Behold: Halo Wars box art

by James Ransom-Wiley on Aug 25th 2008 12:15PM

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Well, we've got a box (from the same team that doodled the Halo 2 and Halo 3 art, no less). That's a start. Unfortunately, we're no closer to nailing down a release date for Halo Wars. The "first half of 2009" is where the date stands.

Halo Wars (Leipzig 2008)

Tags: box-art, breakingnews, ensemble-studios, halo, halo-wars, microsoft-game-studios, rts, Xbox-360

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it doesnt look epic at all :(

Looks better than Halo 3 box art with MC walking alone like if it was The credits of the Hulk.

The first thing I said aloud when I saw it was "epic".

I don't know what you're talking about ;)

They need to shorten the length of those spartan's necks, but other than that, it's pretty epic.

Am I the only one that thinks they have freakish giraffe necks compared to the chief?

I like the series, but I can't say the box art is anything special. But at least it's not a zoomed in shot of Master Chief's face like a certain game I also like...

Wow, no kidding. Those necks are waaay to long.

Duh, they're early prototypes.Science wasn't always successful.

Nope.

Slow news day?

I know, cause like nobody cares about halo

yh wts haloz?

Is it that thing above Jesus's head?

Heh, only bandwagon gamers care about Halo.

And really, how the hell does box art for a game most of you fraggiots won't even know how to play properly, constitute news? The box will end up with the rest of your games on a shelf/in a box where you never see the cover again, 2 days after you buy it.

Sheeple make me laugh :)

@cuso26

and you think your cool because you don't like halo?

im actualy quite picky when it comes to games and i enjoy the halo series; although i must say... h1>h2>h3

although even the weakest of the series was pretty good.

essentially you fail... sorry

FAP FAP FAP?

Those Spartans have a better armor than MC.

Well is Ensemble so I might try it but I can't help this is going to be like a dumbed down version of starcraft.

I just realized I own every single Ensemble Studios game. They've never let me down. Age of Empires 2 is still my favorite. Here's hopin' Halo Wars has a scenario builder!

For some reason, it makes me think they're about to suddenly bust out some dance moves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5B0XItDpSM

I imagine it would look something like that.

Looks pretty epic to me.

it'll get the trillions of Halo fans interested.

And a bunch of them disappointed when they buy it blindly because of the Halo name. It's probably going to be a great RTS for those wanting one on a console.

Im glad this is coming out mid 2009, release more games throughout the year, this fall (holiday) is going to kill me. I dont mind buying them all I just dont have the time to play them all.

I can already see people that see the box art, thinking it's the new Halo 4 and once they realize it's an RTS, will commence rage.

Oh lol. It will be glorious.

Anyone know if Halo Wars is going to be released on PC too , because an RTS with a 360 controller doesn't sound fun .

I think it will eventually but RTS aren't that bad with the X360 controller but I admit that using a K/M is a lot better.

Im sure it will be, probably a long time from the launch of the console version.

It most certainly will be released on PC a year or so after release on the 360. I'm more looking forward to that but...I might buy the 360 version too sadly. Or at least rent it.

I tried C&C3 on 360 and it does actually work for a gamepad. Nothing can beat the click and drag box for selecting units, but EA did good with their gamepad controls so i gotta believe that ensemble and Microsoft can do even better.

Nope only 360.

What's with the giraffe necks? Those guys look like action figures.

that's just to make it easier when they make action figures of them

I'm having a hard time getting excited for this.

sounds like a personal problem

Try Viagra!

OH MASTER CHIEF MUST BUY!!!!

I'm pretty sure that's what the box art is supposed to make you say

...Buy teh Haloz?

None of them are Master Chief, he isn't in the game.

A fact not communicated, nor intended to be communicated, to the average mindless gamer or Mom, who will say "OH MASTER CHIEF MUST BUY!!!!".

I think it looks good

Even as a hardcore Halo fan, especially the story, I'm not so sure about this, RTS' on consoles never seem like a good idea. Still i might buy it if only for the story

When it comes down to console RTS', I have more interest in Red Alert 3.

10 bucks says this releases within a month of SC2 and anyone who knows anything won't give it a 2nd glance. Then any idiot (see: Halo fanboys) who just assumes its Halo 4 is just gonna (as mentioned above) get pissed off and complain to no end, causing an endless stream of intenet retardedness......luckily no one will pay attention because we'll be too busy playing SC2

This game will not be good

Do you know who Ensemble are? If anybody could make this game work, it's them.

I really doubt that MS will allow the game to be as bad as you think. Whether you like the Halo series or not, it has pleased many people, as I'm sure they are aiming for this one to do.

Have you seen any of the live demos? It looks amazing, Ensemble studios is godly with RTS games, that's why Bungie picked them to make it. Sure it won't be a blockbuster game like Halo 3 was, but it will be successful. And as for SC2, just because it's made by Blizzard everybody assumes that it's gonna be godly. Look at WoW, that shit is gay as fuck.

OK, my bad...I didn't man to say it will be a bad game (whether its to my tastes or not) what I meant to say is it probably won't do as well sales wise (at least compared to the main series) especially if it releases anytime near SC2

Starcraft is just as overhyped, and has just as many ridiculous fanboys as Halo does, as your post proves.

Personally, I'd far rather play Halo Wars, because 1. It's being made by Ensemble. 2. The Halo universe is very deep and, in my opinion, provides a far more interesting setting, background/story and vehicles/weaponry.

I think a couple of Elites brandishing marines around would've been more epic :(

If you ask me there are too many Chiefs and not enough indians. Ha, I kill me! :P

....

I hope you burn in your own personal hell.

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Behold: Halo Wars box art

Halo Wars (Leipzig 2008)

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