Call Of Duty: Black Ops Is Officially The Best Selling Game Ever!

Call of Duty, the gaming series very popular with the gamers all over the world, has set another record. Its 7th part, Call of Duty: Black Ops, has been officially reported as the best selling game ever in the history!

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According to the market research firm NPD, the Black Ops has sold 13.7 million units till now in the United States alone. That eventually made it the best seller as it overtook the sales of former number one game Wii Play which is a video game for the Wii console. The Black Ops was released on November 9, 2010 and can be played on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, and DS.

According to NPD, the sales in the beginning itself showed the popularity of the game with a whopping revenues of £223 million in its first 24 hours on sale. The $1 billion (£647 million) mark took six weeks to reach after that.

Call of Duty series is a first person shooter series and was created by Ben Chichoski. Its developers are mainly Infinity Ward & Treyarch. There are total 7 games in the main series till now:

    [*]Call of Duty (2003)
    [*]Call of Duty 2 (2005)
    [*]Call of Duty 3 (2006)
    [*]Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
    [*]Call of Duty: World at War (2008)
    [*]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
    [*]Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010)

Note: The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is an expected release this year.

The Black Ops was developed by Treyarch and is based on a series of Cold War adventures unlike most of the earlier ones that were based on World War2 period. The character in the game “Alex Mason” takes part in various operations during the 30-year cold war between US and the USSR. It is a sequel to “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” which was launched last year amidst lot of controversies and went on to become the biggest entertainment launch of all time!

The Black Ops, after crossing the $1 billion mark has joined the elite group of entertainment releases including James Cameron's 1997 hit film Titanic and Michael Jackson's Thriller album that have crossed the famous mark. Call of Duty: Black Ops has achieved the mark very quickly and is surely set to become one of the biggest entertainers of all time!

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