Call Of Duty Sets Xbox Live Record

By Digital Trends Staff April 23, 2008

Call Of Duty Sets Xbox Live Record You can bet that the people at Activision, the people who publish the first-person shooter game Call of Duty 4, arerubbing their hands with glee. A map extension pack they produced for the game Call of Duty 4 has been downloaded over a million times in just nine days through the Xbox Live service. That’s a record for the Xbox Live Marketplace. Between April 4 and 12users racked up a spectacular 30 million sessions with more than 32 million hours of gameplay on the maps. According to figures, the game was already the best-seller of last year, with morethan nine million units paid for over the counter. Will Kassoy, senior vice president of global brand management at Activision Publishing, said, "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfaredelivers one of the best online multiplayer experiences ever. We are excited to be able to expand that experience and deliver a new variety of locations and environments which have all the intensityfans have come to expect with Call of Duty."

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