Talking about FPS genre games or First Person Shooter certainly should not forget the name Call of Duty as one of the most successful pioneers. First released in 2003, Call of Duty has been transformed into one of the biggest games in the world.
Until now there have been 15 series Call of Duty which has been released, lastly Activision issued a series Black Ops 4 released in October 2022 yesterday which is currently well received by gamers all over the world. Until 2022 all series Call of Duty total sales of 250 million copies worldwide. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 became the series with the best sales of 26 million copies. Here are five interesting facts about this one game.
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1. Treyarch is the Most Successful Call of Duty Developer
Call of Duty is indeed a franchise under Infinity Ward. However, the most successful Call of Duty game release is Treyarch’s Black Ops series, although the difference is very thin, the Black Ops series is indeed very consistent and always manages to break sales records.
The 2 best selling Call of Duty series at the moment are Modern Warfare 3 with 26.5 million copies, second position is Black Ops with 26.2 million copies, then third is Black Ops 2 with 24.2 million copies, and fourth is Modern Warfare 2 with 22.7 million copies.
2. The original plan for Call of Duty was to use a modern concept
Infinity Ward initially wanted a war game with a modern setting, while Activision wanted to repeat the success of EA’s Medal of Honor released. EA previously released Medal of Honor and Battlefield 1942, all of which carried the theme of World War II. That’s what finally made Infinity Ward want to make a game that wasn’t the theme of World War II.
The Infinity War plan at that time made a war game that used modern concepts. But unfortunately not approved by Activision because they want to repeat the success of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. In the end Infinity Ward agreed with the concept of World War II according to Activision’s idea. Infinity Ward has proven that they are capable of working on the Call of Duty game.
3. Call of Duty Developers Are Also Developing Medal of Honor
Infinity Ward is a studio created by Jason West and Vince Zempella. Both are the people behind the success of EA’s Medal of Honor in the 1990s to 2000s. Medal of Honor already has 3 series, and the Allied Assault series is the best series in the history of the Medal of Honor game.
Infinity Ward shares were finally bought by Activision who saw an opportunity to compete with EA in a World War II themed game. This makes Activision and EA a competitor in developing FPS games.
4. Captain Price Appears In Call of Duty 2
In the long history of Call of Duty, there is one character, Captain Price, who is a very iconic mustache character from the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare series. Now Captain Price has also appeared in the Call of Duty 2 series.
But what you need to know is that it turns out that Captain Price first appeared on the North African Call of Duty 2 mission. Until now there is no explanation why Captain Price is still alive in modern times where the North African mission is World War II themed.
5. Zombie Mode from Treyarch
Call of Duty has a mode that gamers really like and is like a mandatory package nowadays, every new series there must be a zombie mode. One of the developers of Call of Duty is Treyarch who developed the series Call of Duty: World at War. Treyarch is a pioneer zombie mode in Call of Duty.
At the beginning of Call of Duty, which was developed by Treyarch, it was less successful than when it was developed by Infinity Ward. Until Treyarch racked his brains while developing the World at War series by adding a zombie mode, this idea was initially not approved until it was finally made into an easter egg. But who would have thought, this mode was a huge success.
Well, those were some interesting facts about Call of Duty that you will definitely only know after reading this, right? Of all the facts above, is there anything that surprised you after reading it?
