EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: halowars
Two heavyweight titles have today been added to the Xbox LIVE Games on Demand digital download service in the form of Capcom’s Street Fighter IV, and Microsoft’s own Halo Wars, while Japanese Xbox 360 gamers can enjoy the top-down scrolling shooter, Shooting Love 200X.
Head on down below for a trot down memory lane, with a bunch of legacy trailers, refresher-course information snippets, and to find out how much these beauties will cost:
Microsoft announced late last week that two of its exclusive Xbox 360 games, the strategy title Halo Wars and the RPG Fable II, have both been added to the publisher’s Xbox 360 Classics collection which means a reduction in the recommended retail price, each down to £19.99 in the UK and R299 in South Africa.
Both titles join quite a star-studded list of games already included in the Classics range, such as Forza 2, Gears of War, Mass Effect, Bioshock and Halo 3.
You can read El33tonline’s reviews of both Fable II and Halo Wars to see what we thought of them.
Whoa! Two huge blockbuster games have been added to Xbox LIVE’s Games on Demand service today, offering experiences that are about as far removed from one another as you can get, with the action strategy of Halo Wars, and the third-person zombie action of Dead Rising, now available to buy and download through Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
You can head on down below to find out more about the titles, watch some trailers to get you in the mood, and find out just how much you’ll need to pony up in order to play them.
First up is Halo Wars:
Starting today, Xbox 360 owners will be able to visit Halo Waypoint, a new destination on Xbox LIVE, and the “virtual home for all things Halo.”
Not only will Halo Waypoint act as a ‘career’ tracking system, recording players’ achievements across Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo Wars, you’ll also be rewarded for accomplishing certain feats in the games with extra Xbox LIVE Avatar content, such as virtual shirts and ODST armour.
A debut trailer for Xbox LIVE’s new Halo Waypoint has been released, but what exactly is Halo Waypoint?
Well, in short, it’s a new destination on Xbox LIVE specifically for Halo fans, featuring what seems like an enormous amount of information on everything to do with the universe, including developer created and community submitted content, with additions to the service hitting everyday.
Xbox mouthpiece Major Nelson updated his blog with news of an unfortunate (and for some people possibly tragic) incident that has resulted in the loss of all leaderboard data for Halo Wars on Xbox LIVE.
The data loss includes statistics racked up in singleplayer, multiplayer, Trueskill leaderboards and matchmaking data, essentially setting everything back to zero as on the day of the game’s launch. Nelson writes:
A new add-on for Halo Wars has been announced that promises to bring with it a host of new maps, as well as the usual addition of Achievement Points (for which gamers seem to have a never-ending appetite).
The content, entitled Historic Battles, will cost you 800 MS Points and will release on Tuesday next week (July 21st).
For the full list of new content releasing with the Historic Battles add-on for Halo Wars next week, head on down below:
A downloadable content (DLC) pack for the Halo-themed real-time strategy game, Halo Wars, has recently been released and is now available to buy and download from Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 MS Points.
El33tonline enjoyed Halo Wars quite a bit, so anything that beefs up the experience can only be a good thing! Head on down below to see a full list of additions to Halo Wars made with the Strategic Options add-on pack.
In recognition of the upcoming title update available for Halo Wars later today, Robot Entertainment (the developer providing post-release support for the game) has released a list of fixes and balance changes.
The update also readies your Xbox 360 for the soon to be released Halo Wars downloadable content (DLC).
Check out the list of improvements made by the incoming Halo Wars title update below, or chat with some fellow Halo Wars fans about the patch over here.
Microsoft today announced that Halo Wars has sold over one million copies worldwide, earning the Xbox 360 exclusive the title of best-selling real time strategy game on any current generation console.
Halo Wars was released across Europe on the 27th of February, with North America following on the 3rd of March, and since then Halo fans from around the world have been enjoying the game on Xbox Live.
Continuing on from the first part of the series, this Halo Wars: Universe Expanded Part 2 video documentary once again sees important folks related to the creation of the Halo series talking about the Halo universe, and Halo Wars in particular.
This time, the folks discuss the importance of the characters and the story arc present in Halo Wars. Watch below:
Read El33tonline’s Halo Wars review over here to see what you’re missing.
Speaking to MTV Multiplayer Blog, Microsoft have recommended the Top Ten things all players of their Halo universe RTS, Halo Wars, should do to maximise the experience. An example?
“Play the campaign in co-op with another player over Xbox Live or system link. The campaign really plays differently with two people, plus some of those elusive achievements and medals are easier to get with two folks.”
Cheers for that. You can read El33tonline’s review of Halo Wars over here, or continue to read the rest of the Top Ten Halo Wars to do list below:
The Halo universe is a wonderful place to explore with a rich story offering an engaging experience. The timing was certainly right to expand outside of the FPS arena and into the RTS domain. The team at Ensemble Studios had all the right ingredients at their disposal to deliver an epic experience so let’s jump in and see what legacy they left in the wake of their untimely closure.
The challenge with RTS games on console platforms comes in when one has to micro-manage units. A task easily handled on the PC with a mouse can be the Achilles heel when poorly implemented with a console controller. Interestingly Microsoft was approached to use the Halo IP after research had been done on a workable RTS control system for the Xbox 360. Fortunately Microsoft said yes and took the chance to experiment with a new control scheme. So, with a certain amount of optimism, I ventured into the single player campaign, eager to discover if Ensemble had managed to pull it off.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Halo Wars.
Throughout March, Microsoft will be releasing a three-part series of videos detailing the expanded universe of Halo, from the very first first-person shooter, Halo: Combat Evolved, to the recently released strategy title, Halo Wars, and beyond.
The first episode is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace now, although you can cheat and watch the video below, featuring interviews with important contributors to, and critics of, the Halo universe, not least of which is everybody’s fan favourite, Frank O’ Connor. Enjoy:
Halo Wars, Ensemble’s real-time strategy game set in the Halo universe, releases across South Africa today, exclusively on Xbox 360.
Gamers have been feverishly playing the demo since it landed on Xbox Live earlier this month. In fact, so many gamers dabbled in commanding armies that the demo for Halo Wars set the one day record for most demo downloads over Xbox Live, with over 2 million downloads in the first five days.
In case you don’t know, Halo Wars places you in command of powerful UNSC and Covenant armies in epic battles. The game was designed from the ground up for the Xbox 360 and lets players experience events in the Halo universe 20 year prior to the events of Halo: Combat Evolved.
Halo Wars is available for an estimated price of R699 while the Limited Collector’s Edition will cost R799.
We haven’t been able to tear ourselves away from the game long enough to write the review yet, but expect it by Monday. Until then satisfy your curiosity with our previous coverage.
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