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Check out the latest Halo Wars gameplay footage from E3. The latest Halo RTS actually looks like something true RTS fans could be interested in. As for Halo fans, this could be the best 30 sec of E3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDiB11hbMFI
Ensemble Studios’ latest upcoming RTS based on the pivotal Halo franchise. Units and craziness abound, this looks HOT.
I don't know about you guys, but that is one of the coolest 30 seconds that I have seen of E3 so far. We patiently wait for the HD version on Xbox Live....
In his enthusiastic Halo Wars presentation, game developer Graeme Devine is more than willing to share information with the press. Though most of the knowledge gained by eager listeners was related to science-fiction shenanigans and enormous space hoops, the most important fact given is one that's never directly stated. Mr. Devine, like most of his comrades at Age of Empires developer, Ensemble Studios, is somewhat of a control freak.
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And that's a good thing, especially when an entire genre hinges on how well you can control your on-screen armies. The real-time strategy genre has never enjoyed the same level of success it has on those platforms equipped with handheld rodents, and it's a problem that's been gnawing at Ensemble ever since the decision was made to plunge into the Halo universe. For the first six months of its two and a half year development period, Halo Wars was nothing more than a testing platform for console-based strategy controls. "There was no game," reveals Ensemble Studios producer, Chris Rippy.