Gears of War has official sold 1 million copies and now stands as the most popular game on Xbox Live. Yes, that's right, it toppled Halo 2 from the top spot.

Microsoft says that game is the fastest selling title of the year and the fastest-selling "original Xbox game of all time." I suspect they mean game made in-house as opposed to game made for the old Xbox.

Since the game's launch 850,000 gamers have played more than 10 million online games unlocking 7 million achievements. The game has even stoked Live membership, with paid registrations per day increasing 50 percent since the game's launch.

The average rating for the game, according to Game Rankings, is 95 percent, though I gave it a 90 or so. Overall, it sounds like people are in L-O-V-E, love.

"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."

Now if they could only make the online, mulltiplayer experience as fun as the campaign. Brian Crecente

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