WorthPlaying writes: "Halo Wars is an RTS game based on the Halo universe where players will command armies of familiar and new UNSC units in its initial encounters against the Covenant, an alien coalition threatening to obliterate mankind. Robot Entertainment is not only working on new title update, but today revealed the Strategic Options DLC which will add three new multiplayer modes."
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Halo Wars official website has release some information and will release more infomation on the upcoming Halo Wars Title Update, or patch, here on HaloWars.com over the next few weeks.
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Crispy Gamer:
For those who can't get enough Halo information, DK Publishing has announced they are publishing the Halo Encyclopedia in 352 glorious full-color pages. The book is planned for a November 2009 release.

The press release at this point says the book will cover just the games. A call to the publisher has them scrambling to check if the books will be included as well, since the stories were sanctioned by Bungie and Microsoft. The forward of the encyclopedia will be written by Frank O'Connor, who left Bungie as content manager in May of last year to work at Microsoft and more closely with the Halo franchise.
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Sci-Fi guru Greg Bear will be putting together the lore of the Forerunners in a trilogy of Halo books, the first set to hit shelves in 2010.
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gmagnus of CheapAssGamer informs the masses of a discounted games offered at Amazon.
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Bungie writes:

"So how long will these folks be hunkered down, you might ask, looking for any glint of information that might lead you to the retail release date of Halo 3: ODST? Nice try. Fall 2009, friend. But, divorced from any terms that would reveal, remark, or even hint upon a hard and fast release date, we can answer the question on its own merit. How long will they be hunkered down?

Looks like we're ready to wrap up yet another week. If you're heading off to GDC, we hope to see you there. Step on up, shake our hands, but please, no creepy stuff. There's only so much antibacterial to go around at a conference of this size.

If we don't see you there, feel free to hang out around Bungie.net. We'll make sure the standard routine stays in check. You make sure you stay safe and Stay Tuned.

P.S. 04/09/09"
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Microsoft announced today that Halo Wars has reached more than one million sales worldwide, making it the most sucessful real-time strategy game on any current generation console.
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Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU's)

1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty: WaW
3 Call of Duty 4
4 Gears of War 2
5 GTA IV
6 RESIDENT EVIL 5
7 Halo Wars
8 Left 4 Dead
9 FIFA 09
10 STREET FIGHTER IV
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VG247: One of our magic retail sources just popped through a couple of shots of a new 360 bundle, this one featuring a Pro, Halo Wars and Halo 3 in the same pack. See them after the break.
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Socroendo.com Writes: GoGamer.com has Halo Wars for Xbox 360 for only $40 w/ free shipping.
Limit 1 per customer, while supplies last. Free shipping. Don't miss out on this great deal!
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The 100% Completion achievement description in Halo Wars reads "Ready for the Sequel", hinting that developers from the now defunct Ensemble Studios might have known they'll work with Microsoft again in the future.

The VGB writeup indicates that Robot Entertainment can team up with the internal MGS team, both made up of former Ensemble employees, since they are already working together on Halo Wars support and DLC; to make Halo Wars 2 at some point in the future.
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GamerDeals.net writes:

"Some would argue that the Gamefly 'most queued' should be taken with a grain of salt. Generally, it is apparent that the Xbox 360 is the most common rental platform that absolutely skews the results. In addition, one could argue that a title that appears near the top of the list is there because it is worth a rental versus a purchase. With that being said, it is still a decent gauge on the level of interest for a particular game.

For the week of March 10, 2009, Halo Wars once again takes the top spot on the cross-platform Gamefly Top Ten 'Most Queued' list. Following close behind is Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Xbox 360). MadWorld is at the top of the Nintendo Wii Queue as well...

Queue up the complete Gamefly Top 10 most requested lists:"
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Korea loves Starcraft so much that local television network MBC Game started broadcasting Starcaft matches on TV. The network expanded to other televised video game matches for Warcraft III, Tekken, and Counter-Strike. Starcraft is still by far the most popular show on MBC Game with league matches frequently rerun.

Now MBC Game is making a show just for Halo Wars, Microsoft's Halo based real time strategy game. Korea loves Starcraft and other real time strategy games. Will they love Halo Wars and perhaps the Xbox 360 too? All three consoles are in Korea, but none of them have been a smash hit compared to PC gaming.
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Presumably in anticipation of the Resident Evil 5 Console Bundle due to arrive next Friday, GAME have reduced the price of their Xbox360 Elite Consoles by more than 13%.
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Bungie is readying another map pack for the Xbox 360 flagship shooter Halo 3. Following in the footsteps of Legendary and Heroic comes the Mythic Map Pack, which eager players can first acquire on March 3 when the limited edition version of Halo Wars is released. The pack will be purchasable on Xbox Live at a later date, as yet unannounced, and will almost double the total number of maps available for Halo 3 from the 11 that originally shipped with the game up to 20.
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Brandon at Digital Something writes,
"We've got an early edition of Weekend Deals this time around with Newegg selling Halo Wars for $56.99 with free shipping. So if you've been wanting to check the game out but you aren't quite willing to pay full price, now's the time to buy it. Check out the details here."
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Sales of Halo Wars are expected to comfortably pass one million worldwide, likely hitting 2-3 million making the title easily the most successful Xbox360 RTS game to date, with the title already having sold over 200,000 units outside of the Americas.
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GamerDeals.net writes:

"A decent selection in just about every game gender is available this month for the Xbox 360.

Highlights for the month of March 2009 include the just released Halo Wars, Tom Clancy's HAWX, Resident Evil 5, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, and Guitar Hero Metallica.

What titles are you looking forward to?

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the month of March 2009 on Xbox 360!"
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Joystiq:

"With today's (North American) release of Halo Wars, we thought we'd share Ensemble Studios' heartfelt goodbye message included in the game's end credits. The video, which shares the same sentimental weight as Bruce Shelley's final remarks, starts with a message to all of Ensemble's fans and is followed by individual notes from everyone on the development team."
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Speaking to USA Today, Halo franchise development director Frank O'Connor hints that we may have more Master Chief in store for us in the future.

"I doubt we have seen the last of Master Chief," O'Connor told the paper. The bulk of the article is about upcoming Halo 3: ODST, which O'Connor says is significantly more than an add-on.
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