Gears of War 3 beta had 1.29M participants

The Gears of War 3 beta has ended, and Epic Games has shared ten [profanity]-loads of stats on amount of participation, kill counts, beta-exclusive unlocks, and more.

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The beta test for Gears of War 3 has officially curb-stomped its last head. To mark the occasion, Epic Games has crunched the numbers and provided some fun stats regarding the beta participation.

According to a press release distributed by Microsoft, 1.29 million people, spanning 145 different countries, participated in the beta. Those participants played 249 years during the 11 million matches. They racked up 927 million kills, 131 million executions, and 23 million deaths by chainsaw. Almost 23 billion bullets were fired to boot.

But you might want to know just how exclusive your prizes are. 4.9 billion ribbons and 291 million medals were earned through the beta. If you earned the beta-exclusive Thrashball Cole skin, you're in good company with about 435,000 fellow fake sport enthusiasts. If you managed to earn the beta-exclusive Gold Retro Lancer, only about 234,000 people are as awesome as you.

"An overwhelming success - we can't thank the fans enough," said Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski in the announcement. "While the beta was a fun way to give players an early taste of our game, it also provided us with invaluable feedback to help us refine and polish Gears of War 3 to ensure it's truly the culmination of the trilogy we promised to the fans."

Microsoft and Epic Games also announced that the title has surpassed a million worldwide pre-orders, making it the fastest Xbox exclusive to reach the number. Epic also recently unveiled the Limited and Epic editions of the game, going for $80 and $150, respectively.

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    May 18, 2011 10:45 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Gears of War 3 beta had 1.29M participants.

    The Gears of War 3 beta has ended, and Epic Games has shared ten [profanity]-loads of stats on amount of participation, kill counts, beta-exclusive unlocks, and more.

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      May 18, 2011 11:12 AM

      Man I can't wait until launch day when I get to use my Golden Retro Lancer. That is until someone curb stomps me, tea bags my remains, and then proceeds to kill me and everyone else on my team with said Gold Retro Lancer.

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      May 18, 2011 2:26 PM

      xbox exclusive

      meh

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      May 18, 2011 2:51 PM

      I'm excited to play multiplayer in this Gears more then any other. I hope dedicated servers become more common for consoles.

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        May 18, 2011 7:57 PM

        how was the beta? I haven't had a TV in about 3 weeks so I had to skip it :(

        I was a huge fan of the original Gears of War (>11,000 kills), got the second one at launch but was really turned off by many of the changes to the balance and weapons, and didn't play it much.

        I've heard they're trying to get back to the feel of the original with the third and final game, what did you think of it?

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          May 18, 2011 8:33 PM

          unlike GEARS2 the game's netcode seem pretty solid (I didn't find out until later that they had dedicated servers though).

          I wouldn't say that I has that Gears 1 feel, but it was fun, and the maps that were available on the beta
          felt better than GoW2, also the new weapons are a nice addition, but GoW1 is still my fav.

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