Microsoft Launches Strategic Options Pack for Halo Wars

May 19, 2009

Microsoft Launches Strategic
Options Pack for Halo Wars

“Halo Wars” fans can continue the
fight in the best selling real-time strategy game on any current generation
console. Mixing up the battlefield like never before, Microsoft and Robot
Entertainment unleash new game modes in “Strategic Options” today on Xbox LIVE
Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points.

“Strategic Options,” the first Game
Add-on for the wildly popular “Halo Wars,” introduces new ways to compete while
challenging players to rethink their battle strategies in both single and
multiplayer skirmish gameplay. The three new game modes included in the new Game
Add-on are:

  • Keepaway Mode: In this “Halo Wars”
    adaptation of Capture the Flag, teams will battle it out to capture a
    free-roaming Forerunner Sentinel to score points before the other team. The
    number of Sentinels needed to win scales with the number of combatants.

  • Tug of War Mode: Players must
    build a stronger army than their opponents to succeed. Defeating enemies is
    essential, but success is determined by a combination of the army, buildings
    and resources left standing in the end.

  • Reinforcement Mode: Players must
    adapt their tactics and use the ever-changing set of units to outwit and
    outlast the enemy, all the while facing successive waves of incoming units.

The “Strategic Options” Game Add-on
is available on May 19, 2009 on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 MS Points. “Halo
Wars” is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and 16+ PEGI and is available worldwide
exclusively on Xbox 360. A demo is also available on Xbox LIVE in all LIVE
enabled regions worldwide.