It had been feared that Britains broadband network would have problems with the number of people wanting to play the new game Call of Duty- Modern Warfare 2 online.  However there have been no problems reported.

The game was released on November 10th and is a first person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows. It is a sequel to Call of Duty4 and picks up 5 years later where an anti- terrorist group task force must fight a Russian ultranationalist terrorist organisation to counter a Russian invasion of the U.S.  The game is very contraversial as undercover agents are encouraged to kill civilians. The first game in this series was set in the Second World War.

This type of  on-line gaming has become very popular in recent years due to faster broadband services. People accross the world are able to play against each other more efficiently and cheaper.