Call of Duty (series)

Call of Duty is a series created by Ben Chichoski.

The series is published by Activision and most of the games have been developed by Infinity Ward and Treyarch, though some were developed by Amaze Entertainment and Gray Matter Interactive Studios. More games are expected to come on a yearly basis with Infinity Ward and Treyarch interchanging until heard otherwise. Yet another producer, Sledgehammer Games, is expected to release an action-adventure franchise of the Call of Duty series.

Call of Duty, the first installment in the series, won over eighty Game of the Year awards in 2003. In 2005, Call of Duty 2 was the first Xbox 360 title to sell one million copies and was the bestselling game of that year. In 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 broke the record for highest gross from a form of media's first day on the market, bringing in $310 million in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia alone, beating Grand Theft Auto IV ' s record of $310 million worldwide.

The series has been referred to and parodied by many television shows, including The Whitest Kids U' Know, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Mr. Sark of X-Play listed it as his second favorite shooter series, saying "I like war movies, so I like Call of Duty".

List of games

 * 1.) Call of Duty (2003)
 * 2.) Call of Duty: United Offensive (2004)
 * 3.) Call of Duty: Classic (2009)
 * 4.) Call of Duty: Finest Hour (2004)
 * 5.) Call of Duty 2 (2005)
 * 6.) Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (2005)
 * 7.) Call of Duty 3 (2006)
 * 8.) Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (2007)
 * 9.) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
 * 10.) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS) (2007)
 * 11.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition (2009)
 * 12.) Call of Duty: World at War (2008)
 * 13.) Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts (2008)
 * 14.) Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS) (2008)
 * 15.) Call of Duty: ZOMBIES (2009)
 * 16.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
 * 17.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Force Recon (2009)
 * 18.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized (2009)
 * 19.) Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)
 * 20.) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS) (2010)
 * 21.) Call of Duty: Black Ops Mobile (2010)
 * 22.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) 
 * 23.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance (2011)

Main series

 * 1) Call of Duty (2003)
 * 2) Call of Duty 2 (2005)
 * 3) Call of Duty 3 (2006)
 * 4) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
 * 5) Call of Duty: World at War (2008)
 * 6) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
 * 7) Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)
 * 8) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
 * 9) Call of Duty (Sledgehammer Games) (TBA)

Videos
Video:Call of Duty 7: Black Ops - World Premiere Teaser Trailer|Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer. Video:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launch trailer Video:Call of Duty: Black Ops DS trailer|Trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS) Video:Call of Duty — Trailer|Trailer for the original Call of Duty

Trivia

 * The M1911 pistol is the only weapon to be featured in every main game of the series.
 * Almost all installements of Call of Duty games involve an automatic weapon on the cover.
 * There has only been one expansion pack (United Offensive) in the entire series.
 * The year 2004 is the only year that has not released a main Call of Duty game since the game's creation.
 * As of 2011, four actors from the Scream films had appeared in the Call of Duty games; Liev Schreiber, who voiced Kamarov in Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 3, had played Cotton Weary in the first three films of the horror film franchise; Lance Henriksen, who voiced General Shepherd in Modern Warfare 2, had played victim John Milton in Scream 3; Sarah Michelle Gellar, who is a playable character in the Zombies level Call of the Dead, played victim Cici Cooper in Scream 2; and Timothy Olyphant, who voiced Grinch in Modern Warfare 3, had played Ghostface impersonator and antagonist Mickey Altieri in Scream 2.