Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game that was developed by “Infinity Ward” and later published by Activision. The self-titled “Call of Duty” is the very first installment to the series and franchise; it was released on October 29 in 2003 for platforms such as Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, PC, Mac and many more.
2. THE BEGINNING: 2003
• Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game that was developed by “Infinity Ward”
and later published by Activision. The self-titled “Call of Duty” is the very first installment
to the series and franchise; it was released on October 29 in 2003 for platforms such as
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, PC, Mac and many more.
3. INTRODUCTION:
• Call of Duty is one of the most, if not the most popular first-person shooter video game. It
has a very large fan base and truly set the base for many other first-person shooter
games in terms of graphics, controls, and story. Call of Duty introduced a new take on AI-
controlled allies who support the player during missions and react to situational changes
during gameplay. This led to a greater emphasis on “squad-based” play as opposed to the
"lone wolf" approach often portrayed in earlier first-person shooter games.
4. CAMPAIGN:
• The Call of Duty campaign, one of the greatest perks of the game itself. The story has got
to be the most original aspect to the game, it gives you the feeling you're watching a
movie that you are controlling. The levels aren't just levels where you have to go from
point A to B and shoot everything and everyone in your way. The levels are vast
scenario's in which there is always something going on and surprises await for you
around every corner. The levels are filled with great cut scene moments and surprises in
which you have to fight for your life and that of your companions. It really is one of the
great game modes within Call of Duty and they are very well created and planned out for
every game release.
5. MULTIPLAYER:
• The Call of Duty multiplayer experience is also something which really made the game
something special. With two controllers you could fight side by side with a friend within the
campaign mode; and with “live” or online access you could also take your skills to the
battlefield in various game modes such as “Team Deathmatch”, “Free for All”, “Gun Game”
and many more. The most popular game mode within the multiplayer playlist is “Team
Deathmatch” it allowed you to fight alongside 5 other teammates whom were playing
online somewhere in the world as you battled 6 other enemy hostiles who were also
playing from somewhere in the world, it’s such an amazing aspect and experience that the
game holds.
6. THE FRANCHISE:
• During Activision's most recent earnings report, CEO Bobby Kotick announced that the
Call of Duty franchise has earned $11 Billion worldwide in sales since its launch in 2003.
Just last year marked the sixth year in a row that Call of Duty had been the best-selling
franchise in North America, following the releases of blockbusters such as Call of Duty:
Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and Call of Duty:
Modern Warfare 3. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare also met a milestone in 2014 as it was
the top-selling console game in that year. Call of Duty has a large fan base and hold’s
events for every game release where they hold competitions with a prize for winning
teams, live performances, and other various activities for fans to enjoy and have fun.
7. GAMES MAIN SERIES IN ORDER OF RELEASE
• Call of Duty (Oct 2003)
• Call of Duty 2 (Oct 2005)
• Call of Duty 3(Nov 2006)
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare(Nov 2007)
• Call of Duty: World at War(Nov 2008)
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2(Nov 2009)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops(Nov 2010)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3(Nov 2011)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Nov 2012)
• Call of Duty: Ghosts(Nov 2013)
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare(Nov 2014)
8. GAMES MAIN SERIES IN ORDER OF RELEASE
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3(Nov 2015)
• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare(Nov 2016)
• Call of Duty: World at War 2(Nov 2017)
9. PAKISTAN BANS CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 2 &
MEDAL OF HONOR IN 2012
• Mission: To Destroy Black Market Arm Shipment in Karachi
• The latest versions of two of the world's bestselling videogames will no longer be sold in
Pakistan. The country's top retailers have banned the sale of Call of Duty, as well as the
series, Medal of Honor. Shopkeepers say the videogames portray Pakistan as a failed
state where its intelligence agencies are in league with al-Qaeda.
• In game the American Army land in Pakistan and Kill the Army of Pakistan because they
are stopping them as they have Violate our land and enter in our country.
• And also it was shown that when Pakistani Agency ISI(Inter Services Intelligence) was on
there way to destroy Black Market Arm Shipment American army also stopped them and
killed them.
• Due to all these reason traders banned the sale of Call of Duty, as well as the series,
Medal of Honor.
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12. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
It was released in 2007 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows.
The game breaks away from the World War II setting of previous entries in the series and is
instead set in modern times.
Developed for over two years, the game uses a proprietary game engine.
13. CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE (STORY)
The story takes place in the year 2011, where a radical leader has executed the
president of an unnamed country in the Middle East, and
an ultranationalist movement ignites a civil war in Russia. The conflicts are seen
from the perspectives of a U.S. Force Reconnaissance Marine and a British SAS
commando, and are set in various locales, such as the United Kingdom, the
Middle East, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Ukraine.
14. SALES OF GAME
• The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions would go on to sell 1.57 million and 444,000 units,
respectively, in the United States in November 2007. 1.47 million units of the Xbox 360 version
were sold in December 2007; the game sold 331,000 copies for the Xbox 360 and 140,000
copies for the PlayStation 3 in January 2008. The Xbox 360 version was the third best-selling
video game of 2007 in the U.S. with 3.04 million units sold, behind Halo 3, which sold 4.82
million units, according to the NPD Group. By January 2008, Call of Duty 4: Modern
Warfare had sold more than 7 million copies worldwide, and was the best-selling game of 2007.
On June 3, 2008, Infinity Ward reported that the game had sold over 10 million units. During a
May 2009 conference call, Activision announced that the game has sold 13 million copies,
surpassing Super Mario Galaxy as the best selling game released that week of November
2007.By November 2013, the game had sold 15.7 million copies.
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was widely distributed online in the form of infringing copies.
Robert Bowling, Community Manager at Infinity Ward stated, "We pulled some disturbing
numbers this past week about the amount of PC players currently playing Multiplayer... What
wasn't fantastic was the percentage of those numbers who were playing on stolen copies of the
game on stolen/cracked CD keys of pirated copies.”
15. AWARDS
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare received awards from various gaming sites and
publications. Both GameSpot and GameTrailers gave the game the Best Graphics of E3
2007 award, and the Best PlayStation 3 Game of 2007 award, and later ranked it as the
third best first-person shooter on its "Top 10 FPS Games Ever!" list. It gained high praise
from both video game magazine GamePro and GameSpy, having been named the Best
Overall Game of 2007 by the former, and Game of the Year by the latter. Game Critics
also named the game "Best Action Game. From other authorities such as IGN and X-play,
and the Spike Video Game Awards, the game won awards for areas such as Best Sound
Design, Best Shooter of 2007, and Best Military Game. From the Academy of Interactive
Arts & Sciences, the game won Console Game of the Year, Action game of the Year, and
Overall Game of the Year. From the British Academy Video Games Awards, The game
also won Best Gameplay of the Year, Best Story and Character of the Year, and People's
Choice Game of the Year. The game was awarded with the Academy of Video Games
Awards Game of the Year 2007 Award. The readers of PlayStation Official
Magazine voted it the 7th greatest PlayStation title ever released.