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'Call of Duty' sneaks onto Modern Warfare 2 final cover art photo

Infinity Ward’s community manager Robert “fourzertwo” Bowling just tweeted a picture of Modern Warfare 2’s retail boxes. According to Bowling, these pups just came off the press and apparently, ‘s--t just got real.’

But wait a second ... is that a Call of Duty we see above the Modern Warfare 2 logo? We’ve witnessed a lot of waffling from Activision about adding and subtracting the Call of Duty brand from Modern Warfare. The publisher flat out told us not long ago that the game would not have the Call of Duty name attached to it.

Looks like we may have our final answer: Modern Warfare 2 is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.


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Havoc Fang's Avatar
Havoc Fang at 07/09/2009 14:53
What the fuck? Where did that come from?! POLICE! EXTERMINATORS! WE GOT SOME FRANCHISE TO CUT UP.
JehutyFromHell's Avatar
JehutyFromHell at 07/09/2009 14:56
That fucking sucks. I liked it just being Modern Warfare 2.
SnakeDude4Life's Avatar
SnakeDude4Life at 07/09/2009 14:58
Final title: Acivision Presents: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: The Revenge of Soap: Episode 1: Starring Kool and The Gang w/ Mike Silas on drums.
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Sentry at 07/09/2009 14:58
It's probably for the best. As nice as it'd be for Infinity Ward to distance the quality of their installation in the Call of Duty franchise, it'd also suck balls if their awesome work went lesser-noticed due to lack of brand recognition.
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Takeshi at 07/09/2009 15:02
Looks good to me. I'm interested to see what game is like. And you know what? I don't give a damn about the name. Not like JehutyFromHell saying it 'fucking sucks'. Big words for something that shouldn't matter at all.
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bodybreak at 07/09/2009 15:07
awwwwww, srsly too bad.
i was hoping that "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2" would make the cut.
covah's Avatar
covah at 07/09/2009 15:07
GOOD

They were fools not to include it in the first place. You can't take the subtitle of a game and make it the real title

Seriously, they were going to release a game called "Modern Warfare 2" To us, we know what it is, to the stupid backwards visor bro Madden players, I doubt they'd know the same

What would have been next?

Fantasy Adventure 2? Oh yeah, that sounds like fun.
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Holyetheline at 07/09/2009 15:13
So much drama over this games name. Makes my head spin.
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sickNasty at 07/09/2009 15:16
yeah it makes sense as far as brand recognition goes. I still wish other games would drop subtitle crap, especially games that aren't sequels.
Magnalon's Avatar
Magnalon at 07/09/2009 15:17
I really liked it better as Modern Warfare 2. It differentiates Treyarch and Infinity Ward's works, which is only a good thing.
JLanphear's Avatar
JLanphear at 07/09/2009 15:18
I also liked it as just Modern Warfare 2. It made it seem newer, and fresh. I suppose it makes sense for the morons who don't pay attention and just called it COD4 the whole time, paying no mind to the subtitle.
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brainderailment at 07/09/2009 15:26
Is that supposed to be the PC box behind the 360 one? it's just outlined in black.
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Brad Nicholson at 07/09/2009 15:27
@brainderailment - Yeah, I'm not sure. We're still trying to work with Activision on all of this right now.
@Magnalon - I liked it too, but look at this: http://www.google.com/trends?q=modern+warfare%2C+call+of+duty&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
buzski's Avatar
buzski at 07/09/2009 15:51
call of duty sucks modern warfare rules
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Sharpless at 07/09/2009 15:59
Good. Removing it was a fucking stupid idea. I'm anal and I like my franchises properly labeled. If I had it my way, this would be Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2.
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AgentMOO at 07/09/2009 16:09
lol, they finally came to their senses. I wonder how much it would have affected sales to launch it as what looked like a new IP to the uneducated buyer.
LukienAkeela's Avatar
LukienAkeela at 07/09/2009 16:10
Honestly, it looks like it wasn't originally supposed to be there.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 07/09/2009 16:12
GRENADE WARFARE.

And its just series recognition, they really do need to keep that name there.
Mockingbird's Avatar
Mockingbird at 07/09/2009 16:24
It looks like "Call of Duty" was just slapped on there after they already had the cover art printed.
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Dragonzigg at 07/09/2009 16:24
Kinda disappointed Activision chickened out, IW deserve to build their own brand again. Also, it looks seriously last minute.
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 07/09/2009 16:47
Blown up capital building in the background...
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pascuz46 at 07/09/2009 16:58
Keep the call of duty dont keep it. I dont care. Either way this game is going to be fan-fuckin-tastic. Although, I wish the call of duty text didnt stand out as much, hopefully between now and release they will change the font in some way to match the background.
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Magnalon at 07/09/2009 17:04
@Brad
Yep! I really should have noted that unfortunately, they should make the smart business decision, as a business, and keep the brand awareness.

I just think it would have been a neat gamble in order to differentiate to two brands.
Mr Melancholy's Avatar
Mr Melancholy at 07/09/2009 17:05
That guy's left hand looks weird
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 07/09/2009 17:44
Make up your minds, guys!
Toffy's Avatar
Toffy at 07/09/2009 18:19
call it : call of piss: modern shit 2

Im going to buy it and play it.

Only u guys really care for the name, they care about attention. Having the name call of duty is just a smart move.

If u were the one to decide, and if it would have any effect on your pay check, I AM 100% sure u would do the god damn same thing.

STOP BITCHING.

Who is with me?
Squidoris's Avatar
Squidoris at 07/10/2009 00:12
I am now fully erect.
Chronic Logic's Avatar
Chronic Logic at 07/10/2009 00:21
Boohoo, crybabies.
Los255's Avatar
Los255 at 07/10/2009 07:55
They mustve realized from that survey a while ago about name recognition.

I love the cover too.
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pixelpunx at 07/10/2009 20:43
But why didn't they show the PS3 version? I'm sure it's insanely different.
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Jon B at 07/10/2009 21:29
This is a good thing. Call of Duty has a much bigger brand recognition, and since it can't be called "CoD6" or anything, Modern Warfare will take off as the title, meaning they CAN drop it for the inevitable 3rd episode.

Either way, I don't really care provided the game is good.
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tigerfangred91 at 07/11/2009 07:02
I guess they were trying to distance themselves from shitty games like Call Of Duty 3(it wasn't that bad in my opinion, but it seems everyone else hated it) but I guess they decided the Call of Duty brand is too big since CoD:MW.
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