Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been the talk of the town in the first-person shooter community in the aftermath of its release. Call of Duty is the most recognizable first-person shooter franchise available in the market, and millions of gamers around the world have rushed to try out the new features and missions. With the single-player campaign mode boasting new character additions and the journey of Soap and Gaz taking more plot twists, players are leaving mostly positive reviews about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The multiplayer mode is not left out, as the all-new weapon customization system has given the game a huge popularity boost. Players sometimes share their gaming prowess in multiplayer mode with the world through streaming platforms such as Twitch.

Call of Duty, one of the more popular names in the market, draws big crowds to Twitch channels - hence more gamers are devoting time to their channels to play missions on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Higher quality channels get more views, and they make up Twitch's premium content creation in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

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Shotzzy

Shotzzy

Anthony Cuevas-Castro, known by his Twitch username Shotzzy, is a Call of Duty esports athlete for OpTic Texas. Shotzzy is an experienced, decorated pro gamer, winning a 2020 season MVP and World Championships in Call of Duty and Halo in 2020 and 2018 respectively. These honors make him the first world champion of multiple first-person shooter games. Since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, he has logged a total of roughly 32 hours live-streaming the game to his 228,000 followers. Although the game is still in its infancy, according to TwitchMetrics, Shotzzy is among the most watched Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 channels in the world. Regardless of the small sample size in the timeframe, this is an impressive feat.

scump

optic podcast scump

Seth Abner streams his gameplay on the Twitch platform under the username scump. Scump is teammates with Shotzzy, playing Call of Duty professionally for esports outfit OpTic Texas. Seth is also a decorated gaming athlete, having won a World Championship in 2017, two gold medals at the Major League Gaming X Games, and the Esports Console Player of the Year award at the first-ever Esports Awards. Seth has been on Twitch since 2010, and in that time, he has amassed a following of 1.3 million viewers. Since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, scump has streamed his gameplay for a total of 13 hours.

Nikolarn

Nikolarn

Nikola Anicic, a former Serbian esports athlete for Team Singularity, has also gotten an early jump in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 stream. Since joining Twitch in 2014, Nikolarn has gained a viewership of about 632,000 Twitch users, and he has played Modern Warfare 2 on Twitch for a total of 35 hours since its release. In the last month, fans of Nikolarn have spent a cumulative 408,000 hours watching him play Overwatch 2 and Call of Duty: Warzone in addition to the new release of Modern Warfare 2.

DiazBiffle

Diazbiffle

Another esports player, DiazBiffle, is entertaining fans on Twitch with his gameplay in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. He is currently a Call of Duty content creator for Team Complexity. Much of his channel involves Call of Duty: Warzone, and he has spent a total of 39 hours streaming Modern Warfare 2 since its official release. DiazBiffle isn't showing any signs of slowing down, gaining new followers at a rapid pace.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S

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