Activision is set to release a new online service specifically for the Call of Duty series. This new service Elite is said to enhance (their words not mine) your Call of Duty experience by adding social functions and better stats tracking.

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Elite will run alongside Call of Duty and provide you with in-game analysis of maps and weapons as well as integration with social media such as Facebook. Players will be able to update their friends on just about everything they are doing within Call of Duty. The service is both free and subscription based with the latter having access to more features, weapons and maps. What, exactly, will be available to subscribers and non-subscribers remains unclear at this time. It's also unclear how much the subscription fee will cost, but rumours are circulating that it could be around $8 (£4.85) a month.

Rob Dyer, senior vice president of publisher relations at Sony's U.S. games division, said only a few games have the audience loyalty and size to support a subscription service like Call of Duty Elite. Mr. Dyer said he is "very confident" other publishers will follow Activision's lead. "There's money to be made there," he said. - You don't say Rob