Call of Duty development budget revealed: "Call of Duty 17" cost $700 million!

According to foreign media gamefile reports, at the end of last month, an Activision executive exposed the development costs of three games in the company's best-selling "Call of Duty" series, among which "Call of Duty 17: Black Ops Cold War" 》The cost is as high as US$700 million.

In a previously unreported court filing reviewed by Game File, current creative director of Activision’s Call of Duty franchise, Patrick Kelly, According to the report, the production costs of the three "Call of Duty" games released between 2015 and 2020 ranged from US$450 million to US$700 million.

The production costs of the three best-selling "Call of Duty" titles:

"Call of Duty: Black Ops 3" (2015): "It took Treyarch three years. A creative team of hundreds of people developed the game, with more than $450 million invested in development over the entire life of the game." (Kelly revealed that the game has sold 43 million copies.)

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" ( 2019): “Infinity Ward It took several years to develop the game, with over $640 million in development costs over its lifetime." (41 million copies sold)

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"Call of Duty 17: Black Ops Cold War" (2020): “Treyarch and Raven Software It took several years and a team of hundreds of creatives to create the game, which ultimately cost more than $700 million in development over its lifetime." (30 million copies sold)