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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

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This page is for the sequel to the 2019 reboot. For the original 2009 game, see Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. For the updated 2020 version of the campaign, see Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II cover
Developers
Infinity Ward
Raven Software
High Moon Studios
Sledgehammer Games
Windows Beenox
Publishers
Activision
Engines
IW engine
Release dates
Windows October 28, 2022
Reception
Metacritic 81
OpenCritic 76
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions Unlock, Cosmetic
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Middle East
Series Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on IGDB
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on MobyGames
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on Wikipedia
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Subseries of Call of Duty
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered 2016
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered 2020
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II 2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III 2023

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Battle.net
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Vault Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Vault Edition also available.
Windows

Version differences

Pre-orders include access to the Campaign one week early.
The Vault Edition includes the Ghost Legacy Pack for Warzone[Note 1], Red Team 141 Operator Pack, FJX Cinder Weapon Vault, Battle Pass for 1 season and 50 Tier Skips.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty\playersBeta
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1938090/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1938090/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Progression is handled through Battle.net account.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Adjustable between 36-89° vertical and 60-120° horizontal.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Fullscreen, Fullscreen Borderless and Fullscreen Extended window available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
SMAA 2x and Filmic SMAA Temporal 2x.
Render Resolution handles SSAA (disabled when any upscaling options are enabled). Also Nvidia Image Scaling, DLSS and FSR 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Features 3 frame-caps for individual adjustment (In-Game, In-Menu & Out of Focus).
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Multipliers for Vertical, Third Person, Ground Vehicles, Air Vehicles, Tablet and ADS are also available to set individually.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Presets.
Controller sensitivity
Multipliers for Vertical, Third Person, Ground Vehicles, Air Vehicles, Tablet and ADS are also available to set individually.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Native
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music , Dialogue , Effects and Hit Marker sliders.
Surround sound
Up to 7.1.[2]
Subtitles
Background opacity , size and game mode display options available.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Listed as Mute Game When Minimized. Does not affect voice chat audio.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Not available for the Battle.net version.
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
64 Co-op, Versus
Ground War mode is 32vs32. Invasion mode is 20vs20. Other gamemodes are 6vs6. Special Ops mode is 2-player co-op.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Developer-hosted.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Shader Model support 5.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Uses RAD's Oodle compression.
Middleware Notes
Audio Vivox
Cutscenes Bink Video
Anti-cheat Ricochet Anti-Cheat

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-6100
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
System memory (RAM) 8GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 125GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon RX 470
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 12 compatible
The game requires a CPU with [w:Advanced Vendor Extensions

Notes

Notes

  1. Not available on Steam since Modern Warfare (2019) and Warzone are not available on the platform. After pre-purchasing on Steam, you must link the Steam account to an Activision account and you will obtain the Ghost Legacy Pack on other platforms that use this Activision account.[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Editions FAQ - last accessed on 2022-06-23
  2. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2022-10-30
    Tested using Razer Surround 7.1 virtualisation and confirmed using Orban Loudness Meter.