A fan-made prequel to '' Modern Warfare 2 '' , entitled '' Find Makarov : Operation Kingfish '' , premiered at Call of Duty : XP 2011 . The video was produced by We Can Pretend , visual effects by The Junction , and was endorsed by Activision . The first film , Find Makarov , was a non-canon fan made film . Activision contacted We Can Pretend about the video and helped produce a second canon short film , Find Makarov : Operation Kingfish . The prequel tells the story of how Task Force 141 first tried to capture Vladimir Makarov , who was known then as Kingfish . It also tells how Soap got his facial scars , and how Price was captured and incarcerated in a gulag
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Call of Duty: Experience 2011
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