Call of Duty 3, a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch, was officially released in North America for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube.
Microsoft bought the rights to the Call of Duty franchise from Activision, marking a major corporate event in the gaming industry's landscape.
By mid-2000s, PlayStation 2 became the best-selling video game console, which helped boost sales of games like Call of Duty 3 after its release.