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Call of Duty Release Order 2025: Your Guide to the CoD Games Timeline & Key Features

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Publish Date: 14/06/2024

Fact checked by: Alyx Tzamantanis

Key Points

There are 23+ major COD titles from Activision.
Call of Duty is one of the best first-person shooter games worldwide.
Activision releases at least one blockbuster game yearly.

Call of Duty has dominated the video gaming space since 2003 due to the consistent quality of their offerings. If you are trying to keep track of the range of games in their portfolio, I'll recommend reading our Call Of Duty release order guide.

By June 2022, this COD was the third best-selling first-person shooter franchise with over 425 million copies sold worldwide. Their parent company, Activision partners with heavyweights like Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software, and Treyarch to develop top-tier offerings once or twice yearly. You can enjoy COD games via Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation, PC, and Mobile.

Call of Duty games in release order over the years

The COD franchise now boasts 23+ mainline games since launching over two decades ago. I'll provide details on a handful of titles in this Call of Duty release order and what you should expect during gameplay.

Call of Duty (2003)

The first Call of Duty game was built by Infinity Ward and launched on October 29th, 2003. This classic version allows you to play separate campaigns as the three different soldiers:

Private Martin at the Normandy invasion
Sergeant Evans in Operation Tonga
Alexei Ivanovich Voronin at the Battle of Stalingrad.

Call of Duty 2 (2005)

Released on October 25th, 2005, this refreshing sequel features similar gameplay to the original title. However, COD 2 offers four campaigns as Private Vasili Koslov, Bill Taylor and the British soldiers, Sergeant John Davis and David Welsh.

Call of Duty 3 (2005)

COD 3 was the first game developed by Treyarch in the series, recreating a series of World War II events. It is centered around a fight between the Nazis and the Allied Forces during the Battle of Normandy.

COD 4: Modern Warfare (2007)

This COD title is the first one set in more modern times. It involves a squad led by Captain Price on a mission to end civil wars in a fictional Middle Eastern country and Russia. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hit the market on November 6, 2007.

COD: World at War (2008)

The World at War game returns to the popular WWII theme, but with only two campaigns in North America and Russia as Marine Private C. Miller and Private Dimitri Petrenko respectively.

COD: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)

This sequel to the first warfare title is set five years after the previous events. The storyline features Captain Price and Captain Soap working with other agents to thwart the plans of Russia's new extremist leader, Vladimir Makarov.

COD: Black Ops (2010)

The Black Ops version was first introduced by developers, Treyarch creating an events timeline between 1961 to 1968. Join Alex Mason (CIA) to stop Soviet sleeper agents from releasing a chemical weapon in this Cold War era game.

COD: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)

The third game of the Modern Warfare trilogy was launched on November 8, 2011, climaxing the pursuit of terrorist Vladimir Makarov by Captain Price and his team.

COD: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Black Ops 2 is a sequel to the original game featuring two timelines:

Alex Mason in Angola (1986)
David Mason, Alex's son looking for a terrorist, Raul Menendez in 2025.

COD: Ghosts (2013)

This standalone title involves a special US secret mission group called Ghosts. COD:Ghosts is set in 2027 with a mission to stop Gabriel T. Rorke, the team's former leader from initiating a full scale war against the US.

More recent Call of Duty games in their release order

If you are interested in betting on Call of Duty, I’ve taken a look at the Call of Duty release order for their most recent titles to get you started.

Call of Duty Games	Release Year
Advanced Warfare	2014
Black Ops 3	2015
Infinite Warfare	2016
WWII	2017
Black Ops 4	2018
Modern Warfare	2019
Warzone	2020
Black Ops Cold War	2020
Vanguard	2021
Modern Warfare II	2022
Warzone 2.0	2022
Modern Warfare III	2023

Conclusion - Anticipate new Call Of Duty games for 2024

If you wish to start your COD adventure, try out a mix of old and new titles for a balanced perspective. I’m sure Activision still has a lot in store for its fans in 2024. So, you can opt for a game on our Call Of Duty release order list or wait for their next big hit. Whether you choose an older or newer title to play, if FPS games are your thing, then COD is guaranteed to offer hours of fun gameplay.