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Article: 'Call of Duty' sequel could set holiday record
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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NEW YORK - This holiday season's biggest entertainment
blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with
jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good vs. evil.
It could easily rake in more than last year's record $155 million
opening weekend for "The Dark Knight."
But this blockbuster is not a movie.
It is "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," a video game that
Activision Blizzard Inc. is releasing Tuesday. Fans worldwide are
expected to spend at least half a billion dollars on the game in the
first week.
That would at least match last year's "Grand Theft Auto IV,"
which was the most successful video game release in history and
might have been the top entertainment ...