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One Million Sold, Number One on Xbox Live

As Gears of War® emerges throughout the world ahead of the holiday sales rush, the Xbox 360™ juggernaut has sold an impressive one million copies world-wide in just its first two weeks of release—elevating the game to the fastest-selling title of 2006 and fastest-selling Xbox 360 game of all time.

Emergence Day events across the country were packed.
The battle rages on Xbox Live® as well—more than 850,000 unique gamers have engaged in 10 million gameplay sessions while unlocking an impressive 7 million achievements. On top of being the number one title on Xbox Live, Gears of War has also driven many new members to the network since the game's launch.

CliffyB was on hand to sign copies of the game.
Critical Acclaim
Propelling its rise to popularity, Gears of War has been crowned the best next generation game of the year by over 45 publications, earning a 95 percent average review score (as tracked by www.gamerankings.com.) Critics everywhere overwhelmingly agree and have united to make Gears of War one of the best-reviewed games of all time.

Emergence Day was only the beginning.
"From the very beginning, we knew Gears of War would be an industry-defining hit," said Shane Kim, corporate vice president at Microsoft Game Studios. "As we watched both the game and its hype grow, it became obvious that Gears of War was the rare title that could live up to such incredible anticipation, and judging from the reaction of critics and fans, it's done just that."