Halo Wars

Halo three has been out a while now, Halo Wars was known to have started right after the release of the last game in the trilogy.

Here's an overview I grabbed from the Official Halo Wars Website:

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 na 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.

Halo Wars is exclusively for Xbox 360, coming out in Spring 2009. It's going to be an RTS game, warthogs are cool. Scorpions are cool. Controlling lots of Warthogs and Scorpions and sending them into battle is really, really cool. You have the ability to play as the Convenant. "Halo Wars” takes place before the first Halo FPS game, during the UNSC’s initial deadly encounters with the Covenant.

I'm just waiting for it to come out. For anymore info again go to halowars.com they make daily posts on their progress in the development of Halo Wars.