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Posted on: Nov 09, 2007
Halo Wars
WORDS BY: Ryan McCaffrey
Talk about going old-school. Halo Wars — the headline announcement at last year’s X06 show – is taking Halo back to its origins. And no, we don’t mean with a shooter prequel. Halo Wars is a real-time strategy game, which is how Halo was originally conceived. It’s being handled by Ensemble Studios, who will rely on their glowing RTS track record (Age of Empires series) as they do the heavy lifting while Bungie provides support.
Set in 2531 at the onset of the human-Covenant war (read: before the events of the first Halo), the story follows the crew of the UNSC support ship Spirit of Fire and spans multiple planets. Every Halo standby is included: Warthogs, Banshees, Scorpions, Ghosts, and so on, plus a slew of new rides, including the tank-esque Rhino and the Wolverine, an anti-air tank/Warthog hybrid. They all sound exactly as they should, and thanks to the carefully crafted physics engine, everything moves properly, too. In fact, watching Warthogs fishtail around the UNSC base was like watching a Halo 3 match from a god’s-eye view.
The highlight of the gameplay demo was a massive skirmish with vehicles and infantry on both sides. As Covenant Banshees plastered UNSC Warthogs — which were busy shooting at and ramming Covie ground troops — the humans countered with the aforementioned Wolverines before the aliens brought in a Scarab, which proceeded to vaporize every foot soldier before Ensemble summoned the UNSC’s MAC cannon (an orbital Hammer of Dawn–alike) to even the scales.
Though we didn’t get to play, the controls seemed even easier than those in Command & Conquer 3: pressing A selects, double-tapping A selects all units of the same type, B unselects, X moves, Y accesses powers and abilities (like calling down a MAC-cannon shot), and LB selects everything. If you’ve never played an RTS, odds are the canonical reverence oozing from Halo Wars will get you to start.
Sun, 07/27/2008 - 14:32
Posted by dodgavenger
do you get to play as master chef or an army
Wed, 07/23/2008 - 02:44
Posted by legomyeggov2
i can freaking wait and did u hear about the new halo game coming out. i freaked out when i heard
i started to scream and my dog thought i was retarded.
Sun, 07/20/2008 - 21:56
Posted by powergamer2k8
that game looks awesome and so does the fist screenshot. too bad its coming out in,what 4 months? ill be like infinte billion years old by then!
Fri, 07/11/2008 - 08:25
Posted by WANNA----PETEY
Hopefully this game will make my day because halo 3 to me was not as expected. Hopefully HALO 4 will be the F****** SH** as well!!! We'll have to see...
Sat, 06/21/2008 - 02:50
Posted by Sgt.Gamer
Pegi, rated it 12+ so in the US etc. it might be rated a T (teen)
Sat, 06/07/2008 - 23:22
Posted by Scars4Life8989
CAN'T FREKING WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i ALL MOST FROGOT WHAT WILL IT BE RATED?
Wed, 06/04/2008 - 12:25
Posted by ironbarnes
I can't wait for it :) its goin to be awesome :):)
Sun, 05/18/2008 - 05:43
Posted by Sgt.Gamer
Its coming out somewhere in october this year, i saw it on 'Halopedia'. Somewhere in the middle of the month.
Sat, 05/17/2008 - 23:54
Posted by General RP
when will this game come out!?!?!?!?!
Thu, 05/15/2008 - 02:08
Posted by crazy killer
hi i am new here
Wed, 04/02/2008 - 02:16
Posted by cenahk
geek go to bungie.com
Fri, 03/28/2008 - 01:05
Posted by Phildajuggler
This game will be a new beginning to the whole RTS world. Bungie has the capability to pull this off, and is expected to blow the RTS community away with this new representation of the Halo series.
And, for all of you hardcore Halo fanatics out there, it is expected for this not to be Master Chief's last hurrah. Keep updated with the latest gaming news here at OXM.
-Phildajuggler, OXM Reader
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 00:17
Posted by geek24
thank god there be a new halo game but its not halo 4 plz make halo 4 bungie
Tue, 03/25/2008 - 22:53
Posted by Reaper213
The game look sick son! When is coming out? The Trailer totally got me wanting to play it. You should check it out.
Tue, 03/25/2008 - 00:32
Posted by thebullka
praise the almighty jesus, this games is gonin 2 be alsome
Sat, 03/15/2008 - 21:37
Posted by cenahk
i hope its beter than End war and visversa because there both RTS and right know i think End war might beat the graphics and in game play. so bungie needs to step up a knoch!!!!!!!!
Mon, 03/10/2008 - 18:21
Posted by Dr Exovolt
The Game Has To Be Good Or I'll Ram My Boot Up Their ... You Get The Picture. (No Threats Intended)
Sat, 03/08/2008 - 01:45
Posted by rogueassassin
this game is going to be sweet! first of all it is going to explain the halo story better being in the beggening of the war and second of all it is just plain going to rock!
Wed, 02/20/2008 - 22:56
Posted by cenahk
halo has bin asome from the start. Makeing it into a RTS game is grate as a prequal but I think makeing a halo 4 because the legendary ending were chief runs into the planet.
Sun, 02/10/2008 - 23:19
Posted by haloshock1140
this game seems great in writing lets see if they can pull it off. personaly i cant wait
Sun, 02/10/2008 - 23:17
Posted by haloshock1140
i hope its not a nother battle for middle earth
Thu, 02/07/2008 - 18:20
Posted by Leo of moon
im gtana hold my opineion tell the games finished and i try it but i think its going to be intrsting and HOPEFULLY it wont suck like the preveus RTS on the xboxes i hoped this guys have copeyed C&C's game play for halo cuse i think its the best for a consule RTS
Sun, 02/03/2008 - 00:04
Posted by ODST_Matt_2552
This game is gonna rock. I wonder if it will come out on PC... Cross platform gaming... it gives some interesting posibilities.
Sat, 02/02/2008 - 15:58
Posted by Barthvader43
THIS GAME IS GONA BE AWEWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
email me at Barthvader43@yahoo.com or play w/ me (Beast at 3)
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 16:47
Posted by sickGAM3R
< sickGAM3R > i never really liked strategy games but this one looks sick (probably just because it says "halo" on the box)
Thu, 01/17/2008 - 11:35
Posted by The Fry Guy 108
I wish they would give us a release date!!!
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 07:19
Posted by honour warrior
ensemble is a great RTS game maker, so this game will be good, can;t wait
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 22:22
Posted by ckynick254
the game is nice this will be replaceing halo3
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 14:07
Posted by Akneebreeated
Can't freakin' wait man!!!
Thu, 12/06/2007 - 00:18
Posted by Jchip9311
Chippy
This game looks awesome!!!!
Thu, 11/22/2007 - 22:32
Posted by xAce of Sp4desx
Does seem pretty good. Hope everthing goes great with it's making.
Mon, 11/19/2007 - 02:21
Posted by R3VOlV3R 08
Gamertag: R3VO1V3R 08
hey i bought that SPNK case.....well anyways i hope Ensemble does a good job..its Halo after all...
Sat, 11/17/2007 - 01:57
Posted by Luthe0
Another Halo Item to add to my collection...I still need to get that SPNKR case from Issue #78.
Mon, 11/12/2007 - 23:17
Posted by SHORTEST MONKEY
Looks like a good game.