Call of Duty: Black Ops III had the PlayStation 4’s biggest multiplayer beta

Sony and Activision announced today that the Call of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer beta test on the PlayStation 4 was the biggest ever for that platform. Millions of players played the beta test for the game from August 19 to August 23.

Black Ops III is the second title to debut under the new three-team production strategy at Activision. Call of Duty games come out every year, and Activision has generated more than $10 billion from the first-person military shooter series over the past decade. The two prior Black Ops games themselves have been played by nearly 100 million people. In the past, Treyarch and Infinity Ward took turns making each game on a two-year development cycle. But Activision added Sledgehammer Games to the rotation, starting with last year’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. As a result, each team now has three years to make a game.