One billion Halo 3 matches now played

By Ellie Gibson Published 3 March, 2009

Over 64,000 years of playtime recorded.

The number of Halo 3 matches played online has now reached one billion, according to a post on Bungie.net.

"One billion. It's a giant number, one that's difficult to understand without the proper context," Bungie points out.

In fact, despite its similarly huge popularity, Halo 2 has yet to reach the billion mark - with a paltry 798 million matches played so far.

But back to Halo 3. According to Bungie, 64,109 years of playtime have now been racked up, equivalent to 2 trillion seconds. Or to be precise, 2,023,153,340,764 seconds.

"We're in awe of the success Halo 3 has been met with, but we're not done yet," says Bungie. "Stick around and stay tuned, there's definitely more to come."

Such as expansion pack Halo 3: ODST, which is being released later this year. Check out the gamepage for all the latest screenshots and videos.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

Read more articles from Ellie by visiting the Ellie Gibson archive page.

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