Judging by pre-orders, Modern Warfare 3 is going to be the best selling game in the Call of Duty franchise thus far.

That is according to UK retailers Game who say they expect Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to break the record for pre-orders and become the biggest selling game of all-time.

“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders are already tracking significantly ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops at the same time last year.” GAME Group MD Tom Devine said.

“We know that the Call of Duty brand and franchise has the most amazing fan-base and we’ve got some great surprises lined up for those who pre-order with us. We’re looking forward to an incredible launch on November 8th.”

This may quash the rumours that Battlefield 3 was out performing Modern Warfare 3 in pre-orders and allow Activision to hold their heads up after the recent news that modernwarfare3.com was redirecting visitors to battlefield3.com. Although modernwarfare3.com now displays the video below.