That would make Call of Duty the second-highest selling video game franchise of all time, second only to Mario.
The first-person shooter saw a peak of over 306,000 concurrent players on Steam over its first weekend, surpassing Modern Warfare 2 and 3's launch numbers.
Dead Island 2 will also be available for PC subscribers, while Donut County and Ashen return as new additions to Game Pass Standard.
All three first-person shooter titles will be available via Xbox Cloud Gaming via Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions starting later this month.
Sledgehammer Games' 2023 reboot is the first title in the Call of Duty franchise added to Microsoft's game subscription service.
Microsoft has officially announced that the first-person shooter will become available to Game Pass subscribers imminently, as leaks suggested.
The megaton first-person shooter could become available to Game Pass subscribers later this week.
The first-person shooter will arrive for the service in the latter half of July, with a potential announcement today, it's been claimed.
Despite all the hype, marketing, development time and resources behind them, these blockbuster titles would disappoint fans.
The number of suspicious Call of Duty accounts over the weekend might even have been higher owing to the recent free trial.
Players can now get a taste for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer modes and Zombies for free over the weekend.
Call of Duty: Warzone players will be able to queue up as quad teams to face off against bots in the new Bootcamp mode.
Sledgehammer Games is one of several studios across Microsoft's entire gaming division to be affected by widespread layoffs.
Activision's shooter was the best-selling game of the month in the US, while both PS5 and Xbox enjoyed year-on-year sales increases.
Other than 2013, 2018, and now 2023, Call of Duty has been the United States' best-selling game every year since 2009.
Regardless of all the hype and momentum behind these titles, they failed to live up to expectations or provide enjoyment.
WB Games' open-world action RPG also topped the final weekly physical sales charts of the year, ahead of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
UK physical sales for the acclaimed Nintendo Switch title are also not far from that of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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It's now the second best-selling game of 2023 year-to-date, with Call of Duty HQ ranking second in monthly active users.
