By James Orry



Activision's modern-day FPS is the most played Xbox 360 game by users connected to Xbox LIVE.

According to Microsoft, for the week beginning February 4, Call of Duty 4 has held on as the most played game by Xbox 360 gamers connected to Xbox LIVE. Over recent weeks the game has been battling it out with Microsoft's Halo 3, which had for a long time been the chart leader.

Guitar Hero III takes third place, Gears of War is at No.4 and Rock Band - still only available in North America - takes fifth place.

The top selling Xbox LIVE Arcade title is the newly released Poker Smash, followed by Rez HD, Chessmaster LIVE, Metal Slug 3 and UNO.

New Xbox 360 CoD4 patch almost ready

By James Orry - 13/02/2008 - 4:04pm GMT


Xbox 360 patch awaiting Certification with PS3 patch just a little bit behind.

Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward Community Relations Manager, has announced that a new feature patch for Call of Duty 4 is now complete for Xbox 360 and is awaiting certification by Microsoft. The same patch for the PS3 version is a little further behind, but should also be sent to Sony for certification shortly.

The Xbox 360 patch will introduce new kill cams, host migration, improved sniper accuracy and an upgraded spectator cam.

Full details of patch detailed by Robert Bowling:

New Kill Cams
We've added new Kill Cams for everything. So now those "WTF!" grenades that seemingly come from no where, you can see that a guy threw it over the house, it hit a tree branch, bounced off a rock, into a tiny window, where you happened to be pointing out of, and say...... whoa. Follow behind RPGs and M203's kill cams, claymores, Airstrikes where you can follow the bomb from the plane until it hits you.

Host Migration
Now you won't have to be dropped back by yourself when a host leaves. Instead, everyone will stay together, a new host will be assigned, and the game will auto-start back up. Keeping everyone together, no more re-inviting, re-joining games because some host leaves. This has been a tall order and something that we've put a lot of work into which has allowed us to really optimize online play all around not just specifically with Host migration.

Improved Sniper / ACOG Accuracy
Sniper and ACOG scopes have been tweaked and are really improved. I use to not snipe at all (mainly because I'm a horrible sniper), but now it's so much more fluid and natural, while still having the same difficulty to use, it has no more "WTF I know I hit that guy!" moments.

Upgraded Spectator Cam
Now when you're in spectator mode you can follow them in 3rd person, switch to their first person view, or rotate the camera in a full 360 degrees around whoever you're watching.

Quick Mute Option
Users will now be able to quick mute players on the fly by pulling up the scoreboard in-game or via the lobby by simply going to their name and hitting the mute assigned button. As quickly as calling in and designating an airstike. So no longer getting killed while trying to make your way through the Xbox blades for the mute option so you can shut up the guy who always seems to find it funny to sing into his mic or cover up for his lack of skill by telling you how to play Domination his way.