Kotaku ne semnalează că revista americană GamePro va publica în ediţia pe luna iulie un articol amplu dedicat lui Halo Wars, RTS dezvoltat de Ensemble Studios pentru Xbox360. Acelaşi Kotaku ne oferă şi primele informaţii despre unităţi care vor fi împărţite în cele două clasice facţiuni: UNSC şi Covenant. Aveţi mai jos lista, pe care am luat-o cu o deosebită plăcere de pe Kotaku, dar aflaţi că nu toate unităţile Covenant au fost încă dezvăluite:

UNSC:
Marines
Flamethrower Marines
Spartans
Warthogs
Scorpions
Cobras (anti-vehicle artillery)
Hornets
Wolverines (anti-aircraft vehicle)
Elephants (!!)
Cyclops (enormous UNSC mech unit)
Vultures (mysterious, enormous vehicle)

Covenant (not all units revealed):
Grunts
Jackals
Hunters
Ghosts
Banshees
Scarabs
Elites

-"If they want war, we'll give 'em war."

The Game

Halo Wars is a real-time action strategy game for the Xbox 360 that allows the player to control large armies and to shrewdly direct them in realistic warfare. Set early in the iconic war between the Covenant and UNSC - made famous by the Halo FPS games - Halo Wars provides a new angle on the war while bringing new heroes to the battle.

In Halo Wars fans will be able to control armies of units that are familiar to them from the FPS games, such as UNSC Marines, Scorpion Tanks, and the iconic Warthog. Our E3 demo video gives a narrated first look at the game, and you can download it from our movies page.

The Controls

We've spent a great deal of time simply on getting the controls right. Halo Wars was created for the Xbox 360 from the ground up, which meant we didn't have to make compromises or shoe-horn in artifacts from a Windows PC game. We were able to take all the best aspects of RTS games, make them work perfectly on the Xbox 360, and exclude the rest.

The Developer

Halo Wars is currently under development at Ensemble Studios in Dallas, Texas. We are the developers behind the award winning Age of Empires series of real-time strategy games, and we're very excited to be able to work in the universe that our friends at Bungie have created.

A release date has not been announced for the game. Please visit our FAQ page for answers to common questions.

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