Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has damaged one other franchise file after crossing $1 billion in worldwide sell-through income in 10 days.

That makes it the quickest Call of Duty title to earn $1 billon by some margin. The earlier file belonged to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which surpassed $1 billion in 15 days when it launched in 2012.

For context, Modern Warfare II topped $800 million in sell-through income throughout its first three days, which in keeping with Activision Blizzard made it the “largest leisure opening of the 12 months.”

The writer stated that Modern Warfare II participant engagement can also be persevering with to “soar,” with individuals sinking over 200 million hours into the title because it launched on October 28, 2022.

Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft is presently trying to buy for $68.7 billion, heaped reward on its improvement group following the newest milestone.

“Our builders, together with our complete Activision Blizzard group, are the spine of our unwavering dedication to serve our lots of of tens of millions of gamers world wide,” stated long-serving CEO Bobby Kotick in a press launch. “I’m so happy with the extraordinary efforts from our Call of Duty groups and the information they’ve achieved with Modern Warfare II.”

When Activision Blizzard is not waxing lyrical in regards to the success of Call of Duty, the corporate is reportedly nonetheless making life tough for unionizing QA employees at its Raven Software and Blizzard Albany subsidiaries, whereas concurrently trying to reform its office tradition after an ongoing spate of high-profile misconduct allegations.