‘Call Of Duty’, the stalwart video game veteran, turns 20

Visitors play the ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’ shooter video game during the Paris Games Week fair in Paris, on Nov 1, 2023. The franchise deployed by Activision Blizzard 20 years ago helped define the military shooter game genre, winning millions of fans and raking more than US$30bil (RM140.08bil). — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: James Spratt recalls dashing home from school as a teenager to band together online with friends to do battle in Call Of Duty, the global video game juggernaut that never gets old.

The franchise deployed by Activision Blizzard 20 years ago helped define the military shooter game genre, winning millions of fans and raking more than US$30bil (RM140.08bil).