Call of Duty 4 has now topped 15 million players across the and 360, with 11 million of these duking it on Xbox Live, Infinity Ward's revealed during a acceptance speech.

"I'm delighted that we just reached 11 million unique players on and we've got over 4 million on PSN," the game maker beamed.

Live does of course boast 17 million users in total, meaning that more than 60% of its users are indulging in bouts of 4.

Infinity Ward didn't offer any stats for play, although these are unlikely to be tiny either, underscoring the mighty following Activision's series has amassed.

By Luke Guttridge