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Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare may be suffering year-on-year, but that hasn’t stopped it reclaiming top spot in the UK Top 40. Last week’s No.1, FIFA 17, drops a place this week ahead of fellow EA title Battlefield 1, which climbs one spot to 3rd. There are two new …
Read More »Call of Duty’s US physical sales down sharply
Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare suffered a similar High Street sales decline in the US as it did in the UK. CNBC reports that physical sales of the game were down by around 50 per cent in November compared to its predecessor Black Ops III. That’s virtually the same …
Read More »Rouge signs Call of Duty team
Rogue has signed a Call of Duty team in preparation for the upcoming Call of Duty World League. The new Rogue roster, which is made up of Daniel "Miyagi" Ho, John "Johnny" Cookson, Alex "Examples" Hartlaub and Mike "Blfire" Glushenok, features three players that played together on Team Lethal. Johnny …
Read More »Call of Duty World League 2017 detailed
The Call of Duty World League will again return in 2017, with MLG unsurprisingly taking the lead. Throughout 2017 there will be more open LAN events than in 2016, with the CWL Las Vegas Open, the CWL Atlanta Open and the CWL Anaheim Open all already confirmed for North America. …
Read More »Call of Duty tops charts in difficult month for boxed retail
Shooter Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare took the No.1 spot in the November charts, making Activision Blizzard the No.1 publisher in both units and value for the month. Boxed unit sales were down 26 per cent compared to Black Ops III’s first month, though. And Activision’s shooter was not the …
Read More »Dishonored 2 falls short of original as Call of Duty falls sharply
Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare remains the UK No.1, despite suffering a steeper drop in sales than its genre rivals. Week two sales of the Infinity Ward game were down 55 per cent. That’s significantly more than the 39 per cent and 41 per cent drop off seen with …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare merchandise
It’s that time of the year: the latest Call of Duty just launched. As with every CoD, Infinite Warfare comes with its fair share of merchandise and guest stars. The latest names added to an already long list of cameos are Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and actor Danny McBride. They …
Read More »Call of Duty’s Steam numbers are struggling
It isn’t only Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s boxed sales numbers that are lagging. Steam tracking site GitHyp reveals that the latest installment in the FPS series peaked at just 15,280 players during its launch weekend. That made it only the 27th most played game on Steam in the period. …
Read More »Updated: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare sales nearly 50% down on Black Ops III
This year’s Call of Duty has failed to hit the heights of its predecessor in its first week in the UK. GfK Chart-Track numbers show that week one sales of COD: Infinite Warfare are down 48.4 per cent compared to 2015’s Black Ops III. Even taking into account the lack …
Read More »New Call of Duty World League season starts with MLG Las Vegas
The new season of the Call of Duty World League will kick off on December 16th 2016 with the start of MLG Las Vegas. The competition will feature top North American teams battling it out for a share of the $100,000 prize pool at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas …
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