http://www.gamesradar.com/halo-wars/articles/ Digital distribution and mobile give small developers a chance to circumvent difficulties with larger firms, says founder of Microsoft-shuttered Ensemble Studios...http://www.gamesradar.com/leaving-out-publishers-great-games-ensemble-founder-says/Sept. 28, 2012, 4:31 p.m. Ever since 343 Industries was formed to handle all future Halo projects, Microsoft's off-shoot studio has been relatively secretive as to what it's planning for the franchise. Now, after umpteen job postings and sketchy internet speculations, franchise development director Frank O'Connor has...http://www.gamesradar.com/343-industries-hints-at-halos-future-denies-plans-for-spin-offs/Feb. 3, 2011, 6:58 p.m. Get your fix while you can, because the Halo Wars official website is coming down. The forums, the stat-tracking, and ranked matches are all going bye-bye in very short order. In its place will emerge ‘Halo Waypoint,' but that should come as little consolation to the Halo Wars community....http://www.gamesradar.com/say-goodbye-to-halo-wars-ranked-multiplayer-support-on-december-15/Nov. 23, 2010, 1:56 a.m. Halo wasn't the first shooter. Halo wasn't the first to introduce online multiplayer. Halo wasn't even the first Bungie game to feature an armored peacekeeper and sexy female AI battling aliens in outer space. Halo, in many ways, is unoriginal. Yet no other series – with the possible...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-ways-halo-influenced-the-games-industry/Sept. 13, 2010, 10:18 p.m.  Above: Master Chief’s real name is John. He was stolen from his parents and before he was conscripted into the SPARTAN II program Marvel has just announced a graphic novel based on the novel, Halo: Fall of Reach. Titled “Halo: Fall of Reach – Boot Camp #1,” the...http://www.gamesradar.com/what-master-chief-looked-like-as-a-kid/June 23, 2010, 7:58 p.m.Bungie has been teasing us again with a picture via Twitter, along with the tweet 'Just got this mysterious image and word that something big is dropping this week?!' It shows a Spartan helmet with lights on the side, with the reflection of some Halo 3-style flooring in it. What can this mean?...http://www.gamesradar.com/6-things-the-halo-mystery-could-be/March 31, 2010, 10:27 a.m.As video game brands go, Halo is about as big as they come. The most recent addition to the all-conquering franchise is Halo Legends - a collection of seven animated shorts that explores and expands the rich sci-fi universe made insanely popular by everyone's favourite alien ass-kicker, Master...http://www.gamesradar.com/win-xbox-360-elite-halo-legends-more/March 3, 2010, 3:22 p.m.Halo: Reach isn’t the only reason that 2010 is going to be a huge year for Halo fans. This is a franchise that has become bigger than the games themselves, with toys, books, comics and more helping Halo become one of the strongest, most recognizable brands in the world. The recently formed...http://www.gamesradar.com/expanding-the-halo-universe/Feb. 2, 2010, 1:27 a.m.Has HD wonderment improved your favourite games? Or just screwed them right up? http://www.gamesradar.com/are-your-favourite-franchises-better-or-worse-this-generation/Jan. 5, 2010, 6:17 p.m.In the lukewarm seats Bones of contention- Why it's hard to show the bottom of an avatar's shoe- The highs and lows of 2009 for Microsoft- How Modern Warfare 2 is a bit like a cake (or IS it?)- Xbox man Mike says PlayStation 3 had the best game this year- No new Xbox until (gasp) 2016. What?!-...http://www.gamesradar.com/talkradar-uk-19-end-of-year-xbox-360-special/Dec. 23, 2009, 9:10 a.m.Halo is more than a franchise. Halo is a cultural phenomenon. If you need proof, look no further than this page. When Halo 3 launched two years ago, we launched an epic adventure of our own: nearly 50 straight weeks of HaloRadar coverage.http://www.gamesradar.com/the-best-of-haloradar/Sept. 18, 2009, 12:56 p.m.People like to see good triumph over evil. It's the reason Superman always wins despite getting stabbed in the face with shards of Kryptonite. Why John McClane beats a skyscraper full of heavily-armed terrorists with nothing but a string vest. And why those pesky S.T.A.R.S. agents always get the...http://www.gamesradar.com/video-game-villains-who-got-away-with-it/May 1, 2009, 6:45 a.m.Video Games and facial hair have long had a close bond, be it the soul patch on the Prince of Persia, Gordon Freeman’s goatee, or the five o'clock shadow on every single character made with the Unreal 3 Engine. But while most games have people (mostly men) with some bit of hair growing...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-10-greatest-mustaches-in-gaming-history/April 9, 2009, 4:53 p.m.Just as in the shooters, Halo Wars’ skulls unlock powerful cheats that can make the RTS much easier, much harder or much, much sillier. The black boxes, meanwhile, complete the game’s timeline and are necessary if you want to understand the Halo franchise’s entire history.http://www.gamesradar.com/halo-wars-guide-to-skulls-and-black-boxes/March 6, 2009, 6:22 p.m.Quote of the Week: [On IGN’s review breakdowns] How do you even score a game’s sound anymore? What if my soundtrack is all Beethoven and Led Zeppelin? Insta-10!http://www.gamesradar.com/talkradar-41-rap-the-podcast/March 6, 2009, 5:47 p.m.You don’t have time to draw out strategic plans and command dozens of your Spartan soldiers to take out the Covenant. Either you’re used to running and gunning down Grunts and Elites with your trusty battle rifle, or you just plain don’t like all this RTS BS. Whatever the case,...http://www.gamesradar.com/halo-wars-in-90-seconds/March 5, 2009, 3:35 p.m.We could’ve sworn we finished the fight after the release of Halo 3 in September 2007, but Bungie’s going to make sure we finish the fight again and again by releasing the Mythic map pack on March 3rd. But don’t get too anxious to log in to Xbox Live Marketplace to download it...http://www.gamesradar.com/do-you-need-halo-3s-newest-maps/Feb. 27, 2009, 3:56 p.m.We hear it all the time. “GamesRadar, psshh… That site’s written by 12-year-olds.” So, as part of an inability to take criticism, as well as an “Editor for a Day” position auctioned off to raise money for California public schools, we went out and commissioned...http://www.gamesradar.com/kids-review-the-darndest-games/Feb. 23, 2009, 6:39 p.m.Just because it’s named after an environment (the Halo rings), doesn’t mean Halo Wars gets to relax, create a bunch of ring-shaped levels and proclaim that all maps should be symmetrical. The game will have to balance the lore of the Halo series with the new units and innovation to keep...http://www.gamesradar.com/exclusive-interview-with-the-lead-designer-of-halo-wars/Feb. 6, 2009, 3:46 p.m.We just made it through the holiday rush, wallets scraped bare from last year’s heaviest hitters, and there are no fewer than eleven quality games about to rush us. The first quarter (January through March) is usually a time of “catch-up,” where you play all the stuff that keeps...http://www.gamesradar.com/best-first-quarter-for-video-games-ever/Jan. 9, 2009, 4:15 p.m.The future of console RTS? We're still not so sure. http://www.gamesradar.com/halo-wars-reasons-to-be-cheerful-reasons-to-be-fearful/Nov. 17, 2008, 8 a.m.In choosing games for this list, we kept an eye on games most likely to succeed at the market. We also tried to keep in mind potential critical reception based on developer track record, previous franchise performance, and how the titles have been presented in the media thus far. Naturally we also...http://www.gamesradar.com/next-gens-30-most-anticipated-games-of-e3/July 7, 2008, 6:04 p.m.The links between novels and gaming are stronger than you think. Successful franchises spawn tie-in books dealing with the further adventures of Lara Croft or generic videogame action heroes, but often a respected author’s words can find themselves directly or indirectly rendered in gaming....http://www.gamesradar.com/further-reading/June 18, 2008, 3:49 p.m.Halo Wars will feature a two online campaign co-operative mode and support up to six players on Xbox Live for versus multiplayer, according to US mag GamePro. Aside from the now-standard options of co-op and multiplayer, we're also promised a shorter learning curve than traditional real-time...http://www.gamesradar.com/halo-wars-co-op-multiplayer-details-revealed/June 10, 2008, 3:28 p.m.There's a solid line-up of first-party Xbox 360 titles on show at Microsoft's spring media summit, but one notable no-show is Ensemble's Halo Wars, which was originally due to be shown at the San Francisco event.So where is it? We asked Microsoft Game Studios boss Shane Kim: "We're not showing Halo...http://www.gamesradar.com/halo-wars-not-ready-to-show-says-microsoft/May 14, 2008, 5:13 p.m.