‘Call of Duty: Mobile’ smashes records with 100 m downloads

The mobile version of video game franchise Call of Duty racked up 100 million downloads in its first week, industry site Sensor Tower said on Tuesday, dwarfing the debuts of previous smashes including Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).

PUBG, Fortnite and Electronic Arts’ Apex Legends scored 26.3 million, 22.5 million and 25 million respectively in their first week of release.

“This is by far the largest mobile game launch in history in terms of the player base that’s been built in the first week,” said Randy Nelson, head of mobile insights at Sensor Tower.