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Activision poured nearly $1.8 billion into two Call of Duty: Black Ops games and Modern Warfare development | Black Ops Cold War is now the second most expensive game ever
The development costs of Black Ops 3, Modern Warfare (2019), and Black Ops Cold War were part of a court filing seen by Game File.
A quick check on the list of most expensive movies ever made shows that the costliest, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, cost $447 million at the time, less than all three games. Patrick Kelly, Activision's current head of creative on the Call of Duty franchise, was the one who revealed the costs in the lawsuit filed against the company. The suit, filed in May 2024, partially blamed the shooting that killed 19 students and two adults on Instagram and CoD, claiming they influenced the teenager who carried out the murders.
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