<P> Guinness World Records awarded Gears of War with 5 world records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008 . These records include, "First Console Game to Use the Unreal 3 Engine", "Fastest Selling Original Xbox 360 Game", and "First Music Single to Top the Chart After Promoting a Video Game" for the Gary Jules version of "Mad World", which was originally released in 2003, but topped the download charts in November 2006 after it was used as background music during the TV commercial for Gears of War . </P> <P> Gears of War was an immediate hit upon its release . On November 7, 2006--the day that it was released--it became the most popular game on the Xbox Live service, until the release of Halo 3, overtaking Halo 2 which had held the spot since its launch in November 2004 . Gears was the second most - played game on the Xbox Live service throughout 2007 . Gears of War sold one million copies in its first two weeks on sale making it the fastest - selling Xbox 360 game to date . By January 19, 2007, just ten weeks after its debut, over three million units of the game had been sold . It received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom . As of November 7, 2008, the game has sold 5.88 million copies worldwide . Gears of War was also the first Xbox or Xbox 360 game to sell out and reach the top ten charts in Japan . </P> <P> Leaked in April 2015, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition was confirmed in E3 2015 Microsoft's press conference . It was released worldwide for the Xbox One in North America and Asian - Pacific countries on August 25, 2015, and in Europe on August 28 . Ultimate Edition is a near - complete remake of the original game, that features the five chapters of the campaign originally exclusive to the PC version of the game . Players who purchased the Ultimate Edition received early access to the multiplayer beta of Gears of War 4, which was released on April 18, 2016 . </P> <P> The re-mastered game was subsequently released for Microsoft Windows on March 1, 2016 . </P>

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