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How To Play the Call of Duty Games In Order

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Published: Jun 8, 2022 01:46 pm

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Call of Duty has been around since 2003 and there have been dedicated fans of the franchise ever since. Every new release gets major attention across the community and the games industry at large for the franchise’s reputation and ultimately, its success. With the reveal of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 just occurring recently, fans of the series have no doubt been delving back into the games and enjoying everything that they have to offer. If you are wondering how to play through the Call of Duty games in chronological order then keep reading this article for all of the details!

All Call of Duty Games In Chronological Order

The following table will highlight all of the released Call of Duty games in chronological order for you to be able to play from the era or general story progression point that you would like to. How to play the games in order is as follows:

Call of Duty Game Title Chronological Year(s)
Call of Duty: WWII 1940-1945
Call of Duty 2 1941-1945
Call of Duty: Vanguard 1941-1945
Call of Duty: World at War 1942-1945
Call of Duty 3 1944 (Battle of Normandy)
Call of Duty 1942-1945
Call of Duty: Black Ops 1961-1968
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 1981
Call of Duty: Black Ops II 1986-1989
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 1996-2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2016
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2016-2017
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019-2020 (Although flashbacks to 1999)
Call of Duty: Ghosts 2027 (Although flashbacks to 2015)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 2043
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 2054-2061
Call of Duty: Black Ops III 2065-2070
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare 2187 (Thought to be 2187, generally sometime after 2070)

When you are playing through these in the order shown you will be experiencing the moments as they generally happen through the years which will be excellent if you are wanting to enjoy the campaigns to their fullest extent. With the new Call of Duty on the way, now is the perfect time to begin playing through the games again.

Call of Duty has been a franchise since 2003.

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Gordon is a contributing writer for Attack of the Fanboy, a Games Design (BA) Honours student, and a Video Game Ambassador. He has been writing at AOTF for over a year and a half, with four years of games writing experience for outlets like Green Man Gaming. When he's not busy, he'll no doubt be experiencing games, writing poetry, playing guitar, adventuring, or happily starting a new Skyrim playthrough! As an avid Final Fantasy XIV player, he also hopes that you'll gain a warm feeling from his community stories. Gordon has reported on Fallout 4 and Destiny 2, whose favorite genres include action RPGs, MMORPG's and First Person Shooters but is always experimenting with many other types of games.