http://halowarsaddict.com/ Latest Halo Wars news and content. http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Now_in_High_Definition-id93 A few of the screenshots posted a while ago have been released at HaloWars.com in a higher resolution. Perfect for wallpapers or getting the perfect close up of different action shots. Mmmmm, flamethrower marines..The shots have been added to the gallery at HaloWars.com which can be found here.... English http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9890/shotfd0.png http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9890/shotfd0.png 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/A_Bruceful_Blog_Post-id92 Bruce Shelley has posted a new blog entry... could the Xbox controller be better for RTS's than a keyboard and mouse!? For those of you who missed the post alpha control scheme image posted by our very own Flash here it is again below and Bruce's comment on the Controls."Halo Wars Controls: One of the key messages out of the GamePro article was the effort we have put into the control system. I may have mentioned many blogs ago that we reprogrammed Age of Mythology to be playable with an Xbox controller as a proof of concept. Designer/programmer Tim Deen got to the point that he could play AoM ... English http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/3159/bruceomggp7.png http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/3159/bruceomggp7.png 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/New_Info_on_UNSC_Units-id91 New info has just been added to HaloWars.com. New unit's that are going to appear in Halo Wars will be released gradually over a period of time.The 'UNSC firebase' is the first structure to be added and has been confirmed to produce Warthogs."The UNSC firebase combines the needs of a tactical communication command center and expansion into both a barrack and a production facility capable of assembling combat vehicles. The firebase itself is a variant of the old colony starter units constructed out of polycrete and powered by a small hydrogen reactor. Because gaining a foothold quickly was key ... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-6902-unit.JPG http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-6902-unit.JPG 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/HWA_Editorial_The_Cyclops-id90 Written By Darko on 21st June 2008Ensemble has been getting a lot of flak lately about the addition of a new vehicle called "Cyclops". The Cyclops is a ''Gigantic Bipedal Mech" that destroys buildings with its mechanical arms. Since the announcement of the Cyclops being added to Halo Wars it has had many members of the Halo Wars.com forums up in arms about a Mech being in a Halo game. Members were mostly concerned that it wouldn't fit into the Halo universe at all, that the vehicle might bring us out of the world that Bungie has lovingly created.In all honesty people should not worry at all ab... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2085-1sa.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2085-1sa.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Halo_Wars_June_Monthly_Update-id89 Well that's right ladies and gents. The very latest Monthly update has been posted by Ensemble. This month they inform us that there will be a full build of the game at E3 next month, which should be playable for attendee's (Which is fantastic news for us, as we'll actually be able to play the game at E3 if we're lucky, and hopefully let you guys know our hands on impressions).They also go into detail about The Cyclops the UNSC Unit Line Up! All in all not a bad update, but go and see it for yourselves!!!Find the update Here.... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-9714-Untitled-3.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-9714-Untitled-3.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Brutes_Have_Been_Spotted_In_Halo_Wars-id87 Well thanks to the eagle eyed member "James T." of the HaloWars.com forums, a Brute has been spotted in one of the recent Halo Wars Screenshots GamePro released earlier this week!Now as far as balancing the game goes with this new addition, we don't have a clue. But what I know is, that's a brute and I'm now officially excited about getting my hands on Halo Wars!... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-7826-brute.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-7826-brute.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/HWA_Podcast_Episode_1-id86 That's right girls and boys, we've got a podcast. We cover a number of topics in this episode From our Ensemble Interview to Bruce Shelley revealing he's actually Master Chief. Big thanks goes to one of our most creative members, Shane (Squirrelz) for making our intro music. Also a big shout out to Richard over at http://www.podcastingintros.com/ for doing the voice over on the intro. Length: 34:35 Size: 31.6mbListening on iTunes: It's taking longer than expected for our Podcast to go through to iTunes, however if you go into iTunes and click on "Advanced" and then "Subscribe to Podcast" Type ... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-5833-podcast.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-5833-podcast.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/40_New_Halo_Wars_Screenshots-id85 Courtesy of the guys at GamePro.com - Thanks for e-mailing us to let us know!From what these screenshots tell us it seems Halo Wars is going to be an epic game. Have a gander at all the grunts with needlers and the flamethrower marines. Personally every aspect that we have seen so far looks amazing and I cannot imagine a game with such a fine appearance being put off for a 2009 release. Hopefully we can look forward to getting our hand on it soon.... English http://halowarsaddict.com/images/news_icons/divine_supreme_leader_of_universe.JPG http://halowarsaddict.com/images/news_icons/divine_supreme_leader_of_universe.JPG 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/GamePro_First_Hands_On_Article_-id84 Well ladies and gents, the past two weeks have had a Halo Wars information extravaganza from GamePro. Well just when you thought it was all over - They've just released a "Hands On" article which can be found Here.In the article they cover a range of topics from a "Bungie-Less" Halo, How Halo started out as an RTS and a lot of Multiplayer and Campaign details. ... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-6776-news.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-6776-news.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/HWA__E3_2008-id83 Well ladies and gents, hasn't the last week been an exciting one. Halo Wars information coming in from all angles, HWA's Interview with Thunder...It's all pretty exciting!Well today I received confirmation that Halo Wars Addict will be at E3! Yes that's right, we're going to be reporting live from E3 keeping you up to date with all the Halo Wars Information Ensemble releases through the week!We're hoping to sit down with some of the guys from Ensemble for a video interview, so if you have an interesting question to ask them, mail it to me at Tom.Bastable@HaloWarsAddict.com!... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-4499-e3news.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-4499-e3news.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/HWA_Editorial_Halo_Wars_Release_Speculation-id82 Written By Darko On June 16th 2008Halo Wars is coming and the anticipation has become overwhelming. The game that will quench the thirst for every Halo fan for another year is on its way to completion. Halo Wars has been in development for almost three years now and it shows. Every time we get a new look at the game it looks more amazing the last. There has been a lot of speculation on when Halo Wars will actually be in our hands. There have been reports that Halo Wars might not even see a 2008 release date. All fears and doubts were smashed when Shane Kim said in an interview recently that Ha... English http://halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-3699-schparteeeeen.JPG http://halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-3699-schparteeeeen.JPG 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/HWA_Exclusive_Interview_Ensemble_Studios-id81 Thats right Ladies Gents. Recently HaloWarsAddict.com was lucky enough to sit down and talk to Graham "Thunder" Somers, about a little title called Halo Wars. You can see the full interview below, Enjoy!Tom: Thunder, thank you so much for giving up some of your time to come and talk to us about Halo Wars!Graham: Happy to do it! Tom: To kick this interview off, could you give us an introduction of who you are and what you do at Ensemble Studios.Graham: Sure thing. My name is Graham "Thunder" Somers and I'm the Community Manager here at Ensemble Studios. I interface with the fans of our game... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-1892-Untitled-4.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-1892-Untitled-4.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Halo_Wars_Confirmed_To_Be_Shown_At_E3.-id77 Well thanks to the guys at IGN, we have a list of games that Microsoft will be showing at E3. Well let's see what we have here... Banjo Kazooie, Fable 2, Gears of War 2, Too Human Viva Pinata 2...Oh and just a small title you may of heard about; Halo Wars!!Finally...we can sleep tonight as we now know we'll be getting some Halo Wars goodness this July. What that’s going to be however, we have no idea. But I would say this is possibly Ensembles last chance to announce a 2008 release and still have time to initiate a big Hype Engine for the game. So everybody...Cross your fingers tight for a ... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-5049-news.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-5049-news.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Bruce_Shelley_Ensemble_Smoothing_Out_The_Edges.-id76 Ahh Bruce Shelley...If GBPosters.com did a pin up of Bruce, I'd sure as hell buy it. He's been in the Games Industry since the 80's and now he's one of Ensembles games advisors - He's definitely worth some recognition for the time he's dedicated to the games industry over the years..So Bruce - We salute you. ... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-7168-shels.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-7168-shels.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/HWA_Exclusive_Interview_HaloCrusades.com-id74 Yesterday I was lucky enough to sit down and chat with HaloCrusades.com's owner, Scot. Below is the full interview!Tom: Hey Scot, thank you so much for giving us some of your time to talk about online Halo RPG, Halo Crusades. Now for the people reading this who don’t know, can you tell us what Crusades is? Scot: Well, Halo Crusades is a browser-based RPG that is set in the Halo Universe. It's not created by Bungie or Microsoft but fans of the series will still like it. At least I think they will. =PTom: I’m sure they will! So how long Has Halo Crusades been in Planning and Development?... English http://halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-4023-pic.JPG http://halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-4023-pic.JPG 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/HWA_Unit_Gallery_Updated-id73 We've just finished updating the HWA Unit Gallery which can be found Here.Enjoy!... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-9867-news.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-9867-news.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Halo_Wars_Spartan_Facts-id72 Master Chief Is Alive And A Spartan. Halo Wars is set some 20 years before the events of Halo: Combat evolved, and Emsemble have confirmed that Master Chief is a practicing Sparting during this time Period. Ensemble wouldn't confirm whether the iconic Halo star would make a cameo appearance in Halo Wars, however.Spartans Are Powerful, But Not Unstoppable"Spartans are special, but they need a role, a focus in the battle" Ensemble Studios' Dave Pottinger says. "You won't automatically win by building a huge gang of Spartans" The Ensemble team is still working hard to make the Spartans a badass, ... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-5857-news.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-5857-news.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Former_EGM_Boss_Talks_Halo_Wars.-id71 Our good friends over at Gear Heads Of War have just let me know that in their recent podcast they spoke to EGM's former Editor-In-Chief Dan Hsu. Now of course, during his time as the EGM bigwig he would of seen alot of different games at many different stages in development. In the interview Dan talks about the first demo he saw. The comments arent exactly glowing, however from the way he's talking about the demo he saw, it was a pretty early build.Note: They start talking about Halo Wars about 15 mins into the castShenanegins6.0.mp3[Thanks, GHOW!]... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2085-1sa.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2085-1sa.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Halo_Wars_Post_Alpha_Control_Scheme-id69 Well, since July's issue of GamePro, we've been kindly given a lot more information on our favourite 2008 title (We can wish!), Halo Wars! Among many, many things that were inside the magazine, was how the control scheme is looking in it's Post Alpha state. Click the above image to see the control scheme in all its glory! So far it's looking pretty manageable. From playing past Console RTS titles I think the two features that will help the most in Halo Wars is the paintbrush and easy group cycling. This is looking to be a VERY promising title...Let’s just hope we get a release announcement s... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2643-90.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2643-90.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/GamePro_Images,_Information_And_Halo_Chronicles_Mention-id68 We're the first Halo Wars fan site to report this, so here it goes! On the gamepro website today they've officially released the cover image of their july issue and an in-game screenshot. Interestingly enough the cover also mentions Halo Chronicles, so there should be some juicy information inside regarding that.We're glad to see the Mk4 Armour in all it's glory!Spartans taking down a Scarab.Now as we've been told, subscribers should now have this months issue. A kind young guy over at HaloWars.com has posted some useful information from the 10 page special:Game TimeSome people have been conce... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-3258-Untitled-1.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-3258-Untitled-1.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Magazine_Scans_Surface-id67 Scans of a popular video gaming magazine containing new images of Halo Wars have surfaced on the Internet. I cant officially post the magazine scans or copy anything contained within the article until the official "Ok" but what I can say is "Wow!".The image is of a large multiplayer battle between the UNSC and Covenant. Infantry are fighting out the front and the heavy amour such as Scorpion tanks and Wraiths behind them. The fight is to the side of what appears to be one of the big forerunner structures we saw a couple of months ago.What looks to be the structure pictured in the battleHopeful... English images/scan.png images/scan.png 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Battlefield_Bad_Company_Demo_Competition-id65 Well we've got a lucky treat for the North American Users out there! We have three Battlefield: Bad Company Demo codes to give away before the June 5th release of the demo.All you need to do is post the coolest thing you can imagine doing with the fully destructible environments in BF: BC in this thread Here.Competition will be closed at 12:00pm GMT tomorrow. ... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-4521-cover.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-4521-cover.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/HWA_Exclusive_Slipstream_Productions_Interview-id64 Well this week I was able to sit down with Dispraiser from Slipstream Productions to ask him a few questions. For those of you not in "the know", Slipstream Productions were making a CC Generals Mod, called HaloGen. A brief Video can be found Here. We'll be adding some Screenshots of HaloGen later today, so keep checking back!!Dispraiser! Thank you so much for sparing some time to talk to us!HWA: If you could start out by giving us a brief overview of what the HaloGen project was for the people who don't knowDispraiser: Halogen was a fan created Total Conversion mod where an existing game (in ... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2372-thumb.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2372-thumb.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Halo_Wars_Monthly_Update_May-id63 Well it's that time of month again (No HWA doesn't have a menstrual cycle), Ensemble have just put up Mays Monthly update!!!It's a massively informative update this month, as it touches base on the previously rumored Alpha test and that GamePro are going to be doing a large feature on the game in next months issue.You can catch the full Article HereAlso, the screenshot taken from an old OXM Issue was posted in high resolution and can now be found in our Screenshot Gallery Here... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-1039-111jpg.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-1039-111jpg.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Ask_Ensemble_Competition-id62 Well boys and girls, we have an interview with Ensemble scheduled in a couple of weeks! We got the confirmation today that we'll be sitting down with an Ensemble staff member in the coming weeks to talk about the game we're all here to find out about, Halo Wars!However, here in Addict towers we're getting a bit stuck for questions to put to Ensemble, so this is where our glorious community comes in! We want YOU, yes YOU to send in some questions you'd like to ask Ensemble. We're only picking one question to go through to the final interview, but if you're the lucky winner you'll also get the f... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2545-1111.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2545-1111.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/New_Screenshots__Wallpaper_Added-id61 Well we're always striving to give you the best Halo Wars community here, so we've updated the gallery Here with four new High Res shots, taken straight from the HD game play footage which was released some time ago now. Also, we've just finished another wallpaper, so you can brand your desktop with HWA's very own handy work.Click the Image to download the full wallpaper.Choose what you'd like to see on the next wallpaper by posting a comment below with your request!Until next time, guys!... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2210-image.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-2210-image.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Welcome_to_the_new_and_improved_HWA-id59 Well Sam Myself (Mostly Sam) have been hard at work on the new site. Making it prettier, easier to use and more informative. We've added nice compact menu bar at the top, just point your mouse over the titles and a sub-menu will appear! You'll also see a list of the most active members on the left, so you guys can compete against each other for the top spot! Now the overall site is looking more presentable, we're now working on getting some exclusive interviews, competitions and community events organized over the coming months. So keep your eyes peeled for them!Now, to mark the launch of our... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-9042-1a1b.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-9042-1a1b.jpg 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Halo_Wars_2009-id58 Recent posts on GameTap have suggested that Halo Wars will not release in 2008 saying "Clearly, neither game will be released this year" when refering to Halo Wars and another title "Alan Wake". Worrying news for people eager to get their hands on a copy of the game this year.Looks like we got another year to wait, but having a broken game in exchange for an early release isn't something the majority of people want.Update: A recent interview stated that the game was to premature to show and Microsoft wanted to keep the spotlight on the other games being shown. Thanks HWH.The original article.... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-7339-hwaIMG-5090-lol_copy.JPG http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-7339-hwaIMG-5090-lol_copy.JPG 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Interview_Halo_Wars_Sound_Guys-id57 The Halo Wars chapter at bungie has just posted a interview with Kevin McMullan and JD Smith, the guys creating the audio for Halo Wars."Can you estimate how many individual sounds are in the game?[J.D.] At this stage in development we have over 5000 source files for sound and voice that when used in game create thousands of sound effects and dialog. Since we are the caboose in the development train this number will grow significantly near the end of the development cycle."Read: Part 1, Part 2.... English images/kevin.PNG images/kevin.PNG 90 90 http://www.halowarsaddict.com/Gameplayer.com's_Halo_Wars_Exclusive-id56 Gameplayer.com has released an all new content packed interview with Graeme Devine. The interview is big... four pages and makes for a great informative read. One thing caught my attention big time:"We actually talked quite a lot about that, we’ve got a very powerful map editor, so we’ve talked about whether we could release that with the game or via Xbox Live and allow people to make their own maps..."Get the full scoop here.... English http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-9258-Asset-1.jpg http://www.halowarsaddict.com/images/upload/hwaIMG-9258-Asset-1.jpg 90 90