Call of Duty: Mobile Hits 300M Downloads; Wild Dogs Season Next Week

Call of Duty: Mobile has been downloaded by over 300 million people, Activision has announced. Matt Lewis, general manager of Call of Duty: Mobile, said in a video statement released to coincide with the game’s first birthday that “millions of people play Call of Duty: Mobile every month”. “It feels fantastic to be able to offer fun, free entertainment to millions,” he said. “With more than 300 million downloads, it has been an incredible first year for @PlayCODMobile.”

Call of Duty: Mobile is a free-to-play shooter developed by TiMi Studios (a subsidiary of Tencent Games) and published by Activision for Android and iOS. It came out in October 2019 ahead of the release of Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and enjoyed one of the largest mobile game launches in history. Eurogamer reported at the time on how people were playing with a mouse and keyboard.

Its success has continued throughout 2020, even as the phenomenally successful free-to-download battle royale Warzone came out on PC and consoles. According to a report from Sensor Tower, Call of Duty: Mobile generated approximately $480m in player spending during its first year, and it’s the number three grossing mobile shooter in the United States, ranking just behind PUBG Mobile (also from Tencent) and Fortnite from Epic.

Call of Duty: Mobile has many of the features players of the mainline series will be familiar with, including competitive multiplayer, zombies and even 100-player battle royale. It’s a kind of mishmash of the Black Ops and Modern Warfare universes, with characters and maps from both games making an appearance.