After years of speculation, rumors, leaks, and teases; it's finally here. Critics, and consumers have been lauding Halo Reach as one of the best games ever created, and it's backed by strong sales. Records have been broken, and new achievements have been set. Let's break it down, courtesy of our very own VGChartz:

• Highest debut in the Halo franchise.
• Biggest launch of any game or movie in 2010.
• Only exclusive to pass 4 million first week to date.
• Highest 1st week sales to date for an exclusive game.
• Only exclusive to pass 3 million first week in Americas.
• The 2nd highest ever launch week on a single platform.
• Highest Week One online stats to date for a console game.
• Most concurrent unique online users ever on Xbox Live (over 2 million).

Metacritic

Critic Reviews: 92/100 | User Reviews: 7.2/10

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Bungie Bans 15,000 Halo: Reach Cheaters

"If you think you've figured out a sneaky way to get ahead of the pack in Halo: Reach's multiplayer, be warned: Bungie may be on to you, and they don't take kindly to cheaters. The developer has announced that they recently discovered an in-game workaround many players have used to quickly accrue in-game credits, and they've since punished a whopping 15,000 players who exploited the glitch..." View the full story here

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As I said before: Halo with beautiful graphics + Sandbox feel + Huge World + 100 enemies at once + Incredible drawn distance + Vehicles = Epic win.

Oh most definitely! I am officially hyped for this game, i'm so impressed by what Bungie has done with the franchise, a true re-imagining.

have to say, that viDoc is VERY impressive

Nice OP. I will be sure to use this thread for all things Reach.

Awesome job OP sooo pumped for this game!!!!! Ive been away from the forums for a while but this game has gotten me so hyped I had to come back just to talk about it!!!!!

Glad to have you back then Ben

Thanks Jagged, always love to have your support.

I'll try to make it a good thread :P

Posting to show my support for such an awesome game :D

If the game includes clan support we should totally make a vgchartz clan and pwn some noobs :P

Oh that would be awesome, great idea, and something i'd support. Just say the word Mendicate, lol

Epic game = Epic thread.