Halo Wars sells over one million copies and becomes best-selling console RTS game
- March 19, 2009 11:20 AM PST
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HALO WARS HITS ONE MILLION: Halo Wars reaches record sales in less than three weeks since its release.
Microsoft's Halo RTS game is selling like crazy (CLICK HERE for 79 screens of Halo Wars in action)!
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Microsoft reveals that today Halo Wars, their real-time strategy video game set in the Halo universe, which takes place 20 years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved for Xbox and PC, has sold over one million copies worldwide.
Halo Wars, which received primarily favorable reviews from game critics (read GamePro's Halo Wars review here), was released a little over two weeks ago and already the exclusive Xbox 360 title has become "the best selling real-time strategy game on any current generation console."
For more details, read the official press release for Halo Wars' record sales below.
Halo Wars Sells One Millionth Game, Becomes Best-Selling Real-Time Strategy Title
Microsoft today announced that sales of "Halo Wars" have reached more than one million units worldwide, making the exclusive Xbox 360 title the best selling real-time strategy game on any current generation console. With a revolutionary control scheme designed expressly for the Xbox 360 controller and a riveting story that takes "Halo" fans deeper into the "Halo" universe, "Halo Wars" is breaking new ground for the strategy genre by introducing a new wave of fans to strategy games and reminding existing fans why it's so fun.
Set in the year 2525, "Halo Wars" takes players on a perilous journey through the famed "Halo" universe. As players take the command seat in the early, epic battles between the UNSC and Covenant, they will begin to unravel events 20 years before "Halo: Combat Evolved" that shaped the franchise into what it is today.
Since the game's release throughout Asia on February 26 and subsequent launches in Europe and the Americas, fans around the world have been taking full advantage of "Halo Wars'" rich Xbox LIVE gameplay. To date:
But these initial explosive battles in "Halo Wars" are just beginning. Microsoft is working closely with partner and newly formed studio Robot Entertainment, which is comprised of "Halo Wars" and "Age of Empires" veterans from Ensemble Studios. More Halo Wars content is being prepared, so stay tuned.
I'll admit I wasn't all that excited to play a "Halo strategy game" when I first heard about Halo Wars, but after playing the game I can say that it's a great game and a must-play for Halo fans. It's also good for RTS noobs like myself who don't have the patience for full-blown PC RTS games.
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- Mar 19 2009 at 11:29:42:AM PST
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I want to hear the comments from those who tried to diss this game and try to diss the Halo franchise.
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Of course it's gonna sell, it's called HALO... plus it looks like it's a pretty good game too hahaha
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When they say they've selled a million copies is that to the stores they sold em too or how much the stores have sold themselves?
Their would probably be a huge difference between the two.
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xbox 360 fans who play only the real big deal cares!another game will outsell PS3 marginal garbage,now,let the ps3 patetic jealous complaints begin!!!!!
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flyingdonkey wrote:
When they say they've selled a million copies is that to the stores they sold em too or how much the stores have sold themselves?
Their would probably be a huge difference between the two.
It's how many they've shipped.
I'm waiting for Halo Soccer, Halo Tennis, Halo Golf and Halo Fishing next.
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best-selling console RTS game!!!!sweet!....,Microsoft sells next-gen consoles,sony sells blue-ray players,somethimes I think,that was the real sony's goal ,defeat the HD-DVD with a 2x1 console,but,....."4-D graphics".....????yeaahhhh,right,and suckballs...eerrr..sackboy will out-sell Halo and Gears Of War..,"Happy Xbox is in the house"smashing it's poor rival again,oh yeah,tantarantantan,oh yeah"...,however sony made its goal,blue-ray is selling good,but ps3 fans are paying beyond,XBOX FANS ARE PLAYING BEYOND,!"
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Halo soccer,Halo Tennis?It will be Halo Sports!cool!I'm on!!!!!!and waiting for Halo 4,Mass Effect 2,Gears Of War 3,Fable 3,Allan Wake,Just Bring It on,no time to pay beyond but to PLAY BEYONG with XBOX360!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yuuupiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!
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