Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II debuts on October 28.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II debuted on October 28.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II preview — it’s entertainment, not gritty realism

When Infinity Ward talked about the campaign for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in 2019, it said the story was so gritty and realistic that it felt like it was “ripped from the headlines.” But this time, as studio head Patrick Kelly unveiled the sequel Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II before a press group last week in Los Angeles, he said it was about an “entertainment adventure.”

This was an interesting way to see our preview of the game from Activision Blizzard’s army of Call of Duty developers who are toiling to deliver the game on October 28.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.