Halo Wars

2009

real-time strategy

Developer

Microsoft

Publisher

Xbox Game Studios

Platforms

Xbox 360

Game modes

single-player video game, multiplayer video game, co-op mode

Released

2009-02-26

Halo Wars is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 video game console. It was released in Australia on February 26, 2009; in Europe on February 27; and in North America on March 3. The game is set in the science fiction universe of the Halo series in the year 2531, 21 years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. The player leads human soldiers aboard the warship Spirit of Fire in an effort to stop an ancient fleet of ships from falling into the hands of the genocidal alien Covenant.

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