Storyline

The story will be once again like a summer blockbuster, one with you playing the leading parts!

It continues where we left off in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, with the world facing dangerous political instability in Russia. Though the revolutionary warlord Zakhaev is dead — thanks to the heroics of Cpt. Price in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — the situation hasn't improved.

Zakhaev was the villain in the last game, so once you've killed him you've allowed his underling, Makarov, to take power. He uses the death of his formal associate as a martyr scenario to take power. His agenda is even more evil than Zakhaev's was. Makarov has secured a significant power base in Russia and is embarking on a plot to threaten global security.

This is when the international community dispatches the elite squad of Task Force 141 to stop Makarov. Part of TF141 is Cpt. 'Soap' MacTavish (CoD4:MW), now a NPC grizzled veteran helping you out on these dangerous missions.

For more (detailed) information you can read the article on Modern Warfare 2 by Game Informers that was leaked media April '09.