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Halo Wars is now a new game. Not because a major DLC pack or an update has modified its variables radically but because of the fact that leaderboards and matchmaking rankings are reset to the date when the title was released following a problem related to Xbox Live.A brief post on the official forum now maintained by... |
30 July 2009
07:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has announced that Halo Wars, the real time strategy game set in the universe symbolized by Master Chief, is set to get another downloadable content pack. It will be called Historic Battles and will be delivered via Xbox Live for the price of 800 Microsoft Points, which is the equivalent of 10 dollars in re... |
15 July 2009
05:19 GMT |
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Robot Entertainment, the company which is made up of veterans of the now defunct Ensemble Studios and handles support work for Halo Wars, has announced that it intends to release a new patch for the game, offering some balance changes, most of them suggested by players and a slew of bug fixes. Title Update 3 has no c... |
14 July 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has just released the first piece of downloadable content for Halo Wars, the last game developed by Ensemble Studios. It's called the Strategic Options pack and adds three entirely new game modes to the real time strategy title. It costs 800 Microsoft Points, or 10 dollars if you are interested in real... |
20 May 2009
14:31 GMT |
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The Halo franchise is currently one of the most popular series of video games released in the last decade. It established Microsoft as a respected console manufacturer and gave a tremendous boost in sales for both the original Xbox and the current Xbox 360. After the trilogy of first-person shooters created by Bungi... |
13 May 2009
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Halo Wars was one of the most anticipated Xbox 360 titles at the beginning of the year, largely because it was the first new take on the Halo universe, setting it in a Real Time Strategy world, but also because it was the last project for veteran developer Ensemble Studios. Now, after the title has become the best-s... |
23 April 2009
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Software sales for March 2009 are 17% lower than those for March 2008, which benefited from the release of Nintendo's Super Smash. Bros Brawl. The overall value of videogame sales is about 792 million dollars and the big title of the month of March is Capcom's Resident Evil 5, which moved close to 1,5 milli... |
17 April 2009
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Dorling Kindersley, aka DK, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft related to the creation and publication of a Halo Encyclopedia.The publication is set to be the only official reference guide that takes information from games like Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars and Halo 3... |
17 April 2009
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Halo Wars is quite the surprise. It is a real time strategy title shipped exclusively for the Xbox 360 gaming console from Microsoft. It is based on the popular Halo franchise that has only featured shooters until now. It managed to sell no less than 1 million units pretty quickly, making it a success. Unfortunately,... |
16 April 2009
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It seems that there's just no end in sight for the Halo universe. Microsoft and the now defunct Ensemble Studios have just released Halo Wars, a real time strategy title for the Xbox 360, which is seeing good sales mainly due to the name on the game box.Bungie is set to create and release Halo 3: ODST sometime i... |
7 April 2009
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Real Time Strategy games are extremely popular on the PC. Just take a lot at the recent PC sales charts, which are currently dominated by three top strategy titles: Dawn of War II, Empire: Total War and Red Alert 3 Uprising. But a lot of modern RTS games are also launched for consoles, some of them even being exclus... |
20 March 2009
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Strategy games are a very special genre in the industry, as they usually address a niche audience, but, with the right marketing, can also appeal to a broader one. However, once they release a successful title, their developers are usually only classified by specialists as Real Time Strategy experts, and when they co... |
12 March 2009
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In the United Kingdom, the videogame charts are seeing a bit of a shake up as the first big releases of 2009 make their appearance. Wii Fit, which seemed glued to the top spot, has fallen in the charts, allowing Killzone 2 to take first place.The Guerrilla Games developed shooter, which is exclusively offered on the ... |
5 March 2009
02:45 GMT |
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In the gaming industry, some development studios have gained a certain degree or fame for their great franchises and high quality games, which have been entertaining players up to this day. That has been the case with Ensemble Studios, the company responsible for the Age of Empires series of Real Time Strategy (RTS) ... |
23 February 2009
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The Halo franchise is an extremely popular one, as it has single handedly shaped how people play and are attracted to console shooters. While the first two games really helped Microsoft with its first ever gaming console, the Xbox, when Halo 3 appeared, for the next generation Xbox 360, people were already hooked on ... |
4 February 2009
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The Halo universe is arguably one of the biggest assets of Microsoft Game Studios. The first game, developed by Bungie, was a launch title for the original Xbox and established a franchise that sold a lot of copies, while also making a mythology that generated novels which ended up in top seller charts, an upcoming s... |
30 January 2009
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Bungie and Microsoft have offered small bits of information on the upcoming Mythic Map Pack set to be delivered for Halo 3 before the official release of Halo 3: ODST, the expansion pack scheduled for later this year. The information appeared originally on an Xbox blog from Austria, but Bungie is now offering a lot o... |
30 January 2009
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Strategy games are very popular these days, and once a company decides to create one, it must stand by it and ensure that players will have a great long-term experience. Such was the case with Ensemble Studios, responsible for the very successful Age of Empires franchise, which took players through a lot of great his... |
30 January 2009
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The Halo franchise is one of the most popular ones to date, despite the fact that it hasn't been out for a very long time, like other iconic series as Mario or Zelda. That hasn't stopped a lot of people from eagerly anticipating anything remotely connected to the futuristic shooters set in the Halo universe... |
28 January 2009
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In the gaming industry, as in a lot of entertainment branches, a few franchises have really stood out from the crowd. Thanks to either the great gameplay or the big number of fans, some things propelled these series to new heights and critical acclaim. Such is the case with the Halo franchise, developed by Bungie and... |
26 January 2009
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One of the biggest trends of 2008, set to continue this year, was to take real-time strategy titles from the PC and bring them on consoles. We saw titles like Civilization: Revolutions that simplified the classic Civ concepts debut on gaming consoles and saw Electronic Arts announce its plans to release at some point... |
21 January 2009
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The Halo universe is one of the most popular and best-selling franchises in Microsoft's portfolio. It made the first Xbox a pretty successful console but pushed the Xbox 360 to new heights when the third iteration in the shooter series appeared, a game that is still being played quite heavily on the Xbox Live on... |
16 January 2009
02:41 GMT |
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The Halo franchise is probably one of the most popular series of shooters out there. It has pushed the original Xbox and the Xbox 360 to new heights in terms of sales and has guaranteed Microsoft a great franchise that can be developed with the release of other new titles. The recent Xbox Live stats show that the mos... |
8 January 2009
03:27 GMT |
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Halo: Combat Evolved is the final Holiday Deal of the Week on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The game can be downloaded by those using an Xbox 360 for 600 Microsoft Points, which is about 7.50 dollars, or half of the normal price for the first person shooter and the standard price for all titles released under the Xbox O... |
23 December 2008
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Most of the gamers who like RTS (Real Time Strategy) games remember Ensemble Studios as responsible for the very solid and popular Age of Empires franchise. But, as the franchise was considered by Microsoft, the owners of Ensemble, not very profitable in the long term, the team was informed that the studio would clos... |
16 December 2008
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Microsoft has announced the official launch dates for Halo Wars, the real time strategy title based on the Halo universe. The game will arrive on March 3 in North America, while in Europe, the title will be available earlier, on February 27. The lucky customers will be those willing to pick up the game in Japan, as i... |
9 December 2008
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Ensemble Studios is one of the most respected RTS (Real Time Strategy) game developers out there, being responsible for the very successful Age of Empires franchise. Sadly, as we reported some time ago, the studio is closing down due to the fact that Microsoft, the owner, considered that the titles in the portfolio o... |
3 December 2008
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We all know that Ensemble Studios, one of the biggest developers of strategy games out there, is closing because Microsoft, the owner, says its games won't attract people in the long term and that the IPs that were in development there didn't have a high number of fans.The studio is currently working on its... |
24 November 2008
02:26 GMT |
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Halo Wars is shaping up to be a very interesting title, promising players a complete RTS (Real Time Strategy) experience, based in the Halo universe. Microsoft, the publisher of Halo Wars, says the game will feature the best polished strategy system ever employed on its console.The title will be the last project made... |
20 November 2008
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Microsoft has not been too keen to share details regarding the next chapter in the Halo first person shooter saga, which it has dubbed Recon. The game has been rumored for some time, and Bungie originally wanted to present it officially at E3 this year, but Microsoft pushed back the announcement. Moreover, at the Tok... |
14 November 2008
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Microsoft has announced the details regarding the launch of Halo Wars, the new real time strategy title from Ensemble, which would be the last title the studio ships before closing down. The game is set in the Halo universe, before the adventures of Master Chief as seen in the Halo shooter trilogy.You can get the gam... |
7 November 2008
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You could be forgiven for caring less about Ensemble's last project ever, Halo Wars. After all, Halo 3: Recon, a new campaign for the Xbox 360 blockbuster, has just been announced, and it is produced by the grandfathers of the Halo franchise, the people at Bungie, so it's bound to be a great experience. Me... |
17 October 2008
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Halo has really evolved over the years. From the humble origin of first person shooter, the franchise has become the flagship for the Xbox 360 gaming console and has already spawned a host of other merchandise, from action figures to novels. And with Halo themed games not ready for release for another six ... |
8 October 2008
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The Halo franchise is very important to Microsoft. That being said, with the last title from Master Chief's saga Halo 3 having been launched a year ago and having set new records in terms of sales and popularity, the Redmond based company couldn't leave this series of games to rest. It is already developing... |
2 October 2008
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Microsoft has decided to close down Ensemble Studios and, although this piece of news is a bit old now, we have just received an official statement from Bruce Shelley, the boss of Ensemble, via the studio's blog. Even if a lot of people frowned upon Microsoft's decision of closing the studio that was respon... |
23 September 2008
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Halo was a great game for Microsoft; it single-handedly sold the original Xbox and marked the beginning of a great franchise for the console. It made Xbox Live popular and convinced Microsoft to acquire the studio which, until then, developed games for Macintosh. It became known as the Xbox's best game, with th... |
18 September 2008
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Microsoft has released a statement detailing the fact that the developer Ensemble Studios, which is wholly owned by the software company, would be closed down after it finishes work on Halo Wars, the real time strategy that pits the UNSC against the Covenant troops.Ensemble was founded way back in 1995 and it is head... |
10 September 2008
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Halo rumors are always nice especially because there's a huge number of fans of the franchise that can't wait to hear something interesting about the Halo universe and the new games set in it. For the moment, we know that there's only one game related to the multi million selling first person shooter w... |
28 August 2008
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With E3 criticized for not being the show that it should be, some videogaming industry companies are looking to other events as places where they can announce their most interesting projects. Microsoft has recently held its Gamefest 2008 conference and now it's talking about the future of the Halo franchise at C... |
28 July 2008
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Rumors were ragging before E3 that Bungie was about to release some information regarding an upcoming project. Gamespot even said it had reliable insider information that detailed a new game in the Halo franchise which focused on squad based action and not on Master Chief. But Monday, the Microsoft press conference c... |
17 July 2008
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Since the release of Halo 3 gamers everywhere have been speculating on the future of the series. The most part of this speculation has been based, so far, on the closing credits shown on the Legendary difficulty level. They show remnants of the ship carrying Master Chief as it orbited a new world, confirmed to be nei... |
14 July 2008
10:15 GMT |
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With Bungie taunting us about a big announcement coming out at the E3 trade show, we might just be around to see a new first person shooter set in the Halo universe. But, for now, the only confirmed game that uses the background of the franchise is Halo Wars, the real time strategy title that is developed by Ensemble... |
10 July 2008
18:16 GMT |
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With Halo 3 launched and out of the way, the only interesting thing on the planet for Halo fans is how development on Halo Wars, the real time strategy title coming from Ensemble Studios and Microsoft, is going. It seems that all is well and the game is shaping up nicely.The latest issue of GamePro has some details r... |
11 June 2008
09:39 GMT |
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Frank O'Connor, who has served as content manager for Halo developer Bungie Studios, is saying that he is leaving the company to join Microsoft, the company that published Halo and was the owner of Bungie.As part of a Weekly Update posted on Bungie's site, O'Connor has stated his reasons for the move. ... |
21 May 2008
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Immediately before the release of Halo 3, the (apparently) last game in Master Chief's interplanetary saga, rumors began to surface that the Halo universe would be used as support for a real time strategy title set years before the events of the original Halo, as the Covenant and the Earth forces are engaged in ... |
8 May 2008
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I thought there was a trend for first person shooters based on real time strategies to be made, but it seems that things work the other way around, too. At least when it comes to the beloved Halo who is going to get a new game, a RTS called Halo Wars (like you didn't know that already!) developed by Bungie and E... |
31 January 2008
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Just a little while ago we finished talking about Silicon Knights' lawsuit filed against Epic, for not complying with the terms of the two companies' agreement over the Unreal Engine 3 used in SK's Too Human for the PS3. Now, a piece up on GameDaily.biz has some details on why SK decided not to show an... |
20 July 2007
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Ever since the gamers worldwide found out that Halo Wars was in the works, a lot of talk began on how the Halo universe will look like in an RTS, how an RTS would play on the Xbox 360 and so on. Since Ensemble started work on it, few details have been revealed, but luckily, this time around Halo and RTS fans have som... |
17 July 2007
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Last time I checked, everyone was all over Halo 3 and Halo 2 Vista, like Halo Wars didn't even exist anymore. Luckily, an official E3 fact sheet is out for the game and while it also contains previously known information, gaming site Evil Avatar has put up a list of "10 things you may or may not know about Halo ... |
16 July 2007
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Rumors about the release of Bungie's highly anticipated FPS have finally been confirmed. Up until now, all signs indicated a September launch and today, Peter Moore, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business has made it official: Halo 3 will be released on September 25. Euro... |
16 May 2007
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