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Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:32 AM
Awesome.Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:40 AM
Awesome x2.Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:42 AM
Im playing the Demo now and its pretty good:)Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:41 AM
Can't waitThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:42 AM
halo wars is going to be epicThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:47 AM
Sweeeeet!Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:38 AM
Cant waitThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:38 AM
I really hope this controls well, im still not used to console RTS.Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:02 PM
Nice!Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:04 PM
awesome, cant wait, other generic "i want this video game" line...Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:15 PM
Nice interview Webb, Pre-ordered my limited edition yesterday!Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:08 PM
Awsome x4Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:17 PM
first 9 messages have been used 143521463 times... 143521464...143521465...143521466 and @10 I gedit ;)Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:22 PM
Awesome x8Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:47 PM
Winston churhill launched his WW2 campaign....sorry, but someone had to point that outThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:51 PM
i think this might be the RTS game of the year for meThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 12:58 PM
Awesome x16Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 01:10 PM
Winston Churchill launched his World War>>>> IThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 01:28 PM
I am more interested in the new maps for halo,but being a fan of the Halo universe,this should be fufilling!Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 01:33 PM
Awesome x32Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 11:47 AM
March 3rd can not come soon enough.Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 01:47 PM
Sounds awesome!!!!!!!!Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 01:59 PM
Awesome x64Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 02:11 PM
Awesome x128Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 02:10 PM
FINALLY europe actually gets a game that i WANt earlier than USA!Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 02:32 PM
Awesome x256Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 02:32 PM
I hope this "Awesome x" thing doesn't become a fad or something... I've already pre-purchased DoW II through Steam. I may look into this also if it plays well (try the DoW II beta, it's pretty fun).Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 02:41 PM
the demo comes out next week and as long as the controls are solid im getting thisThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 02:35 PM
" We don’t believe that resource gathering is necessary and fundamental to the strategy genre " i guess i'm the only one that finds that laughable. i won't knock it until i try it though but i'm not expecting much since it is a halo game after allThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 02:43 PM
Awesome x0.... HA, NO MORE AWESOMES FOR YOU!Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 03:33 PM
sweet looking forward to thisThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 03:36 PM
Awesome x512Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 04:52 PM
Sounds good. Hopefully the demo holds up. I'm also glad he didn't spoil anything. I hate it when developers give out spoilers and then the writer just has to put them out for all eyes to see. It's enjoyable to be surprised by a movie or a game. And what the hell is everyones damn problem with Halo? Is there something I missed about it being a shitty game? Or is it just that people can't stand the popularity and praise it gets? So you don't like the game quit fucking whining about it.Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 04:56 PM
hell yeah halo ftw ill be getting this no matter whatThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 05:12 PM
Flood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we need to have them as a playable factionThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 05:14 PM
Awesome x1024Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 05:14 PM
I was going to point that out myself #16 :PThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 05:24 PM
Awesome x2048Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 05:24 PM
Awesome x 2048Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 07:47 PM
I Love HaloThursday, January 29, 2009 @ 08:09 PM
Not an RTS fan, but this game is shaping to reform me. Have the Limited on pre-order, and am counting the days.Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 08:39 PM
This is a very good interview! I didn't think I could be anymore excited about this game, but I am. March is going to be a good month with RE5 and HW finding a home in my 360. @ #33 I totally agree. I'm tired of people posting over-dramatic hyperbole about how Halo is some failure. Critical and commercial successes always generate some backlash, though, and some people actually think they're cool and rebellious for saying they hate Halo.Thursday, January 29, 2009 @ 10:46 PM
Can't wait for this game to come out, and since it is going to be released one day after my birthday what a great present! @ #33,42 Yeah, I agree with both of you. The only reason people don't like Halo is either they suck on online, so they make fun of the game, or there just jealous that more people like Halo over Call of Duty or Gears.Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 02:14 AM
I probably won't get this right away but the more I see of it the more interested in it I am. I am not a fan of the flood being in it though but I guess Halo wouldn't be Halo without a few flood levels here and there.Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 07:21 AM
Can't wait, getting it for sure!!!Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 07:54 AM
SweetFriday, January 30, 2009 @ 09:44 AM
i have already pre-ordered SE edition and get 3 halo maps and that cool Warthog! flames baby flames! and btw Awesome x4096Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 10:52 AM
Aww My message Was Edited, Twas It offencive Webb? if so i do apologise, You Fixed It ^.^ And this awsome thing is gettign annoying.... Awso... jkinFriday, January 30, 2009 @ 11:20 AM
My balls are: Awesome x8192Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 11:59 AM
Will it work?Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 12:37 PM
So stoked for this game, can't even wait until Feb. 5 so I can get the demo.Friday, January 30, 2009 @ 11:34 AM
It's going to be one of the games of the year in my opinion. Really can't wait to see how the 360 holds up with this type of game!Saturday, January 31, 2009 @ 12:20 AM
Awesome x 160384Saturday, January 31, 2009 @ 01:16 PM
Comment 44 Yeah, I agree with both of you. The only reason people don't like Halo is either they suck on online, so they make fun of the game, or there just jealous that more people like Halo over Call of Duty or Gears. --------------------------------------------------------- Fail, call of duty and gears are just as or more popular. but yh people hate any game when they cant do it. im so excited about halo wars though, but i dont like the fact they keep scaling the release back further, it was sposed to be out already, now we gota wait another month (just over).Saturday, January 31, 2009 @ 02:16 PM
I'm like, waiting one year so I can get it cheaper. I do it with every game. The only exception was Gears 2.Tuesday, February 03, 2009 @ 08:17 AM
nice cant wait for feb 5th..... and the awesome thing is gona be popping up in the future news....cos it looks like the "in" thingTuesday, February 03, 2009 @ 03:31 PM
This looks truly awesome...Friday, February 06, 2009 @ 10:01 AM
I LOVE THE DEMOSaturday, February 07, 2009 @ 09:49 PM
The demo was pretty nice.Tuesday, February 10, 2009 @ 07:13 AM
this dose look good and i will get it once its cheaper. im really looking forward to Halo ODST
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Last week I had the pleasure of heading down to London, to the Cabinet War Rooms no less, where Winston Churchill launched his World War II campaign, to play and speak to Lead Producer of the upcoming Halo Wars, Jason Pace.
The interview holds a whole load of gems including DLC, the possible sacrifice of strategy in sake of action and whether the frame rate can cope with the "hundreds" of on screen units.
We know you worked closely with Bungie in the beginning regarding the development of the story and what not, but how much input did Bungie actually have?
So Bungie are the creators of the Halo series, so whenever we have questions about anything in the Universe, those are the guys we went to, to get their input, so they had considerable input in to the development of the story.
So I actually think it was really important to finish the game and not say that we sacrificed the strategy element. I think that would have represented failure. Ensemble definitely had to sit down and had to think of the essence of strategy ... so, “what do strategy players crave?” ... and really, at the end of the day, it is the ability to manage, build and deploy their forces in the way that they wish. So lots of variety in the kinds of units you can have are really rich, deep, rock, paper & scissors modes of engagement.
Ensemble is closing at the end of this month.
So when the studio closed, we were absolutely committed to working with those folks to make sure they either found a place in the Microsoft Games Studio, and also, a number or folks, as you may be aware, went off to form a new studio out of Ensemble, and so, we’re very much looking forward to continuing to work with those folks and the folks that are coming up to Microsoft.
There is nothing we’ve announced yet and I wouldn’t say we’ve committed to anything but we have a whole load of ideas where we’d like to take the game after release and certainly DLC is very high on the list.
Yes.
Would you say there was an audience difference between console gaming and PC gaming, or would action foremost over strategy be more of a transition from standard RTS titles to a Halo franchised title?
I think all of the above. There are certainly PC fans who have nothing to do with consoles and vice versa, what we’re hoping and definitely what we see, as time goes on, there is more of a cross-over as more consoles are available, more people have them. Folks are starting to become more willing to go in to a console experience.
From a Halo franchise perspective, we’re very much focussed on the 360 because it is a first party title for Xbox. And so, although we’re focussing on the 360, we hope we have enough of what makes a strategy game great to entice PC players over.
I wouldn’t say wouldn’t work, but I would say it would end up, especially if it was something we did without sufficient forethought and if we did a straight port, you would probably experience the same weaknesses on the PC that, PC players experience on the console when they play a console port.
Again, I won’t say too much as it’s critical to this particular story but you’ll be very surprised and your jaw will be hitting the floor by the end of the game.
I’m not trying to force you in to spoilers ... honest
Halo Wars is out in Europe on February 27th and March 3rd in North America.