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Topic > Call of Duty: Black Ops III
![2016 NPD: Call of Duty No. 1, Battlefield No. 2 on 2016’s list of best-selling games](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/infinite-warfare-ship-assault.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has fewer Steam players than Rainbow Six: Siege or Payday 2
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Infinity Ward’s new chief marched his developers to a comeback with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
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Call of Duty, Hearthstone, and King push Activision to record in-game sales revenues
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III Salvation DLC arrives Monday on PS4
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Call of Duty’s 2016 world champion is EnvyUs
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Call of Duty esports preview: 32 teams face-off in the shooter’s biggest event
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Activision is locked and loaded for its Call of Duty XP fan event
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Call of Duty World League’s second season climaxes with more teams, huge upsets
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How Activision will make Call of Duty into a bigger esports draw
![Call of Duty: Black Ops III helps veterans find better jobs with in-game card pack](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/call-of-duty-endowment.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III helps veterans find better jobs with in-game card pack
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Dark Souls III helps push digital game sales to $6.2B in April
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Activision Blizzard beats Wall Street Q1 earnings expectations
![Call of Duty World League champions look back on a year of Black Ops III esports](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/COD-World-League_NA-Stage-1-finals_layout.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Call of Duty World League champions look back on a year of Black Ops III esports
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Optic Gaming takes North American finals for Call of Duty World League
![How Treyarch and MLG got Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s live-event viewer working in 3 weeks](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bop3upclose.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
How Treyarch and MLG got Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s live-event viewer working in 3 weeks
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How the West gets Muslims wrong in video games
![Activision joins EA in abandoning the Electronic Entertainment Expo’s show floor](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/BO3-Reveal.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Activision joins EA in abandoning the Electronic Entertainment Expo’s show floor
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Call of Duty saw double-digit growth in 2015, now has more players than ever before
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III — Awakening DLC goes big on fan nostalgia
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The DeanBeat: My rank is 3,440,250 in Call of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer
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The DeanBeat: Worldwide game revenues weren’t too shabby in 2015
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Ex-Call of Duty developer acquires Denial esports team
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Call of Duty, Fallout 4, and Star Wars Battlefront are Amazon’s top-selling games
![The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2015](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/until-dawn-sam-close.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2015
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Tips on how old-timers and noobs can win in Call of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer
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Back in Black (Ops): Call of Duty sales rebound in a big way
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November 2015 NPD: Call of Duty outsells Fallout 4 as PlayStation 4 takes November
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Fallout 4 ads ran nearly 800 times as console games dominated TV ad share in November
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Black Ops III and PlayStation won Black Friday, marketing study finds
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Call of Duty therapy: Treyarch designer tells us how to get better in Black Ops III multiplayer
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My mom reviews Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III sets record with $550M sales in three days
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The Call of Duty: Black Ops III cover star is actually a Phoenix reserve police officer
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III is the best shooter game of 2015
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Why Overwatch isn’t free-to-play
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Activision Blizzard is counting on Call of Duty: Black Ops III to return series to growth
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5 awesome things about the Call of Duty: Black Ops III single-player campaign
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III has a funny minigame Easter egg
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