Gears of War 3 Becomes The Fastest Pre-Ordered Game in Xbox 360 History

Epic Games and Microsoft have achieved a big milestone today as the game Gears of War 3 has become the fastest pre-ordered title in Xbox 360 history and has broken 1 million orders. This comes as a result for statistics released for the public beta which ended on May 15, with an impressive 1.29 million players who participated in the franchise.

The game also logged some very impressive stats. check out the figures rundown below:

• 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
• 4.9 billion ribbons and 291M medals earned
• 435K people earned the Beta exclusive Thrashball Cole skin to use in the retail game when it launches in September
• 234K people earned the Beta exclusive Gold Retro Lancer to use in the retail game when it launches in September

Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games’ Design Director commented on the success of the beta:

“We can’t thank the fans enough. 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.”

Gears of War 3 will be releasing September 20, 2011 exclusively for Xbox 360.