Halo Wars and Peter Jackson's Halo Project

Halo Wars Coming Soon To Your XBox 360

Big news announced yesterday at the Microsoft X06 event held in Barcelona Spain. Although nothing was mentioned of Halo 3 (the guys at bungie said there wouldn't be), there were two very large announcements. Have you ever thought of playing a real time strategy Halo game? Well, you soon will be able to in Halo Wars, a RTS being co-developed by Bungie and Ensemble. For those of you who don't know, Ensemble are the creators of the Age of Empires series and have achieved quite a bit of success in the RTS field for PC gaming. Halo Wars however, will be exclusively for the XBox 360 and has been designed and built that way from the ground up. Imagine controlling a bunch of Warthogs and Scorpion tanks against the Covenant! Too cool! The story is set during the time when the UNSC first encounters Covenant forces and it should be a fierce battle judging by the game's trailer.

Halo Wars Trailer

In other breaking news, and even MORE surprising in my opinion, a new Halo game is being developed by famous director Peter Jackson! Yes, good 'ol PJ himself, the man who brought us the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong has started his own game development company along with screenwriter and wife Fran Walsh called Wingnut Interactive. They have teamed up with Bungie and have begun work on "a new chapter in the Halo universe" which as of yet remains untitled. Will it be a sequel, prequel, or something totally different? As usual, microsoft is keeping it under wraps for the time being. Bungie has only said "it will be a blend of gameplay and storytelling quite unlike anything the games industry has ever seen before". I can't wait to find out more info. I'll post it here as it is revealed. So, ADD THIS BLOG TO YOUR FAVORITES!


Peter Moore and Peter Jackson at X06 Barcelona