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Call of Duty has sold over 500 million copies across all platforms. The franchise is verified by the Guinness World Records as the best-selling first-person shooter game series and ranks as the fourth best-selling video game franchise of all time.
The original Call of Duty was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It was released on the 29th of October 2003, and simulated World War II infantry combat using the id Tech 3 engine.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, released on the 7th of November 2007, was the first game in the series set in a contemporary rather than World War II setting. It sold over 13 million copies by May 2009 and launched the Modern Warfare sub-series.
The Call of Duty franchise generated $30 billion in revenue by 2022. It has 100 million monthly active players across all platforms.
The Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) is a nonprofit foundation created by Activision Blizzard to help find employment for U.S. military veterans. It has provided around $12 million in grants to veterans' organizations in the United States and helped find jobs for 14,700 veterans.
The Call of Duty live-action film is scheduled to release on the 30th of June 2028. It is being produced by Paramount Pictures with Peter Berg directing and Taylor Sheridan co-writing the screenplay, following a deal announced in September 2025 between Paramount and Microsoft-owned Activision.