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CHARTS: COD: Modern Warfare II pre-orders debut at third on Steam

CHARTS: COD: Modern Warfare II pre-orders debut at third on Steam

Pre-orders for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II were the third highest-seller on Steam last week.

These opened up last week, alongside developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision sharing more details about the upcoming shooter, which is set to launch on October 28th. This is the first time a Call of Duty title has been released on Steam since 2017's WWII.

Modern Warfare II pre-orders came in behind Steam Deck, at No.1, while Stunlock's V Rising continues its reign in the charts in second place. Elden Ring drops one place week-on-week – having been replaced by Call of Duty in third place – while Valve's Index virtual reality headset also goes down one position to fifth.

Co-op romp It Takes Two from Hazelight rose one place to sixth, while Sea of Thieves drops two positions to No.7.

New horror title The Quarry from developer Supermassive Games and 2K made its debut in eighth place, just ahead of pre-orders for cat cyberpunk game Stray, which came in at ninth place.

Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending June 11th:

1. Steam Deck, Valve
2. V Rising, Stunlock
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Activision (P)
4. Elden Ring, Bandai Namco
5. Valve Index VR Kit, Valve
6. It Takes Two, EA
7. Sea of Thieves, Xbox Game Studios
8. The Quarry, 2K Games
9. Stray, Annapurna (P)
10. MISSING


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Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.