Even if you’re a big Halo fan, the concept of Halo Wars may leave a bad taste in your mouth. Understandable, if you’ve ever played RTS games on a console. Perhaps you found the interface cumbersome, the pace of the combat (and the reactions it asks of you) directly at odds with the flexibility of the controls. Perhaps you’re thinking that things will be no different this time. But having seen gameplay in motion, we reckon ... » Read More

21 Aug 2007

Halo Wars - updated impressions

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Aug 21, 2007 Cannon Fodder on the Genesis started it all, Starcraft on the N64 elevated the conflict and Command & Conquer deployed the first atomic weapons in the ongoing war between real-time strategy games and controllers. Console history is resplendent with examples of RTS atrocities, but Halo Wars is bringing peace with a decent set of buttons to push and a galaxy full of artillery. The demo begins with a Pelican dropship zipping along a valley, flanked by two new Hawk helicopters, ... » Read More

13 Jul 2007

E3 07: Halo Wars

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Halo 3 may finish the fight, but in 2008, Halo Wars will begin it all over again. We just came back from our first look at the real-time strategy game in motion and are happy to report that - despite the difference in genre and developer - this definitely looks like a Halo game. Our impressions and all the newest info is below. Watch the first gameplay footage by scrolling to the bottom of this page. For our E3 preview of Halo 3, head here. * Where does Halo Wars fit into the fiction? Right ... » Read More

16 Feb 2007

Halo Wars

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While the boys at Bungie are stealing all the limelight with Halo 3, Ensemble Studios are going about bringing the Halo -verse to 360 in RTS form quietly under the radar. There has been some skepticism about whether RTS can really work on a console but the notoriously protective Bungie has already thrown their full weight behind the project; and if anyones going to be able to pull it off, Ensemble Studios is, being the best in the business and all. The sheer importance of the Halo ... » Read More

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