Chart-Track’s revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops has broken records for day one game sales in the UK, with the Cold War-era shooter moving 1.4 million units in its first 24 hours on the market.
The milestone puts the Treyarch-developed FPS ahead of previous record holder Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by 14 percent. Additionally, Black Ops pulled in a whopping £58 million in revenue on launch day, surpassing Infinity Ward’s 2009 effort by 22 percent.
Black Ops’ success has cemented the shooter as the “biggest entertainment launch ever,” as announced by publisher Activision yesterday.