Sounds like a sweet game in the making!

Halo Wars

Even More Halo Wars

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X06: Halo being turned into RTS
[UPDATE] Ensemble Studios making real-time strategy based on Bungie's money-making first-person shooter for Xbox 360s and PCs; Web site now live.
[UPDATE] Ensemble Studios making real-time strategy based on Bungie's money-making first-person shooter for Xbox 360s and PCs; Web site now live.
Earlier this month, Microsoft shut the door on Halogen, a real-time strategy game based on the Halo universe that was produced using a mod of Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour. At the time, gamers thought it was just another case of a big corporation keeping the modding community down.

It turns out the company had a good reason for closing the doors on Halogen--the RTS was a little too close to what Microsoft was already working on. Today at the X06 conference in Barcelona, Spain, the company announced that it has employed Ensemble Studios, the RTS gurus that created the Age of Empires franchise, is working on a real-time strategy game based on the Halo universe.

The game, named Halo Wars, will be exclusive to the Xbox 360, but has not yet been given a release date. Microsoft showed a trailer of the game during its press conference just moments ago.

In the opening, a fleet of Warthogs drive across a barren landscape, passing several Scorpion tanks along the way. Over a radio transmission, a space marine says his team is en route to a recon position. The view moves up ahead two marines screaming that they're under attack just before being taken down by plasma rifle fire. one ofthe corpses is picked up by a Covenant Elite, who is flanked by a dozen or so buddies who appear after uncloaking.

From there, all hell breaks loose as just about every vehicle from the Halo universe--Pelicans, Convenant dropships, Ghosts, Banshees--speed into action. As the battle begins, a Spartan soldier appears with his squad and says, "This is Spartan Group Omega. If they want war, we'll give them war."

[UPDATE] Moments after the conclusion of the conference, the Halo Wars Web site went live. The site has a Frequently Asked Questions section that delivers a few details about the game that weren't revealed at X06.

The game will be set before the original Halo, when the UNSC Marine forces first encountered the Covenant. Gamers will lead the human and Spartan forces of the UNSC's Spirit of Fire as they engange in "all out war" with the Covenant. When asked if the alien forces would be playable, Ensemble would only say "Stay Tuned." The company also confirmed that the trailer was pre-rendered, based on concept art, and not running on the game's engine.

Though longtime PC specialists, Ensemble is building the game from the ground up for the Xbox 360, and promises the controls won't meet the dismal fate of other console RTSes.

"...We didn't have to make compromises or shoe-horn in artifacts from a Windows PC game," reads the site. "We were able to take all the best aspects of RTS games, make them work perfectly on the Xbox 360, and exclude the rest."

Over at the Bungie.net site, the Halo-maker says that the game is "awesome" and already playable. The developer also reports that an HD version of the Halo Wars trailer will be hitting Xbox Live Marketplace soon.

"Ensemble is applying their skills to deliver a great Halo experience in a whole new genre, which is ironically where Halo began in the first place," reads the post. "If you've seen some of the very early Halo videos out there, you might recall that before it ever became an FPS, it was in fact designed as an RTS (building off of Bungie's experience with the Myth franchise)."
~Gamespot

This game looks really awesome. cant wait for a Halo RTS it going to be cool. Humans VS Covenant
Heres the link to the Video
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Halo Wars ~ Its on like Donkey Kong

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looks pretty cool the trailer looks sweet another game im so looking forward to for the 360

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hahaha... you know we're stoked on this since this is the third post start regarding this game. Ceaseless and myself also started topics. :D

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This would be cool if this was the movie....

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I'm really not that stoked. It hasn't shown anything to prove itself, and I really can't think of Halo being an RTS - a Battlefield-type game set in this time period in the storyline, maybe, but not an RTS. I like Age of Empires, and I trust Ensemble a bit, but they're going to need to prove it's worth breaking out of the concise trilogy I was picturing.

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lol, it is Halo characters in an RTS, what more do you want!? :lol:

jk. this game looks cool :)

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Im not gonna lie, this game looks great. I have always been a sucker for RTS games and i trust bungie a lot, regardless of what you all think.

EDIT: Well technically, i guess bungie isnt making it, but Ensemble Studios is. They made the age of empire series which was one of my favorite RTS games, so its all good. :cool:

Sweet! I love rts games so I can't wait. I really hope it turns out to be good. And that was an awesome trailer too, I don't care if it was pre-rendered.

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1) Whats RTS?
2) This seems like the most awesome game Ive ever seen.

Real Time stratage. I have to look at it later.

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Its like lord of the rings battle for middle eartch series, dune, age of empires, red alert, command and conquer. Thos types of games. Where yoy typically control an army and have to gather resources to build up your army and to upgrade things.

I'm still not positive that Halo would make for a good RTS, but I just read a review on Company of Heroes and if they make it sort of small-scale like that, with lots of tactics involved and not jst unit-spamming...you're right, I like Age of Empires and I trust Bungie pretty much, so I'm a bit less worried about this game now.

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halo was suppose to be an RTs originally so i dont see how it is hard to imagine it. It is perfect to be an RTS. Think about it. Lots of terrain and locations. 2 major groups, both with a secondary ally of some sort. Plenty of unit types. Both forcces have plenty of ground and aerial machines. And great people working on it.

well now we know why Microsoft stopped the production of the fan made Halo mod for command and conquer: generals :)

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