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Halo Wars sells 250,000 units on day one in the Americas
Brett Walton
05th March 2009
VGChartz has today release preliminary first day figures for Microsoft's Xbox360 exclusive Halo Wars which released in the Americas on the 3rd March 2009.
Over 250,000 units of the title, set in the Halo universe and developed by Ensemble Studios, were sold on the first day of release including midnight launches at many retailers across the country.
Sales of Halo Wars are expected to comfortably pass one million worldwide, likely hitting 2-3 million making the title easily the most successful Xbox360 RTS game to date, with the title already having sold over 200,000 units outside of the Americas.

Stay tuned to VGChartz for week one figures to be released early next week.
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