Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Microsoft have announced that the RTS off-shoot of their ever popular Halo shooters has progressed through the 1 million sales mark.
Halo Wars is now "the best selling real-time strategy game on any current generation console."
According to Microsoft: Sales of "Halo Wars" have reached more than one million units worldwide, making the exclusive Xbox 360 title the best selling real-time strategy game on any current generation console. With a revolutionary control scheme designed expressly for the Xbox 360 controller and a riveting story that takes "Halo" fans deeper into the "Halo" universe, "Halo Wars" is breaking new ground for the strategy genre by introducing a new wave of fans to strategy games and reminding existing fans why it's so fun.
Set in the year 2525, "Halo Wars" takes players on a perilous journey through the famed "Halo" universe. As players take the command seat in the early, epic battles between the UNSC and Covenant, they will begin to unravel events 20 years before "Halo: Combat Evolved" that shaped the franchise into what it is today.
Since the game's release throughout Asia on February 26 and subsequent launches in Europe and the Americas, fans around the world have been taking full advantage of "Halo Wars'" rich Xbox LIVE gameplay. To date:
-- There have been more than 2.6 million multiplayer matches played
-- More than 118 years of time has been spent in multiplayer matches on Xbox LIVE
-- On average, more than 200,000 "Halo Wars" fans have taken up arms in battles between the UNSC and Covenant each day
Microsoft also let it be known that following the closure of the studio responsible for creating Halo Wars, Ensemble, that there are still Halo Wars projects happening in the background. Newly formed studio Robot Entertainment, which includes members from Ensemble are beavering away on more Halo Wars content yet to be announced.
David Bass
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