Santa Monica, California - Since its release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) has become the biggest game launch for the series yet.

Publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. reportedly raked in over $800 million in the first three days after MW2's recent launch on October 28, a much-needed win for the company submerged in scandal.

The impressive numbers beat out the last Call of Duty game and now hold the award for the best launch in the series. It was previously held by 2011's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 which brought in $775 million.

The last game in the franchise, Call of Duty Vanguard released last November, was met with poor sales and mostly negative reviews. Despite this, Vanguard has remained one of the best-selling console and PC games for the past twelve months.

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Call of Duty is one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time, and its Modern Warfare offshoot series is a fan favorite. The new MW2 is the 19th game overall for the franchise, which has sold over 400 million units since the first game was released back in 2003.

Microsoft has been attempting to purchase Activision Blizzard Inc. for $69 billion, but the sale is awaiting approval by regulators. Sony has also challenged the deal, arguing that Microsoft may make the Call of Duty franchise exclusive to Xbox, essentially creating a monopoly.

But while Modern Warfare 2 may have helped revive the series, is the game actually worth the $70 price tag?

While fans of Call of Duty have gravitated heavily to the series' new release, some have argued that it doesn't mean MW2 is a great game.

With many critics praising it for its stunning graphics and challenging campaign, others have been heavily critical of its in-game user interfaces, lack of split screen gameplay, map layouts, and certain aspects of its multiplayer system.

A reviewer for Game Informer was highly critical of the campaign's "dismal narrative," and argued that "few major changes have been introduced to multiplayer overall."

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An IGN review shared the same sentiment about the game's campaign, calling it "an unfortunate misfire that fails to live up to standards set" by previous CoD games.

And Gamespot also said that while the multiplayer is "a refreshing return to old times," it "as a whole feels lacking, and gun customization is overly complex."

Fans, on the other hand, have been mostly sharing their love for the game on Twitter, excited that the community has come together to make the launch huge for players and the company.

For gamers that are still hungry for more, a free-to-play mobile game called Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 is set to drop on November 16, among this month's upcoming hot game releases.