Games and Numbers: October 21 to November 3, 2026

This bi-weekly roundup covers game sales, player, and attendance milestones reported between October 21 and November 3, 2026, across PC, console, and mobile, plus one industry event. It works as a quick-reference digest of notable performance figures rather than an analytical study, and it draws on publisher, developer, and press announcements.

In PC and console, the Call of Duty franchise's lifetime revenue has passed $40 billion, up from the $35 billion Activision cited in April 2026, a figure shared by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma after the launch of Modern Warfare 4. S-GAME's Phantom Blade Zero sold over 4 million copies within 72 hours and peaked at nearly 834 thousand concurrent Steam players, the 14th-highest in the platform's history. Probably Stolen, from Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild, sold 500 thousand copies in two days and peaked above 152 thousand concurrent players, a tinyBuild record. Gears of War: E-Day reportedly sold over 400 thousand copies in three weeks, a count that excludes Game Pass players who had day-one access. Dispatch from AdHoc Studio passed 5 million players a year after release, with a free-to-play iOS and Android version planned by year-end. Solo developer ProjectAlive's zombie survival RTS Ebbtide reached 200 thousand wishlists within a week of reveal, including 100 thousand in the first three days. The developer discloses using generative AI for portions of music, voice, illustrations, 3D models, and translation.

On mobile, Playrix's Homescapes has been downloaded over 773 million times in nine years.

For events, gamescom asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 in Bangkok drew 219.5 thousand visitors from 113 countries. Its business area attracted 6.9 thousand visitors, a 24% increase from 2025.