Activision is claiming that it has delivered the biggest game launch of the year with Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, estimating that the latest Treyarch game made $500 million in sales on day one.

Sales data was consolidated via sales monitor GFK Chart-Track along with "retail customer sell-through information" and "internal company estimates".

However, the publisher has yet to confirm whether or not Black Ops 2 is the fastest-selling title in Call of Duty history.

Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick claimed that life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded Star Wars.

He added: "With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row".

Black Ops 2 launched across the west on November 13th with an estimated 16,000 midnight openings across retail.

"Call of Duty has become more than a product people buy, it's a brand people buy into," said publishing boss Eric Hirshberg.

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U MAD battlefield fanboys?

Amazing numbers!

This franchise is such a beast, im proud to be one of the first people who played Cod !

Wow! I wonder how much of this is actually down to the interesting things that they have done (and good reviews) rather than just natural progression (in the same way that FIFA sells more each year this gen)