11 million heed Call of Duty: World at War

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Jun 15, 2009 5:57 pm PT

What might be Activision and Treyarch's last shooter set during World War II mows down another retail milestone.

During its quarterly earnings call last month, Activision Blizzard revealed that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare--likely the last Call of Duty game developed by Infinity Ward-- had sold 13 million units worldwide. Last week, Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey predicted that its sequel/spin-off, Modern Warfare 2--which has "taken on a life of its own" outside the COD franchise--will sell even faster, moving just over 11 million units in two months.

"In Soviet Union, video game plays you!"

Today, Activision announced another Call of Duty game has sold 11 million units--in seven months. According to the official Call of Duty: World at War Web site, the well-reviewed first-person shooter hit the impressive milestone the week after its second downloadable map pack was released. The first map pack, which has sold over 2 million units, went live on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network in March.

As part of Activision's developer-alternating strategy, Call of Duty: World at War was developed by Santa Monica, California-based Treyarch (Quantum of Solace). With Infinity Ward now focused on Modern Warfare 2 (and its inevitable sequels), Treyarch has apparently taken over the Call of Duty series, which will reportedly leave World War II behind. Unconfirmed leaks have the well-into-development project--code-named "Call of Duty 7"--being set during the Cold War in such conflict zones as Vietnam, Cuba, and postcolonial Africa.

Call of Duty is currently available for the DS, Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. For more on the latter three versions of the game, check out the video review below.

405 Comments

  • ferntfactor

    Posted Jul 21, 2009 4:10 pm PT

    let's be Frank. this game rocks. and yes, i'm loaded and should be working, but this fact holds true. i've now played it for 15 cents an hour. that's value. no other game comes close....yet. map pack it up, mofos!

  • AmazedTony123

    Posted Jul 16, 2009 5:08 pm PT

    when treyarch makes the next cod... I hope it will be in vietnam!!!

  • Brent0s

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 10:03 pm PT

    This game irritates me because mostly american servers are rated G no swearing. They say kids play this game. That is B S. you can simulate realistic murder but you can't swear which they do on the game that is rated ma for mature. We are now trained to censor each other land of the free, my rectum chute. Beyond that this is the buggest game know to man. That hasn't fixed itself in a year what a joke guess they already got my money why should they care. I hope they fire Treyarch. I'm boycoting them. But I will play this one last Gayarch trademarked garbage cuz like I said they already have my money.

  • zakkess

    Posted Jul 7, 2009 3:07 pm PT

    to me MW2 looks like a new 007 game? with all the gadgets and etc.

  • i7orres

    Posted Jun 30, 2009 6:49 pm PT

    The best improvement that World at War had over any other Call of Duty game was the decapitations. It would kind of suck if MW2 didn't include it. It gives it a better feel of realism. It does to me, anyways.

  • pokemon276

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 1:15 pm PT

    Ya i as well love all of the COD games

  • Setsuka13

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 11:16 am PT

    If they keep making them like they do, but adding more and more improvements along the way, i'll be a COD customer for a very, very long time.

  • andyamurray

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 6:32 pm PT

    CoD Vietnam would be f*ckin sick.

  • Payback7

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 4:25 pm PT

    Loved all the COD's I've played and I'll be one of the apparent 11 million buying this game! BRING IT ON!!!

  • Malco_Vincenzo

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 4:11 pm PT

    @ SalarianChemist
    "Obviously the fact that these games are released for the Nintendo DS, Wii, PS2 and PC are what really help drive these sales numbers up."

    actually the PS2, Wii, and DS versions of Waw only sold contributed around 2million of the 11 million sold.
    its really the console version you look for.

    "It's pretty scary to think about the type of sales numbers a game series like Halo would reach if it were released for the Nintendo DS."
    Halo for the DS..... No....

  • aserbianguy

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 3:21 pm PT

    world at war is no improvement to cod 4
    all treyarch did was copy infinity ward cause they used the same engine. cod 4 is better than world at war

  • aserbianguy

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 3:18 pm PT

    infinity ward should be the only company making cod games.
    modern warfare 2 is basically call of duty

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 11:28 am PT

    there running out of wars, soon they will have to make up some

  • Vanshluuugnheim

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 7:39 am PT

    @another_drew.
    Your Just an Obsessed Fanboy Who is Blind to the Truth. Your Existence is A Waste of Resources.

  • mgcrider08

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 5:23 am PT

    @coolguy

    The cold war wasn't a "war", but many conflicts resulted from it...the Korean War (which almost provoked an American conflict with China), the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam Conflict, Iran/Iraq conflict, and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (where we sold weapons to bin Laden in order for his troops to defend against the USSR)...taking the game to the Cold War era could have tons of possibilities.

  • Excedra

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 3:41 am PT

    cod rocks

  • kakashi6666

    Posted Jun 17, 2009 11:07 pm PT

    ShockerX01

    its to be expected that there will be inproovments ov cod waw over cod 4
    coz its a newer game thers bin advances in tech since cod 4 was made its bin out for awile now so

  • nappan

    Posted Jun 17, 2009 7:22 pm PT

    WaW was a refreshing change of pace from CoD4 whole waiting for MW2. I didn't find it to be as memorable or fun, and I'm tired of the setting, but it was a VERY well made game with excellent gameplay. Not my taste, but it filled a gap between games.

  • ShockerX01

    Posted Jun 17, 2009 6:53 pm PT

    Grats to Infinity Ward. I love CoD 4 and WaW. Both great games, I seem to enjoy WaW better than CoD 4 and no, its not because of the zombies . Just little better "improvements" over CoD4

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