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===Terminus Firefight=== | ===Terminus Firefight=== | ||
{{Main|Terminus Firefight}} | |||
[[File:HW2-The Last Bastion.jpg|thumb|right|The Last Bastion.]] | [[File:HW2-The Last Bastion.jpg|thumb|right|The Last Bastion.]] | ||
Aside from the campaign, the expansion also includes a new mode called Terminus Firefight. In the new 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"/> Terminus Firefight can only be played on one map, [[The Last Bastion]]. | Aside from the campaign, the expansion also includes a new mode called Terminus Firefight. In the new 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"/> Terminus Firefight can only be played on one map, [[The Last Bastion]]. | ||
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Aside from the campaign and firefight, ''Awakening the Nightmare'' also grants accessed to two Banished leaders - Pavium and Voridus. Pavium is granted access to the Mega turrets, the [[Wraith Invader]] APC and focuses largely on a defensive playstyle, while Voridus' abilities focus on the use and combo of [[Infusion gel]]. Alongside the expansion's release, a free update was rolled out to all ''Halo Wars 2'' players which included two new maps - [[Fissures]] and [[Mirage]]. | Aside from the campaign and firefight, ''Awakening the Nightmare'' also grants accessed to two Banished leaders - Pavium and Voridus. Pavium is granted access to the Mega turrets, the [[Wraith Invader]] APC and focuses largely on a defensive playstyle, while Voridus' abilities focus on the use and combo of [[Infusion gel]]. Alongside the expansion's release, a free update was rolled out to all ''Halo Wars 2'' players which included two new maps - [[Fissures]] and [[Mirage]]. | ||
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===E3 2017 announce trailer=== | |||
{{Main|Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare E3 2017 Trailer}} | |||
A trailer for the expansion was released on June 12, at [[E3]] 2017. It depicts the moment the Banished enter High Charity in the DLC's cutscene. | A trailer for the expansion was released on June 12, at [[E3]] 2017. It depicts the moment the Banished enter High Charity in the DLC's cutscene. | ||
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===Launch trailer=== | |||
{{Main|Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare Launch Trailer}} | |||
A launch trailer for the expansion was uploaded on the day of the expansion's launch. | |||
==Cancelled pitch== | ==Cancelled pitch== | ||