Call of Duty: has been scoring big numbers on Live but, more notably, it has been driving a big spike in gaming on PSN.

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Despite having timed exclusive rights to all in the series for the next two years gamers have still been flocking in droves to play Black Ops online.

Sony Computer Entertainment of America's president Jack Tretton explained: "Call of Duty: Black Ops has been an incredible success on PlayStation 3. Treyarch's latest efforts are driving unprecedented traffic to the PlayStation Network with the flagship online experience this holiday season."

As well as pushing usage up Black Ops has set new records for use on with over 2.6 million people logging in to play it online over Xbox Live on day one.

Thanks IndustryGamers.

By Ewan Aiton