Halo Wars Collector's Edition details

Mike Bantick
Friday, 07 November 2008 10:15

Your IT - Entertainment

As is their want now days, a Collector’s Edition of a highly anticipated game has been announced.  This time around, it is Microsoft and the Halo Wars real time strategy game.

Microsoft game studios have lifted the veil on what can be expected in the Halo Wars Limited Collector’s Edition.

Arriving in February next year Halo Wars is a spin off real time strategy game out of the highly successful Xbox franchise.

Age of Empires developer Ensemble Studios have been tasked with bringing the world of the Master Chief to the console with god-like strategy controls.

In addition to the standard retail version, “Halo Wars” will be offered in a Limited Collector’s Edition through participating retailers and will feature:

* Three New “Halo 3” Multiplayer Maps – Be one of the first to experience the Mythic Map Pack from Bungie which includes three new maps, “Assembly,” “Orbital” and “Sandbox”

* Halo Wars: Genesis – a beautiful graphic novel by Phil Noto, Graeme Devine and Eric Nylund chronicling the first military campaign against the Covenant. The novel centers around the Sprit of Fire on a mission to discover why the Covenant are so interested in the world of Harvest

* Unique In-game Vehicle – “Honor Guard” Wraith

* Six Leader Cards – Leaders possess elite skills which can turn the tides of battle

* Spirit of Fire Patch – Start the journey as an official Spirit of Fire crew member


The standard edition of “Halo Wars” will have a recommended retail price of AU$99.95 and the Limited Collector’s Edition will retail for Au$119.95. Halo Wars has yet to be rated by the Australian Classifications Board.