Now that Halo Wars is out the door and Ensemble Studios has gone the way of the dinosaur, former employees of the developer have seen fit to release some of the game's lovely concept art. There's some spectacular stuff here, worthy of desktop wallpapering, visual inspiration for many of the game's g...

This past week saw a massive resupply of ammunition for both the Sony and Microsoft fanboys on the treacherous European front of the current console war -- first of all, the highly anticipated Killzone 2 nabbed the top spot in the ELSPA GfK ChartTrack Top 40, and became the fourth fastest-selling So...

In the first of a new series of videos dealing with the expansion of the Halo universe, members of Ensemble, and the gaming press talk Halo history. The Halo universe isn't just Master Chief. I know, I know; that's a hard fact for some fans to swallow. Between the novels, the first-person shooter tr...

What happens when you have the Halo franchise, a good one that sells a ton, which is primarily the stomping ground of 14-year-old American boys? Why, you release a more cerebral game based in the universe, obviously, leaving the world with Halo Wars. That makes sense, doesn’t it? Brash, loudmouthe...

Creating an RTS title and setting it in the world of Halo may seem like a cheap way to make some cash, but the Halo series has long enjoyed a deeper backstory than many realize. If you've read the enjoyable—if pulpy—novels and noticed how many recognizable units and vehicles the past Hal...

Halo has been safely nesting in the loving hands of Bungie for more than seven years. And it's excelled as a first-person shooter, proving finally that you can make a great shooter on a console. In Halo Wars, gamers return to the beloved Xbox franchise to explore its early days in a real-time strate...

Robot Entertainment isn't the only development house rising from the ruins of Halo Wars developer Ensemble Studios, as 35 ex-Ensemble employees join together as Bonfire Studios, already hard at work on an original title. Days after Ensemble co-founder Tony Goodman announced the formation of Robot En...

The demo to Ensemble Studios’ “Halo Wars� is now available on the Xbox 360. The download is a fairly hefty one and will require 1.4GB of disk space on your 360 hard drive. Here’s an excerpt from the game’s PR material: “Halo Wars is a strategy game based on the legendary universe of Halo...

The demo to Ensemble Studios’ “Halo Wars” is now available on the Xbox 360. The download is a fairly hefty one and will require 1.4GB of disk space on your 360 hard drive. Here’s an excerpt from the game’s PR material: “Halo Wars is a strategy game based on the le...

For those of you with that blind you it’s so shiny Gold Xbox Live subscription,  today is the day for you to experience Halo in a very different way. No more jumping over hurdles over the moon. No more beating down Major Nelson’s door for a code. No more cursing out Major Nelson when he del...