Halo Wars demo exceeds 2 million downloads

By James Orry - 13/02/2009 - 10:03am GMT

Fable II and Fallout 3 DLC also popular in January.

Microsoft has announced that the Halo Wars demo, which launched on Xbox LIVE Marketplace on February 5, has achieved more than two million downloads in its first week. This makes the demo one of the service's most popular of all time.

Microsoft has also noted that recently released DLC, Fable II Knothole Island and Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage, were two of the top performing game add-ons in the month of January. No actual sales/download figures have been published.

Halo Wars is scheduled for release only for Xbox 360 on February 27 across Europe and on March 3 in the US. Fable II Knothole Island and Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage are both available now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace priced 800 MS Points.

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Posted at 10:20 on 13 February 2009
xboxlive	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post well with all the halo fans out in the world,this was coming from a mile off. "good demo" Report Reply

Posted at 10:34 on 13 February 2009
Chonga	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Yeah I was hesitant about Halo Wars mainly cos I havent truly enjoyed RTS on console yet but damn that demo was good. I mean I am seriously impresses, and the production values are are insanely high to boot. Good job Ensemble, a definite first day purchase for me now. Reply

Posted at 22:24 on 05 March 2009
Newcool451	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Hey if u preorder the game do u get mythic map pack 4 halo 3 because its march 5th and i still havent got it even thought I preorderderd the game thats wat people say!?. Report Reply

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