Word in from tells us that 3 campaign kills have now topped a stupendous 10 billion, the developer telling us that the total was surpassed within 565 days of the game's launch.

Apparently, this figure means that an average of 12,000 Covenant troops have been killed every minute since launch, or 730,000 an hour, if you prefer.

Although the numbers involved are so big as to be actually meaningless, we gather from Bungie's proclamations that Halo 3 is doing rather well.

Despite being a little old now, Halo 3 is still one of Live's top titles, and these new statistics also show that the game is continuing to succeed as a singleplayer experience as well.

By Luke Guttridge