Call of Duty Relieves Its Launcher Burden by Making Modern Warfare II and III Standalone Downloads
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- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III left the main Call of Duty launcher, becoming standalone downloads.
- The change didn’t impact Call of Duty: Warzone content, such as CoD: MW II and CoD: MW III operators and weapons.
- Starting July 30, 2025, owners of both titles can access the games directly after redownloading each of them.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III were officially removed from the main Call of Duty install launcher on July 29, 2025. Both titles have become standalone downloads.
Starting July 30, 2025, owners of both titles can access the games directly after redownloading each of them. The change didn’t impact Call of Duty: Warzone content, such as CoD: MW II and CoD: MW III operators and weapons.
Legacy content related to CoD: MW II and CoD: MW III modes within the main Call of Duty launcher will be automatically removed on August 7, 2025.
As of the time of writing, the full Call of Duty download from Steam requires 384.03 GB of space, 365.93 GB from the Microsoft Store, and 292.8 GB from the PlayStation Store.
The first-person shooter military video game series Call of Duty, published by Activision, started in 2003 with the game of the same name.
The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games, with several spin-offs and handheld games created by other developers. The most recent installment, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, was released on October 25, 2024, and its successor, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, is slated for release in 2025.
As of October 2023, Call of Duty video game franchise sold over 500 million copies and had 100 million monthly active players across all platforms.
The main Call of Duty series includes 21 titles, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 becoming the 22nd upon launch.
