Call of Duty (series)

Call of Duty is a first-person shooter series.

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. 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: Finest Hour (2004)
 * 4) Call of Duty 2 (2005)
 * 5) Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (2005)
 * 6) Call of Duty 3 (2006)
 * 7) Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (2007)
 * 8) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
 * 9) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition (2009)
 * 10) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS) (2007)
 * 11) Call of Duty: World at War (2008)
 * 12) Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts (2008)
 * 13) Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS) (2008)
 * 14) Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies
 * 15) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
 * 16) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized (2009)
 * 17) Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)
 * 18) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS) (2010)
 * 19) Call of Duty (Sledgehammer Games) (2011)
 * 20) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (TBA)

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 (Sledgehammer Games) (2011)
 * 9) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (TBA)

Videos
Video:Call of Duty 7: Black Ops - World Premiere Teaser Trailer|Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer. Video:Call of Duty Finest Hour Trailer|Trailer for Call of Duty: Finest Hour (2004) Video:Call of Duty 5 World at War Nintendo DS Trailer|Trailer for Call of Duty: World at War (Nintendo DS) Video:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer|Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launch trailer

Trivia

 * The first weapon ever fired in the Call of Duty series is the MG42.
 * Most of the World War II games depict a soldier holding an M1 Thompson on the cover of the box, while the Modern Warfare series depicts the soldier holding an AR-15 variant.
 * Every installment to date has had an American on the cover.
 * All of the World War II games have some sort of gunfire on the cover.
 * All the Call of Duty games have something to do with World War II, even in the Modern Warfare series. In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare it's the MP44; in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 it's the World War II Memorial.
 * All the playable characters in Call of Duty series are right handed. This can be noticed by the positioning of the weapon in their arms.