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*According to a concept art note, there would have been Sangheili heretic "creep units" that would've been recruitable. The note also makes mention of similar "rogue" cyclops units.

*Before Ensemble conceived the idea for The Apex, the storyline was supposed to feature a Covenant mining asteroid that was located at a Forerunner ore refining mechanism. This concept tries to show the scale of the large Forerunner machinery in place with machines that are still operational, although now controlled by the Covenant. In the end the mining aspect of the story was removed from the game.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/news/default.aspx?p=29 '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''On an Asteroid far far Away...'']</ref>

*The [[Wikipedia:Doritos|Doritos]] snack food held a sweepstakes where the winner got a voice role in the game.<ref>'''Official Xbox Magazine''', ''"Issue 74"'', ''page 32''</ref> ~~Unfortunately~~, ~~it is not known~~ who ~~won the contest or which character they play~~.

*The [[Wikipedia:Doritos|Doritos]] snack food held a sweepstakes where the winner got a voice role in the game.<ref>'''Official Xbox Magazine''', ''"Issue 74"'', ''page 32''</ref> The winner was Nate Beeler, who voiced a Pelican pilot on mission 5.

*Canada-based [[MEGA Brands|Mega Brands]] has released several ''Halo Wars'' [[MEGA Brands Halo Toys|construction sets]].

*[[Halogen]], a conversion mod for the real-time strategy game ''[[Wikipedia:Command and Conquer: Generals|Command and Conquer: Generals]]'', was halted by Microsoft when ''Halo Wars'' began in development.

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 *According to a concept art note, there would have been Sangheili heretic "creep units" that would've been recruitable. The note also makes mention of similar "rogue" cyclops units.
 *Before Ensemble conceived the idea for The Apex, the storyline was supposed to feature a Covenant mining asteroid that was located at a Forerunner ore refining mechanism. This concept tries to show the scale of the large Forerunner machinery in place with machines that are still operational, although now controlled by the Covenant. In the end the mining aspect of the story was removed from the game.<ref>[http://www.halowars.com/news/default.aspx?p=29 '''Official Halo Wars Community Site''': ''On an Asteroid far far Away...'']</ref>
-*The [[Wikipedia:Doritos|Doritos]] snack food held a sweepstakes where the winner got a voice role in the game.<ref>'''Official Xbox Magazine''', ''"Issue 74"'', ''page 32''</ref> Unfortunately, it is not known who won the contest or which character they play.
+*The [[Wikipedia:Doritos|Doritos]] snack food held a sweepstakes where the winner got a voice role in the game.<ref>'''Official Xbox Magazine''', ''"Issue 74"'', ''page 32''</ref> The winner was Nate Beeler, who voiced a Pelican pilot on mission 5.
 *Canada-based [[MEGA Brands|Mega Brands]] has released several ''Halo Wars'' [[MEGA Brands Halo Toys|construction sets]].
 *[[Halogen]], a conversion mod for the real-time strategy game ''[[Wikipedia:Command and Conquer: Generals|Command and Conquer: Generals]]'', was halted by Microsoft when ''Halo Wars'' began in development.