Gears of War continues to break records with the announcement that in its first two weeks of release it has sold over 1,000,000 copies. This makes Gears of War the fastest selling title of 2006 and the fastest selling original Xbox game of all time.

Gears of War also bring good fortune for Xbox Live, with paid subscriptions to Xbox Live going up by more than 50% since the games launch.

Some useless stats

• Over 1,000,000 copies sold in he first two weeks
• Fastest selling game of 2006
• Fastest selling original Xbox game of all time
• Over 850,000 unique gamers have played Gears of War on Xbox Live
• 10,000,000 game play sessions on Xbox Live
• 7,000,000 achievements unlocked