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Call of Duty Statistics 2026: Sales, Players, Revenue, Warzone and Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty had sold more than 250 million units and over $15 billion, including in-game content, by February 2016, Activision’s last lifetime figure. It had around 90 million monthly players in mid-2023, Black Ops 6 was the biggest Call of Duty launch ever, and Modern Warfare 4 launches on 23 October 2026 at $69.99.
Key takeaways
- Activision’s last lifetime figures, from February 2016, are 250 million units and over $15 billion in sales including in-game content; it never updated either before Microsoft bought it.
- Free-to-play changed the scale: Warzone (March 2020) and Call of Duty: Mobile (October 2019) took Activision from 36 million monthly active users to a record 150 million in 18 months.
- In July 2023 Call of Duty had around 90 million monthly players, and more than half of all engagement was on mobile.
- Modern Warfare II (2022) was the fastest premium Call of Duty to $1 billion in sell-through; Microsoft called Black Ops 6 (2024) the biggest Call of Duty release ever.
- Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 joined Game Pass on day one; Modern Warfare 4 (23 October 2026, $69.99 / $99.99) will not join Game Pass until Holiday 2027.
- Call of Duty: Mobile passed $3 billion in lifetime player spending by mid-2023, and topped $1 billion in 2021 alone.
Key figures
250 million+
Call of Duty units sold life-to-date worldwide, all games since 2003
From Activision Blizzard’s results release for 2015, published 11 February 2016. It is the last lifetime units figure Activision published; it did not update it before the Microsoft merger in 2023.
$15 billion+
Call of Duty total sales since 2003, including in-game content
Stated alongside the 250 million units in February 2016. The figure is sales, not Activision’s reported revenue, and it is the last lifetime dollar figure Activision published.
Around 90 million
monthly Call of Duty players across console, PC and mobile
Stated ahead of the franchise’s 20th anniversary in October 2023; more than half of all engagement was on mobile. It is Activision’s last franchise-wide player count.
150 million
Activision monthly active users, its all-time record
Activision said free-to-play and mobile had more than tripled Call of Duty’s MAUs in two years. The segment count includes other Activision games and counts a player on two platforms twice.
Fastest to $1B
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, the fastest premium Call of Duty release to pass $1 billion in sell-through
Activision announced it on 7 November 2022, ten days after the 28 October launch, and called it the fastest-selling title in franchise history.
Biggest ever
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the biggest Call of Duty release ever, Microsoft said
It set records for day-one players and for Game Pass sign-ups on a launch day. Black Ops 6 launched on 25 October 2024.
23 October 2026
release date of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2
Developed by Infinity Ward. It is not coming to PS4 or Xbox One. The Xbox Store lists it from 04:00 UTC on 23 October.
$69.99
US price of the Modern Warfare 4 Standard Edition
The same on the US Xbox Store and PlayStation Store, before tax. Black Ops 7 launched at the same price in 2025.
How many copies has Call of Duty sold?
Call of Duty had sold more than 250 million units worldwide by February 2016, according to Activision Blizzard’s results release for 2015. That is the last lifetime units figure Activision published: it gave no unit total in any later release or filing, and it stopped filing with the SEC after Microsoft bought it in October 2023. Microsoft has not published a franchise units total either.[26][44]
250 million+
Call of Duty units sold life-to-date worldwide, all games since 2003
From Activision Blizzard’s results release for 2015, published 11 February 2016. It is the last lifetime units figure Activision published; it did not update it before the Microsoft merger in 2023.
7 million+
copies of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sold in calendar 2007, the most popular game worldwide in units that year
Per The NPD Group, Chart-Track and GfK, as quoted by Activision. It was also the #1 PC game in the US and Europe in October–December 2007.
9 million+
units of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sold through by 31 March 2008, five months after launch
Activision’s fiscal-2008 annual report called it the #2 best-selling game worldwide in units for the year (NPD, Chart-Track, GfK).
Highest ever
first-year premium sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019), the record for the franchise
Activision said two-thirds of its units were sold digitally, and that Warzone players upgrading to the full game lifted premium sales.
+40%
growth in full-year Call of Duty premium unit sales in 2020
Activision said 2020 was a record year for the franchise, with net bookings roughly double the 2019 level.
Nearly 50%
share of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) console sales that were full-game downloads
Up from over 40% for Black Ops 4 (2018) and about 30% for WWII (2017). By its first anniversary two-thirds of Modern Warfare units had been sold digitally.
10 of 11 years
years in which Call of Duty generated more upfront console sales worldwide than any other franchise (2009–2019)
Activision’s claim in its 2019 results. Two years earlier it said Call of Duty had been the #1 franchise in North America for eight years in a row.
Which Call of Duty is the best-selling? Activision never published per-game unit totals for the whole series, so there is no official ranking. The closest first-party statements are that Modern Warfare (2019) had the highest first-year premium sales in franchise history, that Modern Warfare II (2022) was the fastest to $1 billion in sell-through, and that Black Ops (2010) became the best-selling game of all time in dollars on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in the US and Europe. What the 250 million does not say: it counts units, so one player who bought every yearly release counts more than a dozen times, and it predates the free-to-play era, when most new players paid nothing for the game.[36][41][19]
How much money has Call of Duty made?
Activision’s last franchise-wide dollar figure is more than $15 billion in total sales, including in-game content, from 2003 to the end of 2015. Each annual report before that restated the running total, so the growth can be charted. After 2015 the best public proxy is the Activision segment of Activision Blizzard, whose “key product franchise” was Call of Duty: it brought in $20.2 billion from 2016 to 2022, peaking at $3.94 billion in 2020.[26][11][12][13][14][15]
$15 billion+
Call of Duty total sales since 2003, including in-game content
Stated alongside the 250 million units in February 2016. The figure is sales, not Activision’s reported revenue, and it is the last lifetime dollar figure Activision published.
About $11 billion
Call of Duty life-to-date revenues at the end of 2014
From the 2014 annual report, which called Call of Duty the best-selling Western interactive franchise since its 2003 launch. The matching earnings release said $11 billion “in retail sales”.
$1 billion+
Call of Duty life-to-date net revenues when it first crossed $1 billion
Activision’s fiscal 2008 (April 2007 – March 2008), the year of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Guitar Hero crossed $1 billion the same year.
15×
growth in Call of Duty’s life-to-date dollar total between March 2008 and December 2015
Our division of $15 billion+ by $1 billion+. Activision’s definition changed along the way (net revenues, then revenues, then sales including in-game content), so treat it as an order of magnitude.
$3.94 billion
Activision segment net revenues in 2020, its record year
Up 78% from $2.22 billion in 2019; Activision credited Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Mobile and older Call of Duty titles. The segment includes every Activision Publishing game, not only Call of Duty.
$3.28 billion
Activision segment net revenues in 2022, its last full year as a public company
Down $203 million from 2021: Activision blamed lower Vanguard sales, partly offset by Modern Warfare II.
$20.2 billion
Activision segment net revenues added up for 2016–2022
Our sum of seven annual figures from Activision Blizzard’s 10-Ks. Call of Duty is the segment’s “key product franchise”, but the total also includes Destiny (to 2018), Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk and Skylanders.
+$1.4 billion
increase in Activision in-game net bookings in 2020
Driven by Modern Warfare (vs Black Ops 4) and Call of Duty: Mobile, Activision said. In-game spending means battle passes, bundles and COD Points, not the game itself.
$75.4 billion
total purchase price Microsoft paid for Activision Blizzard, owner of Call of Duty
Completed on 13 October 2023, mostly in cash: each Activision share was converted into $95.00.
+51%
Microsoft Gaming revenue growth in January–March 2024, “ahead of expectations primarily driven by Call of Duty”
55 points of the growth came from the Activision acquisition. Microsoft also cited the ongoing success of Modern Warfare III.
−5%
change in Xbox content and services revenue in October–December 2025, the Black Ops 7 launch quarter
Microsoft said it was below expectations, “driven by first-party content”. It did not mention Call of Duty on the call, unlike the Black Ops 6 quarter a year earlier.
Call of Duty life-to-date revenue
Source: Activision (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 March 2008 (filed 30 May 2008); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2009 (filed 1 Mar 2010); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2010 (filed 25 Feb 2011); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2011 (filed 28 Feb 2012); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2012 (filed 22 Feb 2013); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2013 (filed 3 Mar 2014); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2014 (filed 26 Feb 2015); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2015 results, Exhibit 99.1 (11 Feb 2016)
Activision segment net revenues
Source: Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2012 (filed 22 Feb 2013); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2013 (filed 3 Mar 2014); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2014 (filed 26 Feb 2015); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2015 (filed 29 Feb 2016); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2018 (filed 28 Feb 2019); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2019 (filed 27 Feb 2020); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2020 (filed 23 Feb 2021); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2021 (filed 25 Feb 2022); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2022 (filed 23 Feb 2023)
What changed: Call of Duty’s money moved from the box to the game. In 2020 Activision’s in-game net bookings rose by $1.4 billion as Warzone players bought battle passes and bundles, and the segment had its best year ever even though only one premium game launched. What the figures do not say: Activision never split revenue by game, and Microsoft folds Activision into “Xbox content and services”. Microsoft named Call of Duty as the driver when Gaming beat expectations in early 2024, but said nothing about it in the Black Ops 7 quarter, when content and services fell 5% on weaker first-party content.[13][46][50]
Every Call of Duty and its launch record
Call of Duty set a new video game launch-sales record four years running, from Modern Warfare 2 ($550 million in five days, November 2009) to Black Ops II ($1 billion in 15 days, November 2012). Later releases were measured mostly in rankings, digital share and engagement, until Modern Warfare II returned to the $1 billion yardstick in 2022; under Microsoft, Black Ops 6 was “the biggest Call of Duty release ever”.[17][22][41][47]
$550 million+
retail sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in its first five days
Activision called it the first video game ever to pass $550 million in five days (internal estimates). The game launched in November 2009.
$1 billion+
worldwide retail sales of Modern Warfare 2, developed by Infinity Ward
Per The NPD Group, Chart-Track and GfK, as stated in Activision’s 2009 annual report filed in March 2010.
$650 million+
retail sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops in its first five days
November 2010, a new record for any video game, beating Modern Warfare 2 a year earlier (Activision internal estimates).
#1 of all time
Black Ops’ rank in dollars among games on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in the US and Europe
It overtook every earlier game on those platforms by March 2011, according to The NPD Group, Chart-Track and GfK as quoted by Activision.
$775 million+
retail sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in its first five days
Modern Warfare 3 launched on 8 November 2011; the five-day figure beat Black Ops’ record of the year before.
16 days
time Modern Warfare 3 took to pass $1 billion in sales
Activision said it was the only entertainment property to cross $1 billion that fast, beating the 17 days of the film Avatar.
15 days
time Call of Duty: Black Ops II took to pass $1 billion in retail sales
November 2012, a day faster than Modern Warfare 3 (GfK Chart-Track, retailer data and Activision estimates).
Biggest of 2015
Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s opening weekend among all entertainment launches that year
Black Ops III was also the #1 console game globally for calendar 2015, Activision said.
#1 in 2017
Call of Duty: WWII’s rank among console games worldwide by revenue in 2017
It had the franchise’s biggest launch-quarter sell-through on that console generation and was the biggest day-one digital release ever on PlayStation at the time.
Fastest to $1B
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, the fastest premium Call of Duty release to pass $1 billion in sell-through
Activision announced it on 7 November 2022, ten days after the 28 October launch, and called it the fastest-selling title in franchise history.
40%+
how far hours played in Modern Warfare II’s first 10 days beat the previous franchise record
A record for a premium (paid) Call of Duty release, Activision said.
Biggest ever
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the biggest Call of Duty release ever, Microsoft said
It set records for day-one players and for Game Pass sign-ups on a launch day. Black Ops 6 launched on 25 October 2024.
+60%
growth in Black Ops 6 unit sales on PlayStation and Steam vs the previous year’s Call of Duty launch
Microsoft said “over 60%” year over year on both stores, which do not carry Game Pass.
#1 on Xbox and PlayStation
Black Ops 6’s rank among games sold on both consoles in October–December 2024
Microsoft added that it had more players in its launch quarter than any other paid release in franchise history.
50 million
people who had played Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, with total hours above 2 billion
Said on Microsoft’s July 2025 earnings call, which added that “the Call of Duty franchise has never been stronger”.
| Game | Released | Lead studio (where named) | Milestone stated by the publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 2007 (Activision fiscal 2008) | — | 7M+ copies in 2007; most popular game worldwide in units |
| Modern Warfare 2 | November 2009 | Infinity Ward | $550M+ in five days; $1B+ retail sales |
| Black Ops | November 2010 | — | $650M+ in five days; best-selling game ever on Xbox 360/PS3/PC (US + Europe, dollars) |
| Modern Warfare 3 | 8 November 2011 | — | $775M+ in five days; $1B in 16 days |
| Black Ops II | November 2012 | — | $1B in 15 days |
| Ghosts | Q4 2013 | — | #1 title in the US and Europe in Q4 2013, units and dollars |
| Advanced Warfare | 2014 | — | #1 top-selling console game worldwide in 2014 |
| Black Ops III | 2015 | — | Biggest entertainment opening weekend of 2015 |
| Infinite Warfare | November 2016 | — | Lifted Activision MAUs in Q4 2016 |
| WWII | 3 November 2017 | — | Top-grossing console game worldwide in 2017 |
| Black Ops 4 | October 2018 | — | Over 40% of console sales were downloads |
| Modern Warfare | October 2019 | — | Highest first-year premium sales in franchise history |
| Black Ops Cold War | 13 November 2020 | — | Launched into the largest community in franchise history |
| Vanguard | November 2021 | — | Lower premium sales than Black Ops Cold War |
| Modern Warfare II | 28 October 2022 | Infinity Ward | Fastest premium Call of Duty to $1B |
| Modern Warfare III | 2023 | — | Drove Microsoft Gaming ahead of expectations, Jan–Mar 2024 |
| Black Ops 6 | 25 October 2024 | — | Biggest Call of Duty release ever; on Game Pass day one |
| Black Ops 7 | 14 November 2025 | Treyarch and Raven Software | On Game Pass day one; first back-to-back Black Ops |
| Modern Warfare 4 | 23 October 2026 | Infinity Ward | Not on Game Pass until Holiday 2027 |
Dates are given as precisely as the cited source states them. Activision’s annual reports name the lead studio only occasionally, so most rows are blank rather than filled from memory. The 2003–2006 games are not listed because no filing we used covers them.
Source: Activision (SEC EDGAR) — Results for the quarter ended 31 December 2007, Exhibit 99.1 (7 Feb 2008); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2009 (filed 1 Mar 2010); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2009 results, Exhibit 99.1 (10 Feb 2010); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2010 results, Exhibit 99.1 (9 Feb 2011); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q1 2011 results, Exhibit 99.1 (9 May 2011); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2011 (filed 28 Feb 2012); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2011 results, Exhibit 99.1 (9 Feb 2012); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2012 results, Exhibit 99.1 (7 Feb 2013); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2013 (filed 3 Mar 2014); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2013 results, Exhibit 99.1 (6 Feb 2014); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2014 results, Exhibit 99.1 (5 Feb 2015); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2015 results, Exhibit 99.1 (11 Feb 2016); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2016 (filed 28 Feb 2017); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q3 2017 results, Exhibit 99.1 (2 Nov 2017); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2017 results, Exhibit 99.1 (8 Feb 2018); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2018 (filed 28 Feb 2019); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2018 results, Exhibit 99.1 (12 Feb 2019); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2021 (filed 25 Feb 2022); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q3 2020 results, Exhibit 99.1 (29 Oct 2020); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q4 and full-year 2021 results, Exhibit 99.1 (3 Feb 2022); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2022 (filed 23 Feb 2023); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q3 2022 results, Exhibit 99.1 (7 Nov 2022); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Q1 2023 results, Exhibit 99.1 (26 Apr 2023); Microsoft — FY2024 Q3 earnings call transcript (25 Apr 2024); Activision (Call of Duty blog) — Black Ops 6 pre-order benefits and game editions (9 Jun 2024); Microsoft — FY2025 Q1 earnings call transcript (30 Oct 2024); Activision (Call of Duty blog) — Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 confirmed (June 2025); Activision (Call of Duty blog) — Black Ops 7 game editions and pre-order benefits (updated 12 Sep 2025); Activision (Call of Duty blog) — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 releases on October 23, 2026 (28 May 2026); Activision (Call of Duty blog) — Modern Warfare 4 launches October 23 as a standalone release (15 Oct 2026)
What the records do not say: each “fastest” claim is measured differently (retail dollars in five days, sell-through to $1 billion, hours in 10 days, day-one players), and the industry moved to digital in between, so the records are not a single comparable series. Black Ops 6’s record also counted Game Pass players, who did not buy the game; Microsoft said its unit sales on PlayStation and Steam still rose more than 60%.[20][41][47]
How many people play Call of Duty?
Call of Duty had around 90 million monthly players in mid-2023, Activision said in its last earnings release before the Microsoft deal closed, with more than half of all engagement on mobile. Microsoft has given player counts for single games since then, most recently 50 million people who had played Black Ops 6 by July 2025, but no franchise-wide monthly figure.[43][49]
Around 90 million
monthly Call of Duty players across console, PC and mobile
Stated ahead of the franchise’s 20th anniversary in October 2023; more than half of all engagement was on mobile. It is Activision’s last franchise-wide player count.
500 million+
players Call of Duty reached in the three years to late 2022
Activision said “well over half a billion players” across Modern Warfare (2019), Warzone, Call of Duty: Mobile and the premium games that followed.
100 million+
monthly active Call of Duty players sustained through 2020
Across premium and free-to-play games on all platforms. In October–December 2020 franchise MAUs were up about 70% year on year.
150 million
Activision monthly active users, its all-time record
Activision said free-to-play and mobile had more than tripled Call of Duty’s MAUs in two years. The segment count includes other Activision games and counts a player on two platforms twice.
36 million
Activision monthly active users in the quarter before Call of Duty: Mobile launched
The low point before free-to-play: MAUs jumped to 128 million in October–December 2019, the launch quarter of Mobile and Modern Warfare.
111 million
Activision monthly active users in its last reported holiday quarter
October–December 2022, the launch quarter of Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0; down from 128 million two years earlier.
About 40 million
Call of Duty monthly active users in early 2012, the first franchise MAU figure Activision gave
At the time, Call of Duty Elite had more than 10 million registered users, more than 2 million of them paying for premium membership.
27 million+
people who had played Call of Duty games online by early 2011, logging more than 2 billion hours
Activision put the hours at more than 229,000 years of gameplay.
Activision monthly active users by quarter
Source: Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2019 (filed 27 Feb 2020); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2020 (filed 23 Feb 2021); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2021 (filed 25 Feb 2022); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2022 (filed 23 Feb 2023)
| Year | Activision MAUs (Oct–Dec) | Call of Duty that launched |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 55M | Black Ops III |
| 2016 | 51M | Infinite Warfare |
| 2017 | 55M | WWII |
| 2018 | 53M | Black Ops 4 |
| 2019 | 128M | Modern Warfare + Call of Duty: Mobile |
| 2020 | 128M | Black Ops Cold War (Warzone live) |
| 2021 | 107M | Vanguard |
| 2022 | 111M | Modern Warfare II + Warzone 2.0 |
The 2015 and 2016 figures include Destiny, which Activision published until the end of 2018.
Source: Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2016 (filed 28 Feb 2017); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2017 (filed 27 Feb 2018); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2018 (filed 28 Feb 2019); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2019 (filed 27 Feb 2020); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2020 (filed 23 Feb 2021); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2021 (filed 25 Feb 2022); Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR) — Form 10-K for 2022 (filed 23 Feb 2023)
What the numbers do not say: MAUs are not unique people. Activision counted each game separately and a player on two platforms twice, and the free-to-play era added many players who never paid. Before 2019, a Call of Duty year meant 50–55 million monthly users at the holiday peak; free-to-play more than doubled that, and the record of 150 million came in early 2021, a year after Activision first credited shelter-at-home conditions for rising play. By 2022 the holiday quarter had fallen back to 111 million.[15][38][34][9][12]
Warzone and Call of Duty: Mobile
60 million+
Call of Duty: Warzone players in its first two months
The free-to-play battle royale launched on 10 March 2020.
75 million+
Call of Duty: Warzone players five months after launch
In the first full quarter after Warzone launched, hours played in the Modern Warfare universe rose eight-fold year on year. It is the last Warzone player total Activision published.
100 million+
Call of Duty: Mobile downloads in its first month
Launched on 1 October 2019 and reached the top of the mobile app charts, Activision said.
150 million+
Call of Duty: Mobile installs by the end of 2019
Top of the download charts in more than 150 countries and regions; it ended 2019 among the top-15 grossing games in US app stores (App Annie and Activision estimates).
50 million+
players who pre-registered for Call of Duty: Mobile in China
In final testing in October 2020. After the China launch, Activision said Chinese player spending in early 2021 matched the rest of the world combined.
$1 billion+
worldwide consumer spending on Call of Duty: Mobile in 2021
Spending by players, not Activision’s revenue (app stores and partners take a share).
$3 billion+
lifetime worldwide consumer spending on Call of Duty: Mobile
Passed in April–June 2023, under four years after launch. Activision gave no later figure.
Warzone and Call of Duty: Mobile turned a once-a-year purchase into a service. Warzone reached more than 75 million players within five months of its March 2020 launch, and Activision said conversion from Warzone kept selling the paid game at several times the usual mid-year level. Mobile, launched in October 2019, passed 100 million downloads in its first month and $3 billion in lifetime player spending by mid-2023. Neither has a later official player count: Activision’s last Warzone total is from August 2020.[35][39][32][43]
Modern Warfare 4: release date, price and Game Pass
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, developed by Infinity Ward and set during a North Korean invasion of South Korea, launches on Friday 23 October 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2. It costs $69.99 (Standard) or $99.99 (Vault Edition) in the US. Unlike the two Black Ops games before it, it will not be on Game Pass at launch.[51][55][60][61][53]
23 October 2026
release date of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2
Developed by Infinity Ward. It is not coming to PS4 or Xbox One. The Xbox Store lists it from 04:00 UTC on 23 October.
$69.99
US price of the Modern Warfare 4 Standard Edition
The same on the US Xbox Store and PlayStation Store, before tax. Black Ops 7 launched at the same price in 2025.
$99.99
US price of the Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition
Adds two Operator packs, a five-weapon collection, one season of BlackCell (with 1,100 COD Points) and a DMZ bonus. Past Call of Duty owners get 10% off on digital pre-orders.
7 days
how early digital pre-order buyers could play the full Modern Warfare 4 Campaign
Campaign Early Access opened on 16 October 2026 with all 16 missions; DMZ Early Access followed on 20 October.
12
core Multiplayer maps in Modern Warfare 4 at launch
Plus Kill Block, a training-facility map built from modular sections with more than 500 possible layouts, and separate Gunfight and Big War maps.
Holiday 2027
when Modern Warfare 4 joins Game Pass, about a year after launch
It launches as a standalone purchase. Game Pass Ultimate keeps Black Ops 7, Black Ops 6 and Modern Warfare III.
Day one
Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 on Game Pass: both were included at launch
Black Ops 6 (25 October 2024) was available at launch on Game Pass Ultimate, PC and Console; Black Ops 7 (14 November 2025) was Day One on select Game Pass plans.
2 studios
Treyarch and Raven Software, the lead developers of Black Ops 7, the first back-to-back release within the Black Ops series
Set in 2035. It launched on 14 November 2025 at $69.99 (Standard) and $99.99 (Vault Edition) in the US.
- 25 October 2024: Black Ops 6 launches on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass and Game Pass Console on day one.
- 14 November 2025: Black Ops 7 launches, again on select Game Pass plans on day one, at $69.99 / $99.99.
- 28 May 2026: Modern Warfare 4 announced; pre-orders open on Xbox, PS5, Battle.net and Steam; “will not be available on Game Pass at launch”.
- 26 August 2026: Switch 2 pre-orders and the first Call of Duty open beta on Switch 2.
- 15 October 2026: Activision confirms Modern Warfare 4 joins Game Pass in Holiday 2027.
- 16 October 2026: Campaign Early Access opens for digital pre-orders; DMZ Early Access follows on 20 October.
- 23 October 2026: full launch.
Why it matters: Black Ops 6 set Microsoft’s record for Game Pass sign-ups on a launch day, and Microsoft said that game’s Game Pass players turned part of the purchase into subscription revenue recognised over time. Selling Modern Warfare 4 as a standalone game for its first year reverses that. Its $69.99 price is unchanged from Black Ops 7; the US Xbox Store still lists Black Ops 7, Black Ops 6 and Modern Warfare III bundles at $69.99.[47][53][57][63]
COD Points prices
$1.99
price of the smallest COD Points pack (200 CP) on the US Xbox and PlayStation stores
Points are sold as “Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone Points”; seven packs from 200 to 13,000 CP.
$99.99
price of the largest COD Points pack (13,000 CP) in the US
The same on Xbox and PlayStation. That is 76.9¢ per 100 points, our division.
23%
how much cheaper COD Points are per point in the 13,000 pack than in the 200 pack
Our arithmetic: 76.9¢ vs 99.5¢ per 100 CP. The 500 pack (99.8¢ per 100) is the worst value of all seven.
| Pack | Price (US) | Cents per 100 CP |
|---|---|---|
| 200 CP | $1.99 | 99.5¢ |
| 500 CP | $4.99 | 99.8¢ |
| 1,100 CP | $9.99 | 90.8¢ |
| 2,400 CP | $19.99 | 83.3¢ |
| 5,000 CP | $39.99 | 80.0¢ |
| 9,500 CP | $74.99 | 78.9¢ |
| 13,000 CP | $99.99 | 76.9¢ |
Cents per 100 CP is our arithmetic. Packs are currently named “Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone Points”; a season of BlackCell, included in the Modern Warfare 4 Vault Edition, adds 1,100 CP.
Source: Microsoft Store catalogue (US) — Display catalogue: COD Points packs and Call of Duty game bundles, market US; Microsoft Store (Xbox, US) — 200 Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone Points; Microsoft Store (Xbox, US) — 13,000 Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone Points; PlayStation Store (US) — 200 Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone Points; PlayStation Store (US) — 13,000 Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone Points
Call of Duty esports
12
city-based teams in the Call of Duty League when it debuted in January 2020
Its launch weekend was in Minnesota.
$1 million
prize pool of the 2015 Call of Duty Championship, contested by 32 professional teams
Activision called it the biggest first-person action esports tournament of the year. It took place on 29 March 2015.
$3.5 million
prize pool of the 2016 Call of Duty World League season, across 16 hosted events
When the World League Pro Division was set in December 2015, Activision said 800 pro teams would vie for more than $3 million in cash prizes.
121 million
views of the 2016 Call of Duty World League season, in which more than 1,000 teams took part
Activision’s count, published in November 2016.
4 December 2026
start of the 2027 Call of Duty League season, played on Modern Warfare 4
M80 Boston joins the league. The CDL called 2026 “record-setting”, with its Birmingham Major the biggest UK Call of Duty event ever.
Call of Duty esports grew from a $1 million championship in 2015 to a $3.5 million World League season in 2016, then to the franchised Call of Duty League with 12 city-based teams in 2020. Activision’s later earnings releases gave no CDL prize pools or view counts, and the league’s own site does not state the 2026 Champs prize pool, so we leave it out.[25][28][33][59]
Methodology and caveats
We read every figure on 21 October 2026 from the document it is linked to: Activision Blizzard’s 10-K filings and earnings press releases (2008–2023) on SEC EDGAR, Microsoft’s 10-K and earnings-call transcripts, the official Call of Duty blog and Call of Duty League site, and the US Xbox Store and PlayStation Store. Nothing was copied from other statistics sites.
Launch-sales figures are Activision’s estimates of retail or sell-through sales, as it described them; we keep its wording (“retail sales”, “sell-through”, “consumer spending”).
“Activision” MAUs and segment net revenues are for Activision Blizzard’s Activision Publishing segment, which includes non-Call of Duty games. Quarterly MAUs are averages of the three monthly counts.
Sums, ratios and cents-per-point values are our own arithmetic on published figures and say so.
Rankings Activision attributes to The NPD Group, GfK or Chart-Track are as quoted by Activision; we did not open those firms’ data, which is not public.
Prices are US list prices before tax, read on 21 October 2026.
- Activision never reported revenue, bookings or players for Call of Duty alone, and its last lifetime units and dollar totals are from February 2016.
- Microsoft has owned Activision since 13 October 2023 and reports it inside Xbox content and services; it names Call of Duty only occasionally, so there is no official figure for the franchise after 2023.
- MAUs count accounts per game and platform, not unique people, and include other Activision games.
- Launch records use different measures (retail dollars, sell-through, hours, day-one players) and are not one comparable series.
- Mobile figures are player spending, not Activision revenue.
- Modern Warfare 4 had not launched when this report was published; its prices, Game Pass date and early-access details can still change.
How we research and correct our content is set out in our editorial policy.
Call of Duty Statistics 2026: FAQ
How many people play Call of Duty?
Call of Duty had around 90 million monthly players across console, PC and mobile in mid-2023, Activision said, with more than half of all play on mobile. The record was 150 million Activision monthly active users in January–March 2021. Microsoft said in July 2025 that 50 million people had played Black Ops 6.
How many copies has Call of Duty sold?
The Call of Duty series had sold more than 250 million units by February 2016, according to Activision Blizzard. It is the last lifetime units figure Activision published; neither Activision nor Microsoft has given a newer total.
What is the best-selling Call of Duty?
Activision never published lifetime sales per game, so there is no official best-seller. Activision said Modern Warfare (2019) had the highest first-year premium sales in franchise history and Modern Warfare II (2022) was the fastest to $1 billion; Microsoft called Black Ops 6 (2024) the biggest Call of Duty release ever.
How much money has Call of Duty made?
Call of Duty had over $15 billion in total sales, including in-game content, from 2003 to the end of 2015, Activision said in February 2016. No later franchise total exists; Activision’s publishing segment, led by Call of Duty, added $20.2 billion in net revenues from 2016 to 2022.
Is Call of Duty on Game Pass?
Black Ops 7, Black Ops 6 and Modern Warfare III are on Game Pass Ultimate. Modern Warfare 4 is not: it launches on 23 October 2026 as a standalone purchase and joins Game Pass in Holiday 2027, Activision said on 15 October 2026.
How much does Modern Warfare 4 cost?
Modern Warfare 4 costs $69.99 for the Standard Edition and $99.99 for the Vault Edition on the US Xbox Store and PlayStation Store, before tax, as checked on 21 October 2026. Previous Call of Duty owners get 10% off the Vault Edition on digital pre-orders.
How many people play Warzone?
Warzone had more than 75 million players by August 2020, five months after its 10 March 2020 launch, according to Activision. That is the last official Warzone player total; Activision and Microsoft have not published one since.
How much has Call of Duty: Mobile made?
Players spent more than $3 billion on Call of Duty: Mobile between its October 2019 launch and June 2023, Activision said, including more than $1 billion in 2021. These are consumer-spending figures, before app-store fees.
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- Activision (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 March 2008 (filed 30 May 2008)Accessed — Call of Duty over $1 billion life-to-date net revenues in fiscal 2008; Call of Duty 4 more than 9 million units sold through.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2009 (filed 1 Mar 2010)Accessed — Approximately $3 billion life-to-date revenue; Modern Warfare 2 more than $1 billion in retail sales; developed by Infinity Ward.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2010 (filed 25 Feb 2011)Accessed — Approximately $4.2 billion life-to-date revenue; Black Ops over $650 million within five days.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2011 (filed 28 Feb 2012)Accessed — Approximately $6 billion life-to-date revenue; Modern Warfare 3 released 8 November 2011, over $775 million in five days.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2012 (filed 22 Feb 2013)Accessed — Over $8 billion life-to-date sales; Black Ops II over $1 billion within 15 days; Activision segment net revenues 2010–2012.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2013 (filed 3 Mar 2014)Accessed — Over $9 billion life-to-date revenues, best-selling Western franchise; Ghosts a 2013 fourth-quarter launch; segment net revenues 2013.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2014 (filed 26 Feb 2015)Accessed — Approximately $11 billion life-to-date revenues; Call of Duty launched in 2003; segment net revenues 2014.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2015 (filed 29 Feb 2016)Accessed — Activision segment net revenues $2,700M (2015).
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2016 (filed 28 Feb 2017)Accessed — Quarterly MAUs Q3 2015–Q4 2016 (Activision 55M Q4 2015, 51M Q4 2016); Infinite Warfare launched November 2016.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2017 (filed 27 Feb 2018)Accessed — Quarterly MAUs Q3 2016–Q4 2017 (Activision 55M Q4 2017).
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2018 (filed 28 Feb 2019)Accessed — Activision segment net revenues $2,458M (2018), $2,628M (2017), $2,220M (2016); MAUs to Q4 2018 (53M); Black Ops 4 launched October 2018.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2019 (filed 27 Feb 2020)Accessed — Segment net revenues $2,219M (2019); MAUs 41/37/36/128M in 2019; Call of Duty: Mobile installs exceeded 150 million.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2020 (filed 23 Feb 2021)Accessed — Segment net revenues $3,942M (2020); MAUs 102/125/111/128M in 2020; Activision in-game net bookings up $1.4 billion.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2021 (filed 25 Feb 2022)Accessed — Segment net revenues $3,478M (2021); MAUs 150/127/119/107M in 2021; release dates for Vanguard, Black Ops Cold War, Modern Warfare, Warzone and Mobile.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for 2022 (filed 23 Feb 2023)Accessed — Segment net revenues $3,275M (2022); Activision net bookings down $203M; MAUs 100/94/97/111M in 2022; Modern Warfare II released October 2022.
- Activision (SEC EDGAR)First-partyResults for the quarter ended 31 December 2007, Exhibit 99.1 (7 Feb 2008)Accessed — Call of Duty 4 most popular game in units worldwide in 2007, more than seven million copies.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2009 results, Exhibit 99.1 (10 Feb 2010)Accessed — Modern Warfare 2 first video game to surpass $550 million in retail sales in five days.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2010 results, Exhibit 99.1 (9 Feb 2011)Accessed — Black Ops $650 million in five days (November 2010); 27 million+ played online, 2 billion+ hours.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ1 2011 results, Exhibit 99.1 (9 May 2011)Accessed — Black Ops became the best-selling game of all time in dollars on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in the US and Europe.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2011 results, Exhibit 99.1 (9 Feb 2012)Accessed — Modern Warfare 3 $775 million in five days and $1 billion in 16 days, beating Avatar’s 17.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ1 2012 results, Exhibit 99.1 (9 May 2012)Accessed — Approximately 40 million Call of Duty monthly active users at 31 March 2012; Elite 10 million+ registered, 2 million+ premium.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2012 results, Exhibit 99.1 (7 Feb 2013)Accessed — Black Ops II first video game to cross $1 billion in 15 days (November 2012).
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2013 results, Exhibit 99.1 (6 Feb 2014)Accessed — Ghosts #1 best-selling title in units and dollars in the US and Europe for Q4 2013.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2014 results, Exhibit 99.1 (5 Feb 2015)Accessed — Advanced Warfare #1 top-selling console game globally in 2014; franchise over $11 billion in retail sales.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ1 2015 results, Exhibit 99.1 (6 May 2015)Accessed — Third annual Call of Duty Championship on 29 March 2015: 32 teams competed for $1 million.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2015 results, Exhibit 99.1 (11 Feb 2016)Accessed — Call of Duty surpassed 250 million units and over $15 billion in total sales including in-game content; Black Ops III biggest entertainment opening weekend of 2015.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ3 2016 results, Exhibit 99.1 (3 Nov 2016)Accessed — More than 1,000 teams in the 2016 Call of Duty World League season, 121 million views.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2016 results, Exhibit 99.1 (9 Feb 2017)Accessed — World League $3.5 million prize pool across 16 events; #1 console franchise globally in 2016 and in North America for the 8th year in a row.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ3 2017 results, Exhibit 99.1 (2 Nov 2017)Accessed — Launch of Call of Duty: WWII on 3 November 2017.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2017 results, Exhibit 99.1 (8 Feb 2018)Accessed — WWII top-grossing console game of 2017 globally; biggest day-one digital release ever on PlayStation.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2018 results, Exhibit 99.1 (12 Feb 2019)Accessed — Full-game downloads over 40% of Black Ops 4 console sell-through, vs about 30% for WWII.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ3 2019 results, Exhibit 99.1 (7 Nov 2019)Accessed — Activision 36 million MAUs in Q3 2019; Call of Duty: Mobile over 100 million downloads in its first month.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2019 results, Exhibit 99.1 (6 Feb 2020)Accessed — Modern Warfare console digital mix nearly 50%; most upfront console sales of any franchise in 10 of the last 11 years; CDL debuted with 12 city-based teams.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ1 2020 results, Exhibit 99.1 (5 May 2020)Accessed — Warzone launched 10 March 2020 and reached over 60 million players.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ2 2020 results, Exhibit 99.1 (4 Aug 2020)Accessed — Warzone over 75 million players; hours in the Modern Warfare universe up eight-fold.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ3 2020 results, Exhibit 99.1 (29 Oct 2020)Accessed — Modern Warfare highest first-year premium sales, two-thirds digital; Black Ops Cold War on 13 November; Mobile 50 million+ China pre-registrations.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2020 results, Exhibit 99.1 (4 Feb 2021)Accessed — 2020 record year: more than 100 million monthly active players, franchise net bookings about double, premium unit sales up over 40%.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ1 2021 results, Exhibit 99.1 (4 May 2021)Accessed — Record 150 million Activision MAUs; franchise MAUs more than tripled in two years; China spending on par with rest of world.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ2 2021 results, Exhibit 99.1 (3 Aug 2021)Accessed — Conversion from Warzone drove premium sales at multiples of pre-2020 Q2 levels; Mobile on track for $1 billion in 2021.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ4 and full-year 2021 results, Exhibit 99.1 (3 Feb 2022)Accessed — Lower Vanguard premium sales; Mobile 2021 consumer spending over $1 billion; 2022 game led by Infinity Ward.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ3 2022 results, Exhibit 99.1 (7 Nov 2022)Accessed — Modern Warfare II fastest premium Call of Duty to $1 billion; 10-day hours 40%+ above record; “well over half a billion players” in three years.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ1 2023 results, Exhibit 99.1 (26 Apr 2023)Accessed — Next annual premium Call of Duty slated for later in 2023.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyQ2 2023 results, Exhibit 99.1 (19 Jul 2023)Accessed — Around 90 million monthly players, over half of engagement on mobile; Mobile lifetime consumer spending passed $3 billion.
- Activision Blizzard (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 8-K: completion of the merger with Microsoft (13 Oct 2023)Accessed — Merger completed 13 October 2023; each share converted into $95.00 in cash.
- Microsoft (SEC EDGAR)First-partyForm 10-K for fiscal year 2024 (filed 30 Jul 2024)Accessed — Acquisition of Activision Blizzard completed 13 October 2023 for a total purchase price of $75.4 billion.
- MicrosoftFirst-partyFY2024 Q3 earnings call transcript (25 Apr 2024)Accessed — Gaming revenue +51%, 55 points from Activision, “ahead of expectations primarily driven by Call of Duty”; success of Modern Warfare III.
- MicrosoftFirst-partyFY2025 Q1 earnings call transcript (30 Oct 2024)Accessed — Black Ops 6 biggest Call of Duty release ever; record day-one players and Game Pass adds; PlayStation and Steam units up over 60%.
- MicrosoftFirst-partyFY2025 Q2 earnings call transcript (29 Jan 2025)Accessed — Black Ops 6 top-selling game on Xbox and PlayStation in the quarter; more launch-quarter players than any paid release in franchise history.
- MicrosoftFirst-partyFY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript (30 Jul 2025)Accessed — 50 million people have played Black Ops 6; total hours surpassed 2 billion.
- MicrosoftFirst-partyFY2026 Q2 earnings call transcript (28 Jan 2026)Accessed — Xbox content and services −5%, below expectations driven by first-party content. Call of Duty not mentioned.
- Activision (Call of Duty blog)First-partyCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 releases on October 23, 2026 (28 May 2026)Accessed — From Activision and Infinity Ward; PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Switch 2; not on PS4/Xbox One; 12 core launch maps; Kill Block 500+ configurations.
- Activision (Call of Duty blog)First-partyModern Warfare 4: all game editions and pre-order benefits (28 May 2026, updated 23 Jul 2026)Accessed — Vault Edition contents incl. BlackCell with 1,100 COD Points; 10% loyalty discount; not on Game Pass at launch.
- Activision (Call of Duty blog)First-partyModern Warfare 4 launches October 23 as a standalone release (15 Oct 2026)Accessed — Not included with Game Pass until Holiday 2027; Campaign Early Access 16 October, DMZ Early Access 20 October; Game Pass keeps BO7, BO6, MWIII.
- Activision (Call of Duty blog)First-partyModern Warfare 4 Campaign Early Access is live (16 Oct 2026)Accessed — Sixteen Campaign missions; all digital pre-orders on every platform incl. Switch 2; DMZ Early Access from 20 October.
- Activision (Call of Duty blog)First-partyModern Warfare 4 on Nintendo Switch 2: pre-orders and Open Beta (26 Aug 2026)Accessed — Switch 2 launch on 23 October; first Call of Duty open beta on the system.
- Activision (Call of Duty blog)First-partyCall of Duty: Black Ops 7 confirmed (June 2025)Accessed — Treyarch and Raven Software; first-ever consecutive release within the Black Ops series; set in 2035.
- Activision (Call of Duty blog)First-partyBlack Ops 7 game editions and pre-order benefits (updated 12 Sep 2025)Accessed — Launch on 14 November (2025); $69.99 Standard and $99.99 Vault Edition (US SRP); Day One on select Game Pass plans.
- Activision (Call of Duty blog)First-partyBlack Ops 6 pre-order benefits and game editions (9 Jun 2024)Accessed — Launch on 25 October (2024); available at launch on Game Pass Ultimate, PC and Console.
- Call of Duty League (Activision)First-party2027 Season Announcement (14 Oct 2026)Accessed — Season kicks off 4 December on Modern Warfare 4; M80 Boston joins; 2026 “record-setting”; Birmingham Major biggest UK COD event ever. Read in headless Chrome.
- Microsoft Store (Xbox, US)First-partyCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (Standard)Accessed — $69.99 list price in the US catalogue; release 23 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC; publisher Activision Publishing.
- Microsoft Store (Xbox, US)First-partyCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – Vault EditionAccessed — $99.99 list price in the US catalogue.
- PlayStation Store (US)First-partyCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 – Vault EditionAccessed — Vault Edition $99.99; the same page lists the Standard Edition at $69.99.
- Microsoft Store catalogue (US)First-partyDisplay catalogue: COD Points packs and Call of Duty game bundles, market USAccessed — All seven COD Points packs: 200/$1.99, 500/$4.99, 1,100/$9.99, 2,400/$19.99, 5,000/$39.99, 9,500/$74.99, 13,000/$99.99. A second call (BigIds 9NLZZ74TFD7P, 9N8KMNW6942X, 9N1N0NQNGK9W) listed the MWIII, BO7 and BO6 Cross-Gen Bundles at $69.99.
- Microsoft Store (Xbox, US)First-party200 Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone PointsAccessed — $1.99.
- Microsoft Store (Xbox, US)First-party13,000 Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone PointsAccessed — $99.99.
- PlayStation Store (US)First-party200 Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone PointsAccessed — $1.99.
- PlayStation Store (US)First-party13,000 Black Ops 7 or Call of Duty: Warzone PointsAccessed — $99.99.
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Update history
Published 21 Oct 2026, two days before Modern Warfare 4 launches: with Activision Blizzard’s 10-K filings and earnings releases from 2008 to 2023 on SEC EDGAR, Microsoft’s 10-K and earnings calls, the Call of Duty blog and League site, and US Xbox Store and PlayStation Store prices.