Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Is #1 Most Played Call of Duty Multiplayer of This Console Generation
December 18 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New Multiplayer Highs in Hours Played, Hours
per Player and Average Daily Players in First 50 Days of
Release
Through November 2019, Modern Warfare Became
the Top-Selling Premium Game of 2019 in the U.S. Year-To-Date, Also
Crossed $1 Billion in Worldwide Sell-Through
Largest Free Content Offering in Franchise
History Continues today with Release of New Multiplayer Maps,
Gunfight Maps, Special Ops Mission and Game Modes
Activision’s Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® continues to drive
momentum delivering new highs in multiplayer engagement within the
franchise for this console generation. Modern Warfare has outpaced
all previous Call of Duty multiplayer experiences of this
generation in hours played, hours per player and average daily
players on its way to becoming the most played Call of Duty
multiplayer in the first 50 days since launch in six years.
The award-winning title, which has sold more than $1 billion in
sell-through worldwide, has surpassed 500 million multiplayer hours
played since release with nearly 300 million multiplayer matches.
Upon release, the title featured a series of firsts for Call of
Duty, including crossplay and cross-progression support, as well as
the removal of Season Pass and delivery of new post-release content
coming free to all players on all platforms.
“The momentum for Modern Warfare from day one has been
incredible. Players are having a great time and are continuing to
engage across the multiplayer experience at the highest level in
years. We’re also seeing new franchise highs for this console
generation in hours played, hours per player and average daily
players,” said Byron Beede, executive vice president and general
manager for Call of Duty, Activision. “It’s great to see the fan
response to the hard work from our development teams led by
Infinity Ward. Players are having a great time, and there’s much
more to come as we continue to deliver new content.”
“We’re bringing our players together to play across all
platforms and that continues today with a new wave of content
coming to everyone for free,” said Patrick Kelly, co-studio head
and creative director for developer Infinity Ward. “Starting today
Vacant and Shipment are in full multiplayer rotation. Players can
also jump into new Gunfight maps, play a new Special Ops mission
and play fun new modes, starting with Cranked.”
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season One featuring the new Battle
Pass as well as the largest free content offering in Call of Duty
history continues today with the release of the following to all
players for free:
- Two new multiplayer maps: Vacant, Shipment
- Two Gunfight maps
- New Special Ops missions
- New, multiplayer game mode
The Season One Battle Pass can be purchased for 1,000 COD points
or players can upgrade to the Battle Pass Bundle which includes 20
Tier Skips. Regardless of whether you choose to upgrade your Battle
Pass, some of the tiers will include free Call of Duty points that
can be used in the store or for future Battle Pass upgrades.
Sell-through sales figures include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
retail and digital unit sales. Sales figures based on retail
customer sell-through information and Activision data and
estimates. Hours played, hours per player, matches, and average
daily player numbers based on Activision data. Top selling premium
game of the year in the U.S. based on Activision and NPD data, and
excludes free-to-play games.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox
One, and PC. The title features a fully-optimized PC version,
developed in partnership with Beenox, which is available
exclusively on Blizzard Battle.net®, Blizzard Entertainment’s
online gaming platform. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is published
by Activision, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard
(NASDAQ: ATVI) with development led by award-winning developer
Infinity Ward, and additional development support from Activision
Shanghai, Beenox, High-Moon Studios, Raven Software and
Sledgehammer Games.
About Activision
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leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment.
Activision maintains operations throughout the world and is a
division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P 500
company. More information about Activision and its products can be
found on the company's website, www.activision.com or by following
@Activision.
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