Microsoft today announced that Halo Wars has sold over one million copies worldwide, earning the Xbox 360 exclusive the title of best-selling real time strategy game on any current generation console.

Halo Wars was released across Europe on the 27th of February, with North America following on the 3rd of March, and since then Halo fans from around the world have been enjoying the game on Xbox Live.

Over 200 000 fans have joined the battle between the UNSC and Covenant every day while over 2.6 million multiplayer matches have been played with a whopping 118 years of time spent in multiplayer matches on Xbox Live. For more interesting statistics head over to the official stats page at www.halowars.com/stats/globalstats.aspx

But this is just the beginning for Halo Wars fans as Microsoft revealed that it is working closely with newly formed Robot Enterainment (comprised of veterans of Ensemble Studios) to bring more Halo Wars content soon.

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