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Age of Halo

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My daughter downloaded the demo for Halo Wars a few days ago, and I spent a few hours playing it recently. It's from Ensemble, responsible for the "Age of <X>" (Empires I, II, III, and Kings), and it's similar enough that I've named it "Age of Halo".

It's a pretty standard approach - build buildings, do research, train fighters, though there are some interesting constraints they've imposed this time around that I think will make the gameplay a bit different.

I'm definitely going to pick it up when it comes out on March 3rd.

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  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    Bad enough that I am a widow to Halo but now I have also lost my only offspring to the dark side!!

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2009
    So Microsoft kept the "Halo" rights after Bungie split from MS. Now Ensemble Studios will close after the completion of "Halo Wars". What will happen to Halo? I hate change cry

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2009
    My understanding is that Ensemble licensed the Halo rights from Bungie. Coming "sometime in 2009" (my bet is on the holiday season) is Halo: ODST (orbital drop shock trooper), a different sort of game set in the Haloverse, and including at least some of the Halo 3 maps. I think I heard that some of the new ODST maps will show up as Halo 3 multiplayer maps, but am not sure. I think at this point Bungie is probably a bit tired of the whole Halo thing and wants to do something different. Hard to walk away from the money, however...