Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the critically acclaimed first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward, was released.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released on Xbox Live Arcade, making the game available for digital download on the Xbox platform.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered, a remastered version with updated graphics and audio, was released as part of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Legacy Edition and as a standalone.
Imran Zakhaev begins an insurgency against the government of an unnamed Middle Eastern country, aiming to overthrow the regime and restore Soviet influence.
The British Special Air Service (SAS) is deployed to Pripyat to prevent Russian ultranationalists from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The SAS team fights through hostile forces at the abandoned nuclear power plant in Pripyat to secure the area and avert a nuclear disaster.
SAS operatives conduct urban warfare against insurgents in Tirana to neutralize threats and stabilize the region.
USA's Marine Force Recon intervenes in a war-torn unnamed seaside city to combat Soviet-backed forces and undermine Zakhaev’s insurgency.
US Marines lead a mission to extract the Russian President from a besieged location, preventing his assassination by ultranationalist forces.
Special forces capture key members of Zakhaev's insurgents, destabilizing his command structure.
Infiltration of Zakhaev's heavily fortified compound to eliminate the insurgent leader and end the conflict.
