The Night War level of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
The Night War level of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II tops $1B in 10 days

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is smashing franchise records as it hit $1 billion in sell-through in its first 10 days, surpassing the franchise record of 15 days set in 2012 by Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

The game was fully released on October 28, and Activision said player engagement continues to soar as Modern Warfare II players already have played more than 200 million hours and over a billion matches across PlayStation, Xbox and PC platforms. Check out our review here.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.