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Halo Wars was a pretty damned decent RTS, set in the expansive Halo universe. It did pretty good numbers for a console RTs, and still has its dedicated fanbase. Which is why Microsoft’s kicking it in the balls comes as a bit of a surprise. Next month, a patch for the game will go live, killing the game’s stat tracking, as well as its accumulated leaderboards. ... [»]
Are you an ardent player of the both critically and commercially successful Halo-themed real time strategy game? Have you spent hours playing, trying to get to the top of the leaderboards? I’m afraid I have some bad news for you, ... [»]
It’s no secret that the Microsoft marketing machine is going to be going into overdrive as we come closer to the release of Halo ODST and it looks like their first Halo special ... [»]
The ongoing battle between Microsoft and Sony is one that shall not be resolved in the near future, I promise you that. In between the heated arguments and accusations on which is the better console, the ammunition is endless. Today, however, I decided to sift through all the fanboy bantering and focus on a single bullet…exclusivity.Since their release, both consoles have enjoyed quite a ... [»]
Wow is it Thursday already? I have completely lost a day of this week as I was sure it was Wednesday until koldFU5iON was kind enough to remind me that I was missing something vitally important today. Yahtzee… So without further delay I present ... [»]
Halo Wars, the last game from the recently closed Ensemble Studios has sold over a million copies, making it the best selling RTS on current gen consoles. Of course, being the most successful RTS on current consoles doesn’t really count for much – there ... [»]
Gamer.tm has posted up their first impressions of the upcoming Halo 3: ODST and it sounds interesting… not sure if it sounds good but it sounds interesting none the less. First lets get the bad out of the way, apparently everyone already knows that Halo 3: ODST is only going to be between 3-5 hours long in the multiplayer section ... [»]
By Matthew ViceOn Wednesday the 25th of February, staff from LazyGamer were invited to attend a Q&A session with Jason Pace of Ensemble Studios, the studio responsible for the recently released Halo Wars for the Xbox 360.Due to the timing of the interview, there wasn’t ... [»]
And it’s happened again, South Africa has broken yet another release date and this time its the turn of Halo Wars.DarthPengiun has sent in this picture from Incredible Connection in Midlands Mall in Pietermaritzburg where we can see that not only are their cases empty but they are also already selling Halo Wars prior to it’s official release date.I don’t know what’s so difficult about sticking by release dates but ... [»]
So after the long wait, Halo Wars has finally arrived to take a stab at the console RTS genre.
Ensemble Studios (Who have now been closed down) are responsible for some of the most popular PC real time strategy games of the last couple of years or so with their "Age of" series.
This time around they were given a huge ... [»]
It was exactly a week ago that I posted the story that Killzone 2 had become the first PS3 game to ever top the Gamefly charts over in the land of the free.Well it's success hasn't lasted and it has already been pushed down to number 2 by the hugely marketed Halo Wars coming to the Xbox 360.Halo Wars has been receiving some great previews around it and I am sure the final game is going to be pretty good but I don't personally think it is going to be better than Killzone 2, what it does show us however is that Microsoft are schooling Sony at the moment in the fine arts of hype ... [»]
Gamerlobby in conjunction with TheLair and Mayhem are hosting our very own Halo Wars launch party on the 28th of February. Microsoft has kindly agreed to send over some consoles and merchandise to the party so if you are still on ... [»]
Finally some sense seems to have settled on Mi Digital and the Microsoft games pricing structure. If you remember earlier this year we reported that Mi were planning on selling games for an astronomical R999 each, well that was quickly retracted ... [»]
Yes it's true, we have already finished the whole single player campaign in Halo Wars. Problem is, that because of the embargo that only ends on the 20th of February, we aren't actually allowed to tell you everything about it just yet.
What I can do however, is give you a good idea of what you can expect.
I have to ... [»]
New Halo 3 Map Pack = Carrot.
You = Donkey.
Halo Wars = Final Destination.
Yes, we are all donkeys it seems. Ok, not all of us, only raging Halo 3 fans, and if you haven't noticed, there are absolutely tons of 'em.
So information has been released that gives details about the upcoming Mythic Map Pack, which adds 3 more ... [»]