Some of the most popular game modes in Modern Warfare 2 include Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Search and Destroy. These modes offer a mix of objective-based gameplay and traditional deathmatch-style gameplay.

As well as Gunfight, Season 3 is set to bring other game modes to MW2 such as Cranked, Face Off, and a Ground War version of the classic Call of Duty game mode Infected.