{"id":12576,"date":"2026-08-05T20:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=12576"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:06:54","slug":"14-years-after-its-release-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-is-one-of-2026s-best-selling-games-according-to-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/14-years-after-its-release-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-is-one-of-2026s-best-selling-games-according-to-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Years After Its Release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Is One of 2026&#8217;s Best Selling Games, According to Analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The recent PS4 and PS5 ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 are already some of the best-selling games of the year, according to analysts.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Last month, Activision surprised Call of Duty fans by dropping ports of Black Ops 1 and 2 on modern PlayStation consoles. Activision has somewhat notoriously avoided re-releasing older Call of Duty games, as fans speculate that it would distract players from the newer games that are more lucrative for the publisher. Still, it seems that after Black Ops 7 failed to meet expectations last year, these ports were put into production to earn back player trust (and generate some quick cash, too).<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That plan worked absurdly well, as Alinea Analytics estimates that Black Ops 2 sold a whopping 8.2 million on PS4 and PS5 last month, while Black Ops 1 sold 3 million. The firm estimated that the games collectively generated $435 million on PlayStation. The two are estimated to be the two highest-selling PlayStation titles of July, with Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced trailing in third with 1.6 million copies, roughly half the number of copies sold as a 16-year-old game.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Best Call of Duty Campaigns<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\">&lt;img alt=&quot;Following its debut in 2003, Call of Duty quickly ascended to become the best-selling first-person shooter series ever, a title it continues to hold to this day. That\u2019s almost entirely down to its ever-popular multiplayer, which keeps fans playing day in, day out. But there are, of course, two sides to Call of Duty. Standing side-by-side the PvP are the single-player campaigns, which, for those of us a little unwilling to huck ourselves into the online hellhole and compete in the Call of Duty combat cauldron, tell cinematic stories straight from the front line. <\/p>\n<p>But which Call of Duty games have the greatest campaigns? IGN\u2019s keenest and most experienced Call of Duty fans have combined to carve out a list of our favourite single-player stories, plucked from all throughout the series\u2019 two-decade-and-change history. We\u2019re looking for campaigns that champion Call of Duty\u2019s greatest strengths: those with great mission variety, ambitious set-pieces, and novel mechanics, as well as the more traditional \u201cgreat FPS\u201d staples like strong level design and memorable storytelling. Only the campaigns that have it all can truly rise to the top of this list, which means this year\u2019s somewhat muddled Black Ops 7 didn\u2019t quite make the cut. But which ones did?  <\/p>\n<p>Here are our top 10 Call of Duty campaigns.<br \/>\n&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; class=&#8221;progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity&#8221; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14-years-after-its-release-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-is-one-of-2026s-best-selling-games-according-to-analysts.gif&#8221; data-cy=&#8221;progressive-image&#8221;&gt;<span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This is a rather astonishing amount and would make Black Ops 2 one of the best-selling games of 2026, period. At the beginning of July, Alinea estimated that the three best-selling games of 2026 were Mecha Chameleon at 12.6 million copies, EA&#8217;s FC 26 at 9.1 million, and Resident Evil Requiem at 7.5 million. By the end of July, Capcom confirmed Requiem had just surpassed 8 million units sold, so those estimates seem fairly on point. With that said, it looks like Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is among the top 5 best-selling games of the year so far.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Another notable part of this story is that these ports haven&#8217;t made any significant changes from their original versions. There are no new features or content, and even the technical aspects largely remain unchanged. It&#8217;s unclear how much Activision paid developer Iron Galaxy to put these ports together, but they likely didn&#8217;t spend nearly as much as needed for a remaster or remake. Whether this will open the door to more Call of Duty ports remains to be seen, but vocal fans are hoping to see a return of the original Modern Warfare 2 in the future.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Activision&#8217;s reign is far from over, though, as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is set to release this October. While it was released during a very busy season, it will still likely sell gangbusters as the Modern Warfare sub-franchise is the most revered part of Call of Duty. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN&#8217;s news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14-years-after-its-release-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-is-one-of-2026s-best-selling-games-according-to-analysts.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14-years-after-its-release-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-is-one-of-2026s-best-selling-games-according-to-analysts.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14-years-after-its-release-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-is-one-of-2026s-best-selling-games-according-to-analysts.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14-years-after-its-release-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-is-one-of-2026s-best-selling-games-according-to-analysts.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-12576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12578,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576\/revisions\/12578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}