New Call of Duty outsells CoD4 by more than 2 to 1 in UK

The first week sales of Call of Duty: World at War have outsold Call of Duty 4's debut by more than 2 to 1.

The title – bookies favourite to be Christmas number one – has gone to the top of the All Formats charts in the UK, according to data from GfK Chart-Track.

Games from publisher Activision Blizzard account for 25 per cent of all sales for the week ended November 15, with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King taking the number two spot and becoming the fastest-selling PC title in the UK.