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Without question, one of the most anticipated games of this fall is Halo: Reach. Bungie’s final entry in the sci-fi shooter series has been in beta for a while now, and it’s been the largest beta in Bungie’s history.

Over 2.7 million people logged into the beta, a far greater number than the Halo 3 beta, which garnered 800,000 users. Those millions racked up more than 16 million hours and more than 1.1 billion virtual kills in the beta, which lasted 18 days.

Now that the beta has ended, everyone’s waiting to get their Halo fix again. It looks like you’ll have to wait until September 14, 2010. That’s the day Reach will be released worldwide (except in Japan, where it will land on the 15th).

Until then, you can regale your buddies with tales of that wicked awesome headshot you got that time, right?

You can find more info, including Bungie’s weekly updates, over at their Halo: Reach site.

[Via Associated Press]

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