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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (opens in new tab)

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is set to go into full release on October 28,

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but if you preorder you can jump into the campaign right now, on October 20.

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Activision clarified that this preload is strictly for the singleplayer campaign:

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Preloading for the full launch, which will also include multiplayer and special ops,

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will begin the following week, just ahead of the official launch date.

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Modern Warfare 2 will finally, fully unlock at 9 pm PT on October 27,

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which as illustrated in the handy map below is

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actually October 28 in most of the rest of the world.

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