Cliff Bleszinski and his team at Epic Games must be thrilled right now. The Gears of War 3 beta has racked up 1.29 million players over the course of its run, with fans garnering a collective 249 years worth of gameplay. That’s a lot of Lancer frags, people.
Furthermore, over one million pre-orders have been logged for the game thus far, setting another record and guaranteeing that the final chapter in the saga will definitely go out on top.
"An overwhelming success – we can't thank the fans enough," said Epic design director Cliff Bleszinski.
"While the beta was a fun way to give players an early taste of our game, it also provided us with invaluable feedback to help us refine and polish 'Gears of War 3' to ensure it's truly the culmination of the trilogy we promised to the fans."
Want more stats? Try these on for size.
Over the course of four weeks, fans played more than 11 million multiplayer matches...
- 1.29 million people participated in the beta
- 145 different countries participated in the beta
- 249 years worth of matches played
- More than 11 million matches completed
- More than 927 million kills recorded
- More than 131 million executions performed
- More than 23 million deaths by chainsaw
- Nearly 23 BILLION bullets fired
- 460 million ribbons and 294 million medals earned
- 435 thousand people earned the beta exclusive Thrashball Cole skin to use in the retail game when it launches in September
- 234 thousand people earned the beta exclusive Gold Retro Lancer to use in the retail game when it launches in September.
Oh yeah, Gears 3 is gonna be a party when it releases on September 20. Count us in.
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