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'''Halo Wars 2 : Awakening the Nightmare''' is | {{Era|RW}} | ||
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'''''Halo Wars 2 : Awakening the Nightmare''''' is an upcoming digital expansion for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. It will feature a new [[campaign]] and a new cooperative mode known as ''Terminus Firefight''. In addition, ''Awakening the Nightmare'' will also add two new [[Banished]] multiplayer [[leader]]s and two new standard multiplayer maps, the latter of which will also be made available to those without the expansion. The expansion is set to be released in fall [[2017]] for $19.99 USD on [[Xbox One]] and Windows 10 PC. It is not included with the ''Halo Wars 2'' Season Pass.<ref name="WP ATK">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/introducing-halo-wars-2-awakening-the-nightmare '''Halo Waypoint News -''' ''Introducing Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare'']</ref> | |||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The | The ''Awakening the Nightmare'' campaign, which includes new bookend cutscenes by [[Blur Studio]], takes place a few months after the main game. The story explores the [[Banished]] and their desperate struggle against the [[Flood]], which survived the [[Battle of Installation 00|conflict on the Ark]] and the activation of the [[Installation 04B|replacement Halo]] at the end of ''[[Halo 3]]''.<ref name="WP ATK"/> | ||
In ''Terminus Firefight'' mode, up to three players can cooperate in defending their bases and a [[Forerunner]] terminus node against waves of hostile [[UNSC]], Banished and Flood forces. The mode, as well as the new leaders, | In the new ''Terminus Firefight'' mode, up to three players can cooperate in defending their bases and a [[Forerunner]] terminus node against waves of hostile [[UNSC]], Banished, and Flood forces. The mode, as well as the new leaders, was playable at the 2017 [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]].<ref name="WP ATK"/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HW2 ATN art.jpg| | File:HW2 ATN art.jpg|''Awakening the Nightmare''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s E3 2017 keynote art | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Halo Wars 2]] | [[Category:Halo Wars 2]] |
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