Halo Wars

Looking for PROJECT: Halo Wars, the Halopedian project? Halo Wars trailer 9D8Nugm2vpo Halo Wars is a Real-time Strategy announced as an Xbox 360 exclusive. Collaboratively designed by Ensemble Studios and Bungie Studios, the game is set for release on the Xbox 360 on Nov 1, 2007. Announced during Microsoft's X06 media briefing on September 27, 2006, details of the game first appeared on 1UP.com. A pre-rendered trailer for the game was shown at X06. The trailer can be downloaded from the official website or from the Xbox 360 Marketplace. - The Halo Wars official FAQ states that the game will take place prior to the events of Halo: Combat Evolved, allowing the player to control the crew of the awesome ship UNSC Spirit of Fire in the first battles against the Covenant. Bungie Studios has reported that the game is already in playable form, stating that it is "going to be awesome".

Confirmed Elements
The following are known elements within the game that have been shown in concept art and pre-rendered trailers for Halo Wars.

UNSC

 * Infantry
 * Spartan Group Omega
 * UNSC Marine Corps
 * Possibly a crewman as seen the concept art.
 * Weapons
 * Battle Rifle wielded by Spartan Group Omega.
 * Shotgun as seen in Concept Art.
 * Sniper Rifle as seen in Concept Art.
 * Vehicles
 * Warthog
 * Warthog transport
 * Scorpion Tank
 * Pelican
 * Shortsword
 * Sparrowhawk
 * Unidentified UNSC dropship (possibly an Albatross)
 * Unidentified UNSC tank

Covenant

 * Infantry
 * Covenant Elite
 * Covenant Hunter
 * Covenant Grunt
 * Weapons
 * Fuel Rod Cannon as seen in Concept Art wielded by a hunter.
 * Energy Sword as seen wielded by a elite in the trailer and Concept Art.
 * Plasma Rifle as seen when a marine was shot by a plasma burst by a unidentified elite in the trailer.
 * Vehicles
 * Banshee
 * Scarab
 * Ghost
 * Shadow
 * Wraith

Trivia
- Halo Wars may possibly have been first hinted at in the art book that came with the collector's edition of Age of Empires 3. The last page of the art book showed images from five different Age of Empires games, including the three titles that had already been released. Two images represented unreleased games, including a hypothetical Age of Empires 4 (depicting a World War 2 or Vietnam War-era soldier) and Age of Empires 5, depicting a distinctly science-fiction character design. This may have been intended to represent Master Chief from the Halo universe.

-Also the battle rifle was first seen in the book "first strike" this is just after Halo CE and that was a prototype. So the infantry in Halo Wars would be more suited to MA5B assault rifles as this suits the timeline.

Internal

 * Halo Wars Announcement Trailer
 * Halogen
 * Halo: Contact Harvest

External

 * Official website
 * Halo Wars announcement
 * Trailer at youtube.com
 * Halo Wars Fansite