In less than three weeks, Halo Wars has gone platinum. This morning, Microsoft announced that the real-time strategy spin-off of its sci-fi shooter phenomenon had sold--not shipped--more than 1 million copies worldwide. Available in both regular and limited editions, the T-for-Teen game launched on February 26 in Asia, February 27 in Europe, and March 3 in North America.
The 118 Years' War
Microsoft was eager to play up its popularity with the masses, courtesy of a statistics site. To date, more than 2.6 million multiplayer matches have been played, totaling more than 118 years of game time. The software giant also announced that an average of 200,000 people play the game online daily.
Subject: Halo Wars Tops 1 Million Sold 
Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:27 am