Dean Takahashi has an blog entry up about Microsoft's E3 after party which is well worth reading for its notes about the Xbox 360's technical problems, but it also reveals a few choice tidbits about Ensemble's RTS, Halo Wars:
honestly I don't know if this is a good idea or not I'm just intrested in what other peaple think. I think that one cool feature for halo wars would be able to be a spectator of the battle and give orders but then there would also be the possibility to be a marine or spartan on the field kind of like Star Wars Battle Front so that way like say you see one of your fronts is about to fall you could take over as a soldier and reinforce that side personally like I said I don't know if this is a good idea or not it's just a thought that popped in my head one day.
This image of the UNSC Sparrowhawk accompanied Halo Wars forum admin Thunder's signature in the February 2007 monthly update on the game's progress.
Halo Wars is supposed to be a prequel to Halo but how can that be when in the preview the marines are using battle rifles and the spartans have the Mjolnir mark 6 armor ?
The February Halo Wars update by Thunder has a lot of fuzzy, censored pictures, but we're told flat-out that the game is in a playable state, and has been played by Microsoft bigwigs like Shane Kim. Still, he reports there is "a long way to go" and there is still no officially announced release date.
Two strange Halo-related music items of note today:
One of the oft-discussed topics among those following the upcoming Halo Wars RTS game by Ensemble for the Xbox 360 console is whether or not a workable interface for a strategy game can be created for a console. Many commenters have offered that RTS games just belong on PCs to be played with mice and keyboards, mirroring the comments of many PC gamers before the release of console FPS games like GoldenEye and Halo.
On the home page of "Halo Wars" close to the middle of the screen there is an elite that looks like he is duel weilding energy swords...will that be possible in "Halo Wars" and in Halo 3? i hope so because that would be cool. Then you could have the option to throw a sword at an opponent insted of getting close to do a lunge attack.
if anyone else has opinions of the swords for halo wars or halo 3 post your ideas id like to see other peoples opinions on that topic.
Mr Sprout over at the new Halo Wars fansite, Halo Wars Central, was able to get an interview with Dispraiser, the lead of Slipstream Productions that was working on the Halo-themed Halogen mod for Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour.
A few more articles continue to pop up about the new Halo universe works being done by Wingnut Interactive and Ensemble Studios:
Although Bungie is working on its own mobile portal, currently it's only available for Verizon, and probably only available in certain countries. For the rest of us jonesing to have Halo wallpapers on our cellamaphones, there are other solutions, even for those without any Photoshop skills.