Halo Wars

Halo Wars headlines

• Halo Wars 2 live action shorts pit General Atriox against Captain Cutter for airline armrests, second hand cars

  Halo Wars 2 is a strategic game of outwitting your opponent, and those are skills which carry over to everyday life.

• Halo Wars 2 is getting a boxed PC release, because THQ Nordic stepped up to the plate

  Microsoft needs help getting PC software into shops, apparently.

• Reminder - Halo Wars: Definitive Edition early access is open for those who pre-orders the sequel's Ultimate Edition

  Halo Wars mega-fans can rediscover the original RTS from today.

• Halo Wars 2 gets a new trailer at The Game Awards, Halo Wars Definitive Edition free in Ultimate Edition

  Halo Wars 2 has a new trailer, while the Definitive Edition of the original will be available sooner than we expected.

• Halo Wars 2 has an all-new mode called Blitz that's a mix between tactical combat and card-based strategy

  In the video below, 343 Industries and Creative Assembly discuss the multiplayer modes in Halo Wars 2 along with Blitz.

• Halo Wars 2 video and screens give you a look at Strongholds mode on the Rift multiplayer map

  While the next Halo Wars 2 beta won’t arrive until early next year, you can still get an idea of what to expect in this b-roll footage out of gamescom 2016.

• Second Halo Wars 2 beta coming next year on PC and Xbox One, with major changes

  There’s another Halo Wars 2 beta scheduled for early next year, and it’s going to bring big changes from the first one.

• Halo Wars 2 devs goes over storyline, returning characters in latest video

  In this video for Halo Wars 2, the developers go over the storyline and some of the characters present in the upcoming RTS

• Halo Wars 2 gets a new campaign trailer

  Take a look at this action heavy cutscene.

• Halo Wars 2 won't have cross-platform play

  Xbox Play Anywhere will have to do for now.

• Take a look at some Halo Wars 2 gameplay running on PC

  See the Windows 10 version of Halo Wars 2 in action.

• Halo Wars 2 delayed to 2017, open beta available now [Update 2]

  Halo Wars 2’s release date has moved to February next year, but you can get a taste right now.

• Halo Wars 2 will be playable at E3 2016

  We’ll have our first look at Halo Wars 2 gameplay at E3 next month.

• Halo Wars, L4D2 now backwards compatible on Xbox One

  Xbox One fans can play a few more titles from their collections without having to change the input on the telly.

• Red Dead Redemption is now backward compatible on Xbox One

  Surprise! Red Dead Redemption is backward compatible on Xbox One now. And guess what? Halo Wars, Left 4 Dead and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night are on the way too it seems, and it appears Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is also playable.

• Halo Wars free on Xbox Live Gold in Korea

  Halo Wars has gone free on Xbox Live Gold in Korea. It’s unclear whether or not the strategy game will make its way into the West’s free offerings.

• Halo 4, Halo 3, Reach and Halo Wars in Xbox Live sale today

  Halo 4 and its predecessors are now on sale as part of Microsoft’s Games on Demand sale.

• Halo Wars: Bungie saw project as 'whoring out the franchise'

  Halo Wars may not have been original, but it put a neat spin on Microsoft’s well-known franchise. For Ensemble Studios, it was never meant to be a Halo game. Founder Tony Goodman has spent time discussing the difficult situation faced by his team.

• 343: Halo Wars a "success", sequel currently not planned

  343 Industries boss Frankie O’Connor has said that Ensemble RTS Halo Wars was a “huge success”, but insists work on a sequel has not begun.