Away, Michael Bay Award

GameTrailers 2009 - Game of the Year 2009 - Best PS3 Game 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Game 2009 - Best PC Game 2009 - Best Multiplayer Game 2009 - Best First-Person Shooter

GameZone 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Game

IGN 2009 - Xbox 360 Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Overall Best Shooter 2009 - Overall Best Shooter (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Overall Best Multiplayer (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Shooter 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Shooter (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Multiplayer Game 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Multiplayer Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Xbox 360 Award for Visual Excellence 2009 - Xbox 360 Award for Visual Excellence (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Xbox 360 Award for Excellence in Sound 2009 - Xbox 360 Award for Excellence in Sound (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best PS3 Shooter (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best PS3 Multiplayer Game (Readers' Choice) 2009 - Best PC Shooter (Readers' Choice) 2009 - PC Award for Visual Excellence (Readers' Choice)

Machinima 2009 - Game of the Year 2009 - Best Multiplayer 2009 - Best Control 2009 - Best Replayability 2009 - Best Original Score 2009 - Best Weapon (AC-130 Gunship)

Spike TV 2009 - Best Shooter 2009 - Best Multi-Player Game



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appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Special "Assault" flavored Monster Energy drinks were produced to coincide with the release of the game.During the infamous airport level, attacking a civilian results in an automatic mission failure.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was parodied in an episode of "Die Redaktion" (The Editorial Team), a monthly comedy video produced by the German gaming magazine GameStar. It was published on the DVD of issue 03/2010.The game was considered the biggest launch of any video game or movie with 5-day sales topping $550,000,000, surpassing GTA IV (which was $500 million) and(which took in $394 million).