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Gears of War Becomes Fastest Selling Next-Gen Title

by Matt Gibbs

Gears of War is officially the fastest selling next generation console title yet, selling a very impressive 2 million copies since its launch just six weeks ago. Here's the official press release outlining the achievement.

-- Press Release Begins --

A video game champion has been crowned; Gears of War made history today by becoming the fastest- selling next-generation game of 2006 and the fastest-selling exclusive Xbox game ever.

Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games today confirmed that Gears of War has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide since its release six weeks ago, with a stunning 1 million copies sold in the U.S. alone.

"Gears of War clearly has won the battle for the title of the must-have game of the year," said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft Corp. "Its phenomenal success is one of many reasons why Xbox 360 is the ultimate place to get together with friends to play this holiday."

"We've always held high hopes for Gears of War, but we never expected such an overwhelmingly positive response from critics and gamers all over the world," said Michael Capps, president, Epic Games. "I can't describe how stoked our team is right now. Our fans can absolutely count on Epic to keep delivering new gameplay through Xbox Live."

In addition to being the must-have video game of the holiday season, Gears of War continues to rage on the Xbox Live battlefield as well, with more than 1 million unique gamers engaging in 10 million online gameplay sessions and unlocking an impressive 7 million achievements. On top of being the No. 1 title on Xbox Live, Gears of War has driven new members to the network; paid registrations per day have skyrocketed more than 50 percent since the game's launch.


 
Member Comment
HOCK
2006-12-15 13:16:18

Well deserved praise, great game, lots of fun. great co-op, ten bob d, i agree with you on the EA comment, they continue to let me down too.
ten BoB Dylan
2006-12-15 09:05:54

remember the comments that ea said about this game a few weeks back ?. well if anyone from ea is reading this look who's laughing now. o by the way sorry to here your game superman returns was not a monster hit (i would have never guest haha) but that's what you get for releasing substandard crap but never mind you could release it on the ps3 it would fit nicely with all the other below xb360 par games you have made for it, long live epic.
Xcalibur
2006-12-15 08:55:36

No surprise here, it's a great game! O.K. Epic,get to work on part 2 because I'm standing in line already! Just make it longer this time!
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Gears of War
Publisher
Microsoft 
Developer
Epic Games 
Game Genre
Action 
Release Date
2006-11-08 

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