Halo Wars
Video Game
Happy Birthday Xbox 360...true turning point for the brand that defines - more than any other - the Xbox 360 console. This year we saw more Halo than ever before. Halo Wars, a real-time strategy game by now-shuttered Ensemble Studios. Halo 3: ODST, an... In this article: Xbox 360, Microsoft, Halo, Recession, Bungie, Elite, Sony, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Halo: Reach |
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VentureBeat | 2 days ago
Microsoft's Xbox Live chief on banning modders and browsing Facebook photos on TV
...it depends on how well the multiplayer experience is. On the day one of a launch, we see a big surge of multiplayer with almost any game. Halo Wars saw a spike in multiplayer on its first day. VB: So Modern Warfare 2 beat out Halo 3: ODST in...
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IGN | 4 days ago
Windstorm Studios Partners With 226 Productions For Development Of An MMO
...house founded by former Ensemble Studios developer Dusty Monk, whose pedigree includes triple-A titles such as Age of Empires III and Halo Wars. The agreement between Windstorm Studios and art production house 226 Productions brings the entire...
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Xbox 360 Fanboy | 5 days ago
Xbox 360 Fancast 143 -- Modern Podfare
...love the show as always. Just wanted to comment on something said at last weeks fancast. Ya'll were commenting on how boring and lacklustre Halo Wars felt, Hinkle even said he was an RTS lover and felt it was a dumbed down children's RTS.
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Joystiq | 7 days ago
WRUP: 'We don't control the Modern Warfare 2 servers' edition
...can get Modern Warfare 2 here -- they said it shipped on Saturday! -- then I'll be playing that. Otherwise, it's more Achievement farming in Halo Wars (gotta get that Halo Waypoint rank up). Xav de Matos (@Xav): Finishing up Modern Warfare...
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ThinkGeek :: What's New | November 09, 2009
Books : Halo Encyclopedia
...Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to the Halo universe. It is a comprehensive companion to every aspect of Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, and Halo 3: OSDT! Created in collaboration with 343 Industries and unveiling never-before-seen...
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Joystiq | November 06, 2009
Interview: 343 Industries' Frank O'Connor
...and hopefully grow that community. But I don't think we planned for Waypoint to be selling games. I imagine it's going to sell a few more Halo Wars, and push up some rentals as people realize there's a couple of Achievements that if they got,...
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Kotaku | November 06, 2009
Halo Waypoint Will Be What You Make Of It [343 Industries]
...is bound to get larger." So now the fans are watching Halo Waypoint. They're keeping track of their progression; replaying Halo 3 and Halo Wars in order to complete innovative achievements that span all the Halo 3 360 titles; and...
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Kotaku | November 06, 2009
Carmack: Working With Apple Is a Rollercoaster Ride [IPhone]
...including Quake III, Doom 3 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Devine went on to Ensemble Studios where he worked on Age of Empires 3 and Halo Wars before that studio was shut down. Earlier this year he moved to Apple. "He's a real...
In this article: Apple, John Carmack, Iphone, Graeme Devine, Doom 3, Age of Empires 3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake III, and Ensemble Studios
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Gamespot | November 05, 2009
Halo Waypoint opens up, anime preview Nov. 7
...Halo Waypoint will also feature a new career section which collates all past and future achievements earned in Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars, and all related downloadable content and "converts them into an overall ranking and recognition...
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IGN | October 30, 2009
Halo Waypoint Impressions
...the Vehicle Specialist, which is leveled up by unlocking achievements with some relation to a vehicle. Each award pulls achievements from Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo 3. In order to reach the top tier in every award category, you'll have...
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Halo Wars is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 video game console. It was released in Japan and Australia on February 26, 2009, in PAL territories on February 27, and in North America on March 3. The game is set in the science fictional universe of the Halo series, 20 years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. The player leads human soldiers aboard the warship Spirit of Fire in a effort to stop an ancient fleet of ships from falling into the hands of the genocidal alien Covenant.
Halo Wars was officially unveiled at the X06 Xbox show in 2006. Ensemble designed the game specifically for the Xbox 360 controller, in an attempt to circumvent issues present in previous console RTS. Ensemble was closed by Microsoft before the game's release, but Robot Entertainment was quickly founded by many of Ensemble's former employees; this new company continued to support Halo Wars with updates and downloadable content.
Halo Wars received generally positive reviews. Reviewers lauded the game's pre-rendered cinematics, attention to detail in replicating the Halo universe, and intuitive control scheme. Complaints against the game included the lack of an option to play as Covenant or Flood factions in the campaign mode, and the lack of strategic options during play. Critics from GameSpot and USA Today wrote that experienced RTS players would find the strategic elements of the title shallow. The game sold one million units worldwide through March 2009, making it the best-selling console real-time strategy game to date.
- Name:
- Halo Wars
- Genre:
- Sci-fi, real-time strategy
- Published By:
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Modes:
- Single-player, multiplayer, cooperative
- Developed by:
- Ensemble Studios
- Media Type:
- DVD-DL
- Platforms:
- Xbox 360
- Inputs:
- Gamepad
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