Overview

Call of Duty 2 is a historical-military first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the PC on October 25, 2005. It was later released as a launch title for the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005.

The direct sequel to the original 2003 game Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2 tackles a new trio of Allied campaigns in World War II Europe. The original game`s engine have been heavily upgraded (to what is known as IW Engine 2.0) to allow new atmospheric effects and gameplay mechanics (such as automatically-regenerating health and nearby grenade indicators).

It is Infinity Ward`s last World War II entry in the series, shifting to modern and futuristic installments starting with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It was released alongside Call of Duty 2: Big Red One which, despite the name, is more of a sequel to the other console-exclusive entry (Call of Duty: Finest Hour).

The game was later ported to the Mac by Aspyr sometime in 2006. It also ported to mobile phones in January 5, 2006 by Hands-On Mobile as a 2D top-down shooter. The Xbox 360 version was later made backwards compatible with the Xbox One on August 23, 2016, utilizing the system`s increased capabilities to negate performance issues present in the 360 version.