G4tv.com's liveblog from the Comic-Con panel, Halo Franchise: What's Next? is live and in progress.
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Microsoft has announced that this autumn it will launch Halo Waypoint, a new destination for Halo fans on Xbox LIVE.
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X360a writes:

"Following a distress signal from the overrun city of Jilane, Delta Squad is dispatched to investigate with the help of a unique "scout" named Alex. The team, with the help of Sigma Squad, will explore one of the darker elements of the Gears universe, and to tell this unique and harrowing tale, series writer Joshua Ortega will be joined by Epic Games president Mike Capps! Further exploring the world of the sensational hit video game!"
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New Halo Wars DLC in the form of the Historical Battle Map Pack has arrived on the Xbox Live Marketplace and is now available for download.
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Just about every weekday, new content is released on Xbox Live Marketplace. There's so much to sort through, sometimes it's hard to know what's new and what's old. Each day, IGN brings you a list of the latest demos, in-game content, themes and gamer pics. Check back every weekday to see what's new on Marketplace.
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RatedG4Gamer Press Centre: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JULY 14, 2009 – "Historic Battle", the latest update for "Halo Wars", introduces four new multiplayer Skirmish maps that highlight key turning points in the UNSC/Covenant war. This add-on pack will be available for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE from July 21st.
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Eurogamer:

Microsoft, Robot Entertainment or whoever has updated the Halo Wars website with news of an upcoming Title Update that re-balances units and fixes a few bugs.

The update should be released "in a few weeks" and follows on from May's Strategic Options DLC, which introduced three new game modes. Check out the changelog below for the full list of changes.
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Xboxic reports: A European Xbox360 games retailer has revealed details of an upcoming console bundle 'Ultimate Halo Pack' which Microsoft will start shipping on the launch of Halo3: ODST. Since the retailer has now removed details (possibly) because Microsoft has not yet made an announcement, a screenshot was taken to prove its existence.
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Halo Wars has recived an update of four new achievements totaling 100 Gamerscore, taking the new total to 1200 Gamerscore.
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Halo Wars will be getting another patch soon to fix balancing issues and some bugs.
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If you wanted to bring Halo Wars with you camping but don't have a long enough extension cord, Risk - The Halo Wars edition might be just right for you.
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Amazon's daily deal features Ensemble Studios' Halo Wars, offering the game at the discounted price of $39.99 for the standard edition. It's a game that many on the Joystiq staff find to be "the tops," though others on the staff have found it to be "mildly satisfactory." It's caused a rift, one you need not bother involving yourself in because, hey, cheap game! And, should you decide to pick this up, you could always apply those saved duckets toward some of the new DLC. Just saying ...
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None of the DLC was on the disc when it shipped. The game modes are a small download because they are rules. There is some new content, but it's obviously a different type of content compared to a map. Also, the recent patch added a bunch of missing support/engine groundwork for both DLCs.

We are limited in the number of matchmaking buckets we can use due to Live. We left a bunch of buckets available for the DLC, but perhaps we made too many team oriented buckets. We'll evaluate changing/modifying that as we get feedback. FWIW, since the DLC modes are generally more team-based than the default game, we skewed the new hoppers to be team-focused as well.

dave

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Dave Pottinger
Lead Designer, Halo Wars
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As if the overpriced price tag of 800 Microsoft Points isn't enough, the Halo Wars' Strategic Options DLC is only 2 MB. Therefore, you may be paying for content already in the game.
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The DLC finally hits today for 800 MS points.
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Of all the places Joystiq expected to hear about new Halo Wars maps, they didn't think it would be within the game itself. If you're very, very patient -- seriously, it takes around half an hour -- the information crawl that scrolls across the bottom of the main menu will show the names of three upcoming maps. The crawl also mentions the recently revealed gameplay modes from the upcoming "Strategic" Options DLC. The three maps mentioned are Barrens (1v1), Blood River (1v1) and Memorial Basin (2v2).
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The Halo Wars Title Update is ready to go live in the next day or so. You can check out the patch notes by clicking on the link. It contains bug fixes, some balance changes as well as adding a couple cool features like allowing Flaming Warthog and Honor Guard Wraith skins in multiplayer.

The Title Update also gets your console ready for the first Halo Wars DLC pack coming soon! More news about the upcoming DLC will be along shortly, keep an eye on HaloWars.com for more information.
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AppGamer write... "NewToy are kind of an unsung hero, you may not have heard of them but you've definately heard of their games. These guys brought you the entire Age Of Empires series alongside the recent smash hit Halo Wars for the Xbox 360. It probably interests you to know that they are now turning their attention to the iPhone. Their first project is a collaboration with artist and writer Ashley Wood, the guy who created the worlds first digital graphic novel for the PSP cunningly titled "Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel".

Wow, so thats quite some pedigree these guys have. Here's what NewToy have to say about the project..."
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andriasang.com writes:
"Volume 74 of Microsoft's Xbox Live Park online events has a somewhat unexpected guest. Microsoft announced today that 2channel founder Hiroyuki Nishimura will host the series' Halo Wars Night event on May 9 from 19:15 to 22:00.

Nishimura will be joined by Halo Wars JP community members Airlity and Nemuke, known as top Halo Wars players. The three will team up for tag team play on the game's Fort Deen map."
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From Xbox to PS3 to DLC and even a Free Realms Beta Key, I cover the top news across all current-gen gaming platforms, into a short easy-to-digest summary.

Missed out on the past few days of gaming news? Want to hear the top stories? Check it out after the jump
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