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One Billionth Halo 3 Game Played

Posted by Soulskill on from the master-chief-is-a-busy-man dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Bungie recently announced that Halo 3 has served its 1 billionth game. It's an important milestone which Halo 2 failed to reach. The billionth game was played at 6:36 PM PST last Saturday and lasted three minutes and 19 seconds. The total amount of active match time exceeds 64,000 years." Frank O'Connor, director of the Halo franchise, also made comments recently teasing future Halo games.

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  1. 3 mins 19secs by Hecatonchires · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Isn't that how long most Halo players last in the presence of a woman?

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    1. Re:3 mins 19secs by MooseMuffin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Perhaps. Luckily such a scenario will never occur.

  2. Re:That's funny by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I got my billionth Double Kill the other day too.

    Amateur. Call me when you get your trillionth Double Kill.

    - Chuck Norris

  3. Re:64,000 years? by superdave80 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...said the man posting on /.

  4. Re:what could we do in 64,000 man hours ? by revengebomber · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, considering the average Halo player, you could probably get a LOT of coloring done.

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