Call Of Duty Dev Costs Revealed In Court Documents With Figures Ranging Between 450—450 — 450—700 Million - PlayStation Universe (original) (raw)

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The development costs for numerous Call of Duty video games have been revealed in court documents, with Activision’s multi-million selling first-person shooter seeing figures reaching as much as $700 million for production.

The figures for Call of Duty Black Ops 3, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, and Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War have been revealed during a court filing by Activision’s head of creative for Call of Duty. According to the filing, for Black Ops 3, “Treyarch developed the game over three years with a creative team of hundreds of people, and invested over $450 million in development costs over the game’s lifecycle.”

In regards to Modern Warfare’s 2019 reboot, “Infinity Ward developed the game over several years and has spent over 640millionindevelopmentcoststhroughoutthegame’slifecycle.”Finally,withBlackOpsColdWar,“TreyarchandRavenSoftwaretookyearstocreatethegamewithateamofhundredsofcreatives.Theyultimatelyspentover640 million in development costs throughout the game’s lifecycle.” Finally, with Black Ops Cold War, “Treyarch and Raven Software took years to create the game with a team of hundreds of creatives. They ultimately spent over 640millionindevelopmentcoststhroughoutthegame’slifecycle.”Finally,withBlackOpsColdWar,“TreyarchandRavenSoftwaretookyearstocreatethegamewithateamofhundredsofcreatives.Theyultimatelyspentover700 million in development costs over the game’s lifecycle.”

The latest entry in the series, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, launched for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One in October 2024.

[Source – Game File]