GAME · 2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Developer
- Infinity Ward, Aspyr, Treyarch
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Wii
27 archived facts 4 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
All facts (27)
- #001
In the "Aftermath" mission, when you exit the back of the Chinook and turn left, a playground is directly in front of you. As you approach the playground, you hear the unforgettable sounds of children playing.
- #002
Most of the child soldier characters carry the surnames of the game's programmers.
- #003
After finishing Call of Duty 2, Infinity Ward wanted to leave behind the World War II setting used in earlier entries of the series.
- #004
The playable character 'Soap' MacTavish had no voice actor until Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
- #005
According to a postmortem by Infinity Ward designers Zied Rieke and Michael Boon, the team weighed several directions before choosing a modern setting for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The studio also started a separate prototype for a new intellectual property, which competed with Call of Duty 4 for ideas and staff.
- #006
In the flashback mission, Captain Price states that the mission takes place ten (10) years after the Chernobyl disaster; since the Chernobyl disaster occurred in 1986, this means the flashback mission takes place in 1996. The flashback mission is said to be 15 years in the past, which means the year the game is set in is 2011.
- #007
In a later interview, Infinity Ward executives Vince Zampella and Jason West said Activision initially resisted the modern setting of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare because it saw the move away from World War II as risky.
- #008
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In Modern Warfare 3, it is revealed that the person who gave the order to detonate the nuclear bomb in this game was Makarov.
- #009
Despite its name, this is actually the 8th game in the "Call of Duty" series.
- #010
In the "All Ghillied Up" mission, the player's partner Captain McMillan is probably a reference to the McMillan Tac-50 sniper rifle, which a Canadian sniper team used to carry out the longest confirmed sniper kill in history.
- #011
At the start of the Mile High Club mission, two soldiers are chatting; one says "we're going deep and we're going hard," and the second replies "surely you can't be serious!" The first answers "I am serious, and don't call me surely" — a reference to the classic film Airplane!
- #012
During the first mission, as Soap and his team are about to breach a door, Gaz pulls out a shotgun and says, "I like to keep this, for close encounters." This is a reference to the film Aliens. Another reference comes when you are inside the cargo ship and Price tells everyone to check the corners.
- #013
This is the first "Call of Duty" to be rated "M" by the Entertainment Software Rating Board; all previous games were rated "T".
- #014
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The mission "No Fighting in the War Room" is a quote from Dr. Strangelove, a film that also deals with the danger of nuclear war.
- #015
On his first day in "the regiment," Soap would not have held the rank of Sergeant. He would have held only the rank of private until he earned his entry skill (mobility, boat, mountain or air) as well as his patrol skill.
- #016
A remastered version of the game will be released in late 2016 alongside Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as part of the "Legacy Edition." This makes it the first dual-feature Call of Duty game for current-generation consoles.
- #017
Mile High Club takes place after the main events of Modern Warfare and after the canon fan film 'Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish', but before the events of Modern Warfare 2. This becomes clear when Ghost can be heard (so it must take place alongside Task Force 141), but Captain Price cannot be present because he was captured during the events of the fan film.
- #018
It is the first "Call of Duty" game set in a period other than World War II. As a result, it is also the first "Call of Duty" game that does not feature any of the Axis countries as the enemy.
- #019
If you buy the "Legacy Edition" of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016), a remastered version of this game is available for PS4, Xbox One and PC. This version of Modern Warfare includes the single-player campaign and 10 of the 16 original multiplayer maps.
- #020
The computer controlling the ICBMs in the control center, written in Cyrillic, is W. O. P. R., the same as the computer in WarGames (1983).
- #021
In the opening video of the "Safehouse" mission, Nikolai's safe house in Hamburg, Germany, is shown to be at the intersection of Dietmar-Koel-Strasse and Reimarusstrasse in Hamburg, near the Landungsbruecken. It is an area with small shops and, in fact, a large number of apartments.
- #022
It is the highest-scoring Call of Duty game.
- #023
Michael Cudlitz voices American soldiers not only in this game but also in its two sequels. He also portrayed another American soldier, Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman, in the HBO show Band of Brothers.
- #024
In all versions you can collect 30 Intel laptops. In the Wii and PS3 versions you must collect all of them to unlock unlimited ammo. In the PS4 version, however, you can unlock other features depending on the number of laptops you collect.
- #025
As of 2021, this game and its sequel Modern Warfare 2 (2009) are the only Call of Duty games to receive the remaster treatment. It is also the only sub-series to be rebooted, in 2019.
- #026
In the PS4 version you can earn trophy achievements, but you cannot in the PS3 version.
- #027
The developers consulted the United States Marine Corps to get a sense of the game. Some Marine veterans even performed motion capture for certain characters.
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