Frank Woods goes into the woods in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

Call of Duty hits $3 billion in bookings in 2020, Warzone with Cold War moved to December 16

Call of Duty hit new records in the past year as net bookings crossed $3 billion, according to Activision Blizzard. Meanwhile, the new Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War version of Warzone has been delayed from December 10 to December 16.

During the past year, Call of Duty evolved from a once-a-year release to a year-round pastime as Activision launched Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Mobile, and the battle royale mode Call of Duty: Warzone. In November, it launched Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War. The free-to-play Warzone has been downloaded 85 million times since March.

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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.