Best Call Of Duty Games Of All Time

gamespot.com:

While nearly every Call of Duty game tops the sales charts upon release, some entries in the series are much better than others. We decided to rank the top 10 Call of Duty games. Since we're not ranking the entire franchise here, it should be noted that every game on this list is at least good. And with the highly anticipated sequel to Modern Warfare--one of the best Call of Duty games ever--releasing this fall, it'll be interesting to see if Modern Warfare 2 raises the bar once again.

2011's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is perhaps best known for what happened behind the scenes to bring the game to market. In the middle of the game's development, Activision fired Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella for insubordination. A team of developers left with West and Zampella (who would go on to establish Respawn Entertainment and create the much-loved Titanfall series), and Activision had to find another way to finish the game and launch it on time--and it turned to Sledgehammer to co-develop and finish the game. This proved to be an especially notable move because Sledgehammer at the time was working on a more experimental third-person Call of Duty game set in the Vietnam War. The game has never seen the light of day, and Activision has never made a third-person Call of Duty game aside from a limited multiplayer mode.

As for Modern Warfare 3 itself, the game was received positively by critics and fans alike and went on to sell many millions of copies, despite the behind-the-scenes drama. The game is remembered for its gripping campaign that continued the popular Modern Warfare storyline of members of Task Force 141 and also for its Horde-style Survival mode and for its integration with the since-shuttered