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Halo Wars – Seems you guys like it

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By all accounts, well record breaking demo downloads at least; Halo Wars will continue the lucrative Halo exclusivity for Microsoft’s Xbox 360.


Developed by the team that brought the world the ‘Age Of...” real time strategy games, Ensemble – who are closing their doors after this project -takes Bungies phenomenally successful Halo brand into the strategy arena.

And according to Microsoft, the popularity trend will continue.

Anticipation around the upcoming release of “Halo Wars” is mounting. The demo, which was released on Xbox LIVE on February 6th, quickly set the day-one record for the most demo downloads on the service, and in just its first five days, has been downloaded by more than 2 million Xbox LIVE Gold members around the world.

The “Halo Wars” demo introduces players to the game’s groundbreaking control scheme through two tutorials, gives a taste of the epic story with the first two campaign missions, and allows people to experience the intense, competitive action offered via one of the game’s 14 Skirmish maps. The demo is now available to Xbox LIVE Silver members.

New “Halo Wars” content doesn’t stop there, as the third video documentary in an exciting seven-part video series, titled “Strategy on Xbox” is available today. The team behind “Halo Wars” invites you to see how the game was conceived and how they “cracked” strategy games for the console. This latest episode also provides insider tips so players can fully realise the devastating potential of the UNSC and Covenant units at their command. Just released today, the newest episode of the “Halo Wars” video documentary series is available for download on Xbox LIVE Marketplace or can be viewed here.


“Halo Wars” is rated PG and will be available starting February 26th in Australia.

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