Call of Duty

Call of Duty is a first-person and third-person shooter video game series franchise. The series began on the PC, and later expanded to consoles and handhelds. Several spin-off games have also been released. The earlier games in the series are set primarily in World War II; starting with Modern Warfare, set in modern times, the series has shifted focus away from World War II. Modern Warfare was followed by Modern Warfare 2, set in modern times, and Black Ops, set during the Cold War. Modern Warfare 3, also set in modern times (as the name suggests), was released on 8 November 2011.

The Call of Duty games are published and owned by Activision and published for Apple OS X by Aspyr Media. Most have been developed primarily by Infinity Ward and Treyarch; some games have been developed by Gray Matter Interactive, Spark Unlimited, Pi Studios, Amaze Entertainment, Rebellion Developments, and n-Space. The games use a variety of engines, including the id Tech 3, the Treyarch NGL, and the IW 5.0. Other products in the franchise include a line of action figures designed by Plan-B Toys, a card game created by Upper Deck, and a comic book mini-series published by WildStorm.

As of November 11, 2011, the Call Of Duty series have sold over 100 million copies.As of March 31, 2012 there are 40 million monthly active players across all of the Call of Duty titles, with 10 million Call of Duty: Elite users and 2 million paying annual members. Over 1.6 billion hours of online gameplay have been logged in the latest game in the series, Modern Warfare 3.

Developers Infinity Ward Treyarch Sledgehammer Games Raven Software Gray Matter Interactive Pi Studios Spark Unlimited Amaze Entertainment Rebellion Developments Ideaworks Game Studio Ports: n-Space Aspyr Media Demonware Certain Affinity Publishers Activision Aspyr Media Creators Ben Chichoski Composers Michael Giacchino Graeme Revell Joel Goldsmith Sean Murray Stephen Barton Harry Gregson-Williams Hans Zimmer Lorne Balfe Brian Tyler Platforms Microsoft Windows/OS X Nintendo DS Nintendo GameCube Nokia N-Gage PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 iOS BlackBerry First release Call of Duty October 29, 2003 Latest release Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 November 8, 2011 Official website www.callofduty.com