Call of Duty franchise dominates 2020's best-selling games list

Published: 15:17, 23 December 2020

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Groza in action

Call of Duty franchise has been a major success for the publisher Activision in 2020. Modern Warfare and Black Ops Cold War took the two top spots on the best selling games of 2020 by dollar sales.

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