"Kotick stated that ""the launch of ""Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3"" is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we [Activision] achieved this record with sales from only two territories."" The title grossed more than $775 million globally in its first five days of availability, exceeding the $650 million record set by 2010s ""Call of Duty: Black Ops"" and the $550 million one achieved by 2009's ""Modern Warfare 2"". To be exact, it has beaten theatrical box office, book, and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell-through in dollars. ""Modern Warfare 3"" went on"
"trailers being released for the game and, eventually, a full reveal trailer. The multiplayer mode was revealed shortly after. Two downloadable content packs were released for it post-release, each containing four new multiplayer maps. ""Modern Warfare 2"" has been critically acclaimed by various gaming websites as one of the greatest first-person shooters of all time. Within 24 hours of release, the game sold approximately 4.7 million copies in North America and the United Kingdom. As of early 2018, the game has sold over 25 million copies and still has an active multiplayer base with third party servers being hosted in"
"10 video games sold in 2009, beating games such as """", """", ""Halo 3"" and ""Grand Theft Auto IV"". It also gave the game a score of 39/40, being one of the few Western games released in Japan to have the same score as ""Grand Theft Auto IV"". According to preliminary sales figures from Activision, ""Modern Warfare 2"" sold approximately 4.7 million units in the United States and the UK combined in the first 24 hours of its release. The total revenue from first day sales in the U.S. and the UK was $310 million, making ""Modern Warfare 2"" the"
"Following a large leak containing detailed information about the game, multiple teaser trailers were released with each showcasing a location featured in the game's campaign, leading up to a full reveal. ""Modern Warfare 3"" received positive reviews from critics. It won the award for Best Shooter at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards. It was also a massive commercial success. Within 24 hours of going on sale, the game sold 6.5 million copies in the United States and United Kingdom and grossed $400 million, making it the biggest entertainment launch of all time. ""Modern Warfare 3"" is a first-person shooter"
"to gross $1 billion throughout the world in 16 days of availability, beating ""Avatar""'s record of 19 days, according to Activision. According to NPD Group, ""Modern Warfare 3"" was November's biggest selling game of the month in the U.S. ""Modern Warfare 3"" sales surpassed first-month sales of 2010s ""Black Ops"" by 7 percent, and sales for November sit at around the 9 million unit mark. In November 2013, IGN confirmed that ""Modern Warfare 3"" sold 28.5 million copies, becoming the highest selling game in the ""Call of Duty"" series. ""Modern Warfare 3"" topped the UK video game sales chart in"
"copies for the PlayStation 3 and 42,000 copies for the Xbox 360 in its first week of sales. The game later sold 117,000 copies on the PlayStation 3 and 61,000 on the Xbox 360. Anita Frazier of the NPD Group reported in March 2010 that the game had sold slightly under 10 million copies in the U.S. alone. The game is the second best-selling game of all time in both the UK and the U.S. After it became backward compatible with the Xbox One, the NPD Group reported that ""Modern Warfare 2"" was the eighth-best selling video game in the"
"retail release in Activision's history and in the industry's history"". Activision reported sales figures for ""Modern Warfare 3"" in the U.S. and UK being more than 6.5 million copies sold on launch day and grossed $400 million in the US and UK alone in its first 24 hours, making it the biggest entertainment launch of all time. It is the third year in a row that the ""Call Of Duty"" series has broken the same record. 2010's ""Black Ops"" grossed $360 million on day one; in 2009, ""Modern Warfare 2"" brought in $310 million. Activision Blizzard president and CEO Robert"
"biggest entertainment launch in history at the time, surpassing in revenue its predecessor, """", as well as items from other media types. After five days of sales, the game had earned revenue figures of $550 million worldwide. As of January 18, 2010, it has taken over $1 billion in sales. Activision also claims that ""Modern Warfare 2"" had 8 million players online within the first five days, constituting the largest 'army' of players in the world. On March 8, 2010, Robert Bowling announced that the game had amassed 25 million unique players. In June 2010, Activision's CFO Thomas Tippl revealed"
"the negatives. ""Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2"" would go on to sell more than 4.7 million copies and gross $310 million in the United States and United Kingdom in its first day of release. According to Bowling, while only 3% of the game's sales came from the Windows version, it still outsold the Windows version of """" in its first week. Controversies surrounding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 """" is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. Released worldwide on November 10, 2009, it generated several controversies. In the game's fourth level,"
"its first week, becoming the biggest video game launch in history by revenue. By November 21, 2011, the game remained the bestselling title in the United Kingdom, despite sales dropping by 87%. ""Modern Warfare 3"" held the top spot on the UK charts for four weeks running. It was replaced by """" in its fifth week on the market. The PlayStation 3 version of ""Modern Warfare 3"" also topped the Japanese chart in its first week on sale, shifting 180,372 copies, while the Xbox 360 version sold around 30,000. ""Modern Warfare 3"" received the Best Shooter award at the 2011"
"five days and $1 billion in 16 days, with an average Metacritic score of 88. ""Modern Warfare 3"" also topped the UK video game sales chart in its first week. By November 21, 2011, the game remained the bestselling title in the United Kingdom, despite sales dropping by 87%. ""Modern Warfare 3"" held the top spot on the UK charts for a third week and fourth week running. The PS3 version of ""Modern Warfare 3"" also topped the Japanese chart in its first week on sale. The PS3 version shifted 180,372 copies, while the Xbox 360 version sold around 30,000."
"its release, ""Black Ops"" had sold a combined total of 5.6 million units in the U.S. and UK market, surpassing that of ""Modern Warfare 2"" and establishing a new record for largest entertainment launch. Compared to the much anticipated opening of ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1"", the game earned more than twice as much as the film, earning $360 million. Only five days after its release, sales from the game worldwide reached US$650 million, surpassing the previous record achieved by ""Modern Warfare 2"" which earned $550 million in five days. By November 22, the game remained"
"that the game had sold 20 million copies. In August 2011, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg revealed that the game had sold 22 million copies. A month later in September 2011, ""Modern Warfare 3"" producer Mark Rubin, said that the game's sales are between 28 and 29 million. In November 2013, IGN put the game's sales at 22.7 million. According to the NPD Group, ""Modern Warfare 2"" sold approximately 4.2 million units for the Xbox 360 and 1.87 million units for the PlayStation 3 in the U.S. during the month of November 2009. In Japan, ""Modern Warfare 2"" sold 64,000"
"one full day; 2010's """" grossed $360 million on day one; in 2009, """" brought in $310 million. ""Black Ops II"" went on to gross $1 billion in the first 15 days of availability, beating ""Modern Warfare 3""'s record of the first 16 days. On November 5, 2013, IGN confirmed that the game sold 24.2 million copies, making it the third highest selling game in the series, behind 2010's ""Black Ops"", and 2011's ""Modern Warfare 3"". In July 2014, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega sued Activision for lost profits from the use of his likeness in the game. He also"
"United States during August 2018. It had sold more copies in that month than the then-most recent entry in the series, """", which came out in November 2017. During the previous month, before becoming backward compatible, ""Modern Warfare 2"" was at only number 321 on the best sellers list. ""Modern Warfare 2"" received awards from various gaming sites and publications, it gained high praise from some video game magazines. At the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, ""Modern Warfare 2"" received the Best Shooter and Best Multiplayer awards. Both GameSpy and GameTrailers gave the game the ""Best Overall Game of 2009"""
"reviews on the review aggregator GameRankings, and was a top-seller in the US. As a first-person shooter, ""Modern Warfare"" puts in the player inside various military soldiers, with a focus exclusively on combat. The game offers a variety of real-world weapons and vehicles. The majority of the missions are ground-level infantry combat, but there are several missions in which the player mans his turret in an aircraft, soldier or Humvee. The player looks around and aims the currently equipped weapon using the touch screen. On foot, the touch screen is also used to switch and reload firearms, switch to grenades,"
"copies. All sales records broken by ""Grand Theft Auto IV"" were beaten by its successor, ""Grand Theft Auto V"", upon release. In the United Kingdom, the game became the fastest-selling game of all time, selling over 631,000 copies in twenty-four hours. This broke the record set by """" at 501,000 copies over the same period. During the first five days of availability, the game sold over 927,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The game's Xbox 360 version ultimately received a ""Diamond"" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 1 million copies"
"that could be used to prove membership. ""Forbes"" reporter Bruce Rogers wrote that Sledgehammer Games's first title, ""Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3"", became the fastest selling entertainment product of all time (recently pushed back to second fastest by Rockstar Games' ""Grand Theft Auto V"" with $800 million within 24 hours), beating the record held by James Cameron’s film ""Avatar"". The title sold 9.3 million units worldwide and grossed $400 million within 24 hours of going on sale, surpassing the previous year's record set by """" made by Treyarch. The title grossed more than $775 million globally in its first"
"game of December 2008 in the United States, selling in excess of 1.33 million and 533,000 copies respectively. The Xbox 360 version was the sixth best-selling game of 2008, selling in excess of 2.75 million copies. The Wii version ranked as the 19th best-selling game and the seventh best-selling Wii game of December 2008 in the United States. It received particular interest in the United Kingdom, where it doubled the amount of first-week sales compared to ""Modern Warfare"" on the PS3 and Xbox 360. It also became the third fastest-selling video game in the UK behind ""Grand Theft Auto IV"""
"sequel to ""Modern Warfare 2"", """", sold 6.5 million copies in the US and UK alone and grossed $400 million within 24 hours of going on sale. Despite good sales, the game was criticized for being too similar to its predecessor. All of Infinity Ward's ""Call of Duty"" games use the id Tech 3 (Quake III Arena) engine. The first two games used a proprietary license of the engine with the sequel featuring more powerful visuals and DirectX 9 support. Infinity Ward's ""Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare"" runs on a proprietary game engine (from a version of id Tech"
"CODE presented 3,000 copies of ""Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2"", approximately $180,000 in value, to the U.S. Navy. The copies were delivered to over 300 ships and submarines as well as Navy Morale, Welfare, and Recreation facilities worldwide. Call of Duty Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game franchise. The series began on Microsoft Windows, and expanded to consoles and handhelds. Several spin-off games have been released. The earlier games in the series are set primarily in World War II, but later games have typically been set in modern times or in futuristic settings. The most recent"
"stats hacked or completely deleted. Infinity Ward replied that their advice was to play in private games, waiting for Sony to fix the problems on the platform side, saying that they could not patch the security problem themselves. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It was released worldwide on November 10, 2009 for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. A version for OS X was developed by Aspyr and released on May 20, 2014. The Xbox 360 version"
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It was released worldwide on November 10, 2009 for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. A version for OS X was developed by Aspyr and released on May 20, 2014. The Xbox 360 version was made backward compatible for the Xbox One in 2018. It is the sixth installment of the ""Call of Duty"" series and the direct sequel to """", continuing the same storyline. It was released in conjunction with two"
"the bestselling title in the United Kingdom, despite sales dropping by 85%. Some estimates had placed sales of the game as reaching 18 million units sold, earning a revenue of $818 million. This would fall about 2 million copies and $182 million short of ""Modern Warfare 2"". By December 22, worldwide revenue of ""Black Ops"" exceeded $1 billion. Sales remained strong months after the game's release, remaining at the top-seller list in February 2011. On March 3, 2011 the news magazine The Hollywood Reporter also reported on the best selling video games ever. It announced that ""Call of Duty: Black"
"2 million copies by January 2008. By November 2013, the game had sold over 5.9 million copies. ""Call of Duty 2 ""is a first-person shooter that has a single-player story mode and a multiplayer mode. The player takes on the roles of several Allied protagonists in specific missions during World War II. The player can crouch and lie prone, and is able to scale low walls and other obstacles. Two firearms can be carried, which can be swapped with those left on the battlefield, and both fragmentation and smoke grenades can also be carried. A gun's iron sights can be"
"was given towards its story, the combat support of squad members and return of the health bar in single-player, visuals, Zombies mode, and multiplayer. However, it was criticized for the single-player's lack of innovation and similarity to past games set in the same era. The game was a commercial success, creating $500 million of revenue within just three days of its release. It became the highest-grossing console game of 2017 in North America, generating over $1 billion of revenue by the end of the year. Similar to its predecessors, ""Call of Duty: WWII"" is a first-person shooter game. It removes"
"copies sold for Take Two. The numbers surpassed analysts' expectations for the title. After one month of availability, the game had sold over 8.5 million copies. It broke three Guinness World Records on 13 May 2008: highest grossing video game in 24 hours, highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours, and fastest-selling video game in 24 hours. On 11 March 2011, Take-Two announced that the game had sold over 20 million copies, with the ""Grand Theft Auto"" series surpassing a collective total of 100 million copies. As of July 2013, the game has sold over 25 million"
"4.82 million units, according to the NPD Group. By January 2008, ""Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare"" had sold more than 7 million copies worldwide, and was the best-selling game of 2007. On June 3, 2008, Infinity Ward reported that the game had sold over 10 million units. During a May 2009 conference call, Activision announced that the game has sold 13 million copies, surpassing ""Super Mario Galaxy"" as the best selling game released that week of November 2007. By November 2013, the game had sold 15.7 million copies. ""Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare"" was widely distributed online in"
"which was released on March 1, 2011. At the time of the release, ""Medal of Honor"" had the highest amount of pre-orders in the series. On October 19, 2010, GameSpy reported that the game topped 1.5 million in sales on its first week and went on to sell 2 million copies on its second week. ""Medal of Honor"" set a new record the franchise, but it was lower than """", and """". The game was very successful in the United Kingdom, debuting at #1 on the UK sales chart, beating out ""FIFA 11"" and ""Just Dance 2"". In the United"
"under expectations. In the United States, it sold 500,000 copies within its first two weeks, thereby becoming the fifth best-selling video game of October 2010. ""The Force Unleashed II"" was the fifth-highest selling game of the week in the United Kingdom, denoting sales of 56,064 copies. In Sweden, ""The Force Unleashed II"" was the third best-selling overall game of the week; the PlayStation 3 version of the game topped its respective chart, while the Xbox 360 version trailed behind ""Fable 3"" as the second-best selling Xbox 360 game of the week. Commentators were divided on ""The Force Unleashed II"". The"
"and other European countries, and November 11 in the UK. The game sold 2.4 million copies and earned up to US$125 million in its first 24 hours on store shelves, thus out-grossing the film """" as the highest grossing release in entertainment history. The game sold 260,000 units in the United Kingdom in its first week, making it the third fastest-selling title in that territory. It ultimately received a ""Double Platinum"" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. On June 20, 2006, Xbox.com reported that"
"by Blizzard Entertainment, took its place by selling 3.5 million copies in its first 24 hours. ""Diablo III"" remains the fastest selling PC game to date. It also used to hold the record for the most number of copies sold for a PC game in the first month, selling 4.7 million copies, until ""Diablo III"" took over its place with 6.3 million copies sold in its first month. In the UK, the game placed 3rd on the ""Top 10 Entertainment Software (All Prices); Week Ending December 11, 2010"" behind """" (Activision) and ""FIFA 11"" (EA Games). It later became a"
"after its release, Rockstar had shipped nearly 29 million copies of the game to retailers, exceeding the lifetime figures of ""Grand Theft Auto IV"". On 7 October 2013, the game became the best-selling digital release on PlayStation Store for PlayStation 3, breaking the previous record set by ""The Last of Us"", though numerical sales figures were not disclosed. It broke seven Guinness World Records on 8 October: best-selling video game in 24 hours, best-selling action-adventure video game in 24 hours, highest grossing video game in 24 hours, fastest entertainment property to gross , fastest video game to gross , highest"