Xbox: Call of Duty 2 game to sell more than 1 million copies in the US alone

Call of duty 2 puts players in the center of WWII action
World War II shooter Call of Duty 2 has become the first Xbox 360 game to sell more than one million copies.
The game has long been the best-selling title for Microsoft's console and sales figures now show it has sold more than one million units in the US alone.

The game is a follow-up to the hugely successful first Call of Duty that was launched in 2003.

New locations in the second version of the squad-based shooter include North Africa and the D-Day beaches.

When the original Call of Duty was released a few years ago, it made an impact both on critics and on consumers, even in the already-crowded WWII shooter genre.

Call of Duty's visceral action struck a chord with PC shooter fans, thanks to a well-designed campaign, enjoyable multiplayer, and outstanding sound effects. If you liked those aspects of the original, then you're sure to enjoy the sequel, which stays true to the strengths of its predecessor, while enhancing the sense that you're just one soldier in the midst of a massive war machine. It doesn't really break any new ground, but the game nails the core aspects of first-person-shooter gameplay so well that it doesn't need to.