Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a 2009 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the sixth installment in the Call of Duty series and the direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It was released worldwide on November 10, 2009, for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. A separate version for the Nintendo DS, titled Modern Warfare: Mobilized, was also released on the same day. A version for OS X was developed by Aspyr and released in May 2014, and the Xbox 360 version was made backward compatible for the Xbox One in 2018. Wikipedia

Research exclusive to this game
Campbell, Vincent. “Playing with controversial images in videogames: The terrorist mission controversy in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.” In Controversial Images: Media Representations on the Edge, pp. 254-268. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Gagnon, Frédérick. ““Invading your hearts and minds”: Call of Duty® and the (re) writing of militarism in US digital games and popular culture.” European journal of American studies 5, no. 5-3 (2010).
Other games in the franchise
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (1)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (1)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2)
Call of Duty: World at War (1)
Call of Duty 3 (1)