Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released on November 10, 2009. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released on November 5, 2007, being the first installment of the Call of Duty series set outside of World War II. Modern Warfare was created by Infinity Ward, and currently consists of four games, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Modern Warfare is a sub-series of the Call of Duty franchise from Activision. For the Timeline, see Modern Warfare Timeline