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Halo Wars

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Halo Wars
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Primary developer:

Ensemble Studios

Support developer(s):

Robot Entertainment (Post-launch support)

Publisher(s):

Microsoft Game Studios

Writer(s):

Graeme Devine

Composer(s):

Stephen Rippy

Engine:

Phoenix engine

Platform(s):

Xbox 360

Release date(s):

US: March 3, 2009 [1]
UK: February 27, 2009[2]

Genre(s):

Real-time strategy

Mode(s):

Campaign Mode, Multiplayer, Co-op Campaign Mode, Skirmish

Rating(s):

ESRB: Teen (T) for Mild Blood, Mild Language, and Violence
PEGI: 16+ (Europe only)

 

"The Halo RTS has arrived."
— Halo Waypoint[3]

Halo Wars is the first real-time strategy game in the Halo franchise. The game takes place in the year 2531, 21 years prior to Halo: Combat Evolved, during the Covenant assault on the Outer Colonies in the Human-Covenant War. The game was developed by Ensemble Studios, and is an Xbox 360 exclusive. Notably, Halo Wars was the first game in the series to receive a "'T' for Teen" rating from the ESRB, downgraded from the "'M' for Mature" rating given to previous installments; however, PEGI rated the game 16+ as with prior Halo games. Downloadable content and support were handled by Robot Entertainment, a studio founded by ex-Ensemble Studios employees after the latter studio's closing.

The release of Halo Wars fulfilled the original concept that Halo: Combat Evolved was supposed to be a real-time strategy game before being turned into a third-person shooter, and then a first-person-shooter. A sequel, Halo Wars 2, was released on February 21, 2017.[4][5] Players who pre-ordered Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition received early access to Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, a remastered version of the game, on December 20, 2016.[6]

Plot synopsis[edit]

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Harvest, just after the UNSC Spirit of Fire arrives in the system.

"At this point in time, the Covenant is at its most evil. They are hell-bent on the destruction of humanity, on scouring us from the universe."
— Graeme Devine, Lead Writer, formerly Lead Developer.

During the final days of the Harvest campaign, Sergeant John Forge, a Marine assigned to the support ship UNSC Spirit of Fire under the command of Captain James Cutter, is patrolling the northern regions of the planet Harvest. While Forge is on patrol, Alpha Base is attacked and destroyed by the Covenant, with the survivors fleeing to the countryside. After rounding up