Today's roundup shows Little Big Planet getting the recognition it deserves, as well as Lost Planet getting an obscenely large production budget.
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23 Jan 2009

UK Retailer Offers In-game Warthog With Halo Wars Pre-order

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360 - Halo Wars - UK Retailer Offers In-game Warthog With Halo Wars Pre-order

BeefJack writes, "If you're looking to continue the fight in style, then look no further than the UK video game retailer - Gamestation. With pre-order's of Halo Wars - the Ensemble developed RTS - keen commanders get exclusive access to an in-game U.N.S.C Flaming Warthog..."
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23 Jan 2009

Halo Wars Demo Coming Feb 5th

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars Demo Coming Feb 5th

Hurray, Halo Wars demo announced and dated - February 5th. Gamers will be able to play the first two campaign missions. The demo will also include "Chasms," one of "Halo Wars'" 14 multiplayer maps, wherein players can battle it out in Skirmish mode vs. A.I as either UNSC or Covenant.
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23 Jan 2009

Halo Wars Gold on Xbox 360; New Demo Screens

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars Gold on Xbox 360; New Demo Screens

Microsoft has finally struck "gold" with Halo Wars, announcing this morning that the Halo spin-off is complete and has been sent off for manufacturing.
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23 Jan 2009

Halo Wars Done

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Microsoft has confirmed that Ensemble Studios' last ever RTS, Halo Wars, is finished and has gone gold.

To celebrate Microsoft's launched the first of a series of Halo Wars video documentaries, detailing the controls and key elements of the console strategy effort.
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21 Jan 2009

Halo Wars review embargo lifts on February 20

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars review embargo lifts on February 20

Microsoft confirmed yesterday that the Halo Wars review embargo will lift on February 20 at 2.00pm GMT.
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15 Jan 2009

Halo Wars soundtrack detailed

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars soundtrack detailed

Sumthing Else Music Works and Microsoft games studios have lifted the lid on the Halo Wars soundtrack which is scheduled for release Feb. 17, 2009.
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11 Jan 2009

Sarcastic Gamer: CES 2009 Gaming Impressions

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360 - Halo Wars - Sarcastic Gamer: CES 2009 Gaming Impressions

Lono writes: CES is not a gaming convention. It is a gadget and software convention. That said, there's a lot of gaming peripherals and games themselves on display. My updated impressions of the trade show and a bit of info as to what I saw and experienced.
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9 Jan 2009

Daily News Roundup: January 8, 2009

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360 - Halo Wars - Daily News Roundup: January 8, 2009

Fable 2 Downloadable Content, as well as news on Gears of War 2 and Halo Wars.
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9 Jan 2009

Halo Wars Dated

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IncGamers report that Halo Wars has been dated:

"Microsoft has announced that Halo Wars will be released in Europe, Middle East and Asian territories on 27 February."

There is more information on North American and Asia Pacific release dates too, confirmed by Microsoft.
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8 Jan 2009

Halo Wars Release Date Not Changed

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars Release Date Not Changed

During Microsoft's keynote at CES 09, Robbie Bach, President of Entertainment & Devices Division, announced that Halo Wars will hit stores on February 28th, a full week earlier than expected. Apparently he misspoke. It is true that a demo is coming out, though.
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8 Jan 2009

Halo Wars UK date still Feb 27, demo date also for Europe

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars UK date still Feb 27, demo date also for Europe

Microsoft has confirmed to videogaming247 that despite Microsoft's announcement that Halo Wars has moved to February 28, the European date of the 27th remains unchanged.
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8 Jan 2009

Halo Wars Releasing March 3rd After All

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars Releasing March 3rd After All

Endsights writes:

Yesterday, it appeared that Halo Wars would be hitting the United States on February 28th. Apparently, Robbie Bach was mistaken.

A Microsoft PR representative has contacted EndSights, saying that there was some "confusion" at CES and said that Halo Wars would be hitting US retail shelves on March 3rd, not February 28th
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8 Jan 2009

Halo Wars - Game and Demo Dated

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars - Game and Demo Dated

Microsoft announced last night at CES 09 that Halo Wars, will be released on February 28th and the demo is scheduled to February 5th.
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8 Jan 2009

Halo Wars Demo Coming February 5th

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars Demo Coming February 5th

Co-Optimus.com writes - "During Microsoft's CES press conference, President of Entertainment and Devices Division for Microsoft Robbie Bach, announced that Halo Wars would receive a demo on February 5th. Of course he said "Bungie" was going to make it available, not Ensemble. Oops.

There's no word on whether the demo would contain any co-op, multiplayer or skirmish modes - but we'll keep you informed."
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8 Jan 2009

Halo Wars, Halo 3 ODST Featured in New GamePro

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360 - Halo Wars - Halo Wars, Halo 3 ODST Featured in New GamePro

The February 2009 issue of GamePro is coming soon, and it is devoted to all things Halo and Xbox 360. The cover story on Halo Wars contains exciting new details on The Flood, your nemesis in the campaign mode (hint: it's a character you may remember from Halo 2), and tons of all-new info and HD screenshots from one of the best-looking Xbox 360 games yet.

But that's not all -- GamePro has also got an exclusive two-page interview with Bungie on their ambitious plans for Halo 3: ODST, the standalone Halo 3 expansion due out this fall.
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5 Jan 2009

Rumor: 360 a footnote in Microsoft's CES keynote

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360 - Halo Wars - Rumor: 360 a footnote in Microsoft's CES keynote

It's sounding like the only "megatons" at Microsoft's CES 2009 keynote will be the volume of hors d'oeuvres served beforehand. According to TechCruch, the company will focus primarily on Windows 7, mobile devices and home networking, while Xbox 360 will barely get a mention.
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4 Jan 2009

Metacritic Responds To Early Review Fiasco

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360 - Halo Wars - Metacritic Responds To Early Review Fiasco

Mike Hartnett on Tawkn.com writes: "The other day a story made the front page of N4G showing how Xbox360 fanboys went ahead and gave Killzone 2 terrible reviews when the game still has over a month before its release. PS3 fans then followed suit by bringing down the yet to be released Halo Wars down to a mere 0.8 rating. I went ahead and shot Metacritic a message regarding this issue and they did indeed respond."
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4 Jan 2009

Disappointed Playstation Fans Get Their Revenge

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360 - Halo Wars - Disappointed Playstation Fans Get Their Revenge

PlayStation Gamer Uk Writes: "A short while ago on popular gaming website N4G an article was posted stating how Xbox 360 "fanboys" has gone onto Killzone 2's page and in there numbers had lowered the average user rating.It does now appear that PlayStation "fanboys" have taken there "Revenge" already by targeting upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive Halo Wars so it now has an average User score of 0.8 out of 10."
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