Covenant playable in Halo Wars

Posted Jul 17th 2008 2:40PM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: News, E3

Some guy over at Joystiq named Richard Mitchell, swear that name sounds familiar, was able to finagle some details from Ensemble Studios during a demo of the game. Ensemble confirmed that the evil Covenant will be playable in Halo Wars. The only catch is that the Covenant will not have a campaign mode and the option to play as them is in multiplayer only. Now, if they would just confirm the Flood already -- we could I go home! Halo Wars is set to release sometime during the Spring of 2009. Looking for more information? Read X3F's hands-on impressions with Halo Wars today!

Tags: 2009-releases, e3-08, e3-2008, e308, ensemble-studios, halo, halo-wars

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

7-17-2008 @ 3:08PM

FordGTGuy said...

They better be it would really limit the gameplay if they weren't.

7-17-2008 @ 3:13PM

Grant said...

Am i the only one that isn't surprised you can play more than one force in a RTS?
I kinda thought this was a given if any sort of multiplayer was going to be implemented.

7-17-2008 @ 5:20PM

SadisticHam said...

While this is no surprise, it wouldn't surprise me if there was only one race going by how stripped down HW is looking anyway.

No resources? 15 minute long multiplayer games? Err..no RTS i like to play thanks. I'm not even sure if it allows building.

7-17-2008 @ 3:41PM

TORO said...

I wish this game would come out this year :(

7-17-2008 @ 3:51PM

Dirty said...

Kinda sucks that they are not in the campaign.

7-17-2008 @ 3:56PM

ryan said...

yeah, seeing as how Starcraft shipped with 3 campaigns to get all sides of the story.

7-17-2008 @ 4:39PM

psychohog said...

True, even Warcraft 3 had a few different campaigns to run through.

7-17-2008 @ 4:39PM

cranium said...

Xav, the game is a prequel to the original Halo.
so wouldn't it be illogical for the Flood to be in it at all?

don't get me wrong. I want as much of a Halo experience as I can get. But by not putting the Flood in Halo Wars they save something significant to put in Halo Wars 2. (which is nearly a certainty so long as Halo Wars doesn't tank)

7-17-2008 @ 6:00PM

Xav de Matos said...

Brutes are in it... so, explain that shit son!

7-18-2008 @ 6:36PM

cranium said...

brutes? waahhh?!
ill play along and try to explain that shit: The Brutes are encountered on their homeworld before having been accepted into the Covenant's ranks. any more brain busters?

7-17-2008 @ 4:58PM

AnthonyGalindoX said...

screw continuity, I want playable Flood and Sentinels. Who wouldn't want to command a legion of flying robots as guilty spark?

7-17-2008 @ 5:02PM

Beagles said...

This is news? News would be that they arn't playable.

However, I do hope the flood are in the game, even if its purely for multiplayer skirmish. They would be the spam unit of this game (like the Goblins and Nod in the other two RTS games)

7-17-2008 @ 6:01PM

Xav de Matos said...

Thanks for letting me know what I can and can't post. What would I do without you?!

7-17-2008 @ 6:29PM

TORO said...

Xav I read X3F everyday you're hilarious man (almost as funny as Dustin) keep up the good work.

7-17-2008 @ 7:34PM

Beagles said...

Very cute. Run-of-the-mill sarcasm. The least you could have done was come up with something clever.

Anyways, you can post whatever you like, I just find it a little humourous that this is considered news, as in all my years of PC RTS gaming, I cant recall any that didn't let you play as more than one faction.

I also find it funny that you are insulted by such a small, insignificant thing (even within my own post) that you make a childish reply. Remind me again, are you trying to bring readers in or send them out?

Keep your unprofessional comments out if you want to be taken seriously, please. I have never seen your fellow writers make comments like that.

7-17-2008 @ 7:42PM

Xav de Matos said...

Oh man I'm not insulted at all... I'm just poking fun at you.

Of course you don't find it funny... I'm making fun of you!

Anyway, the question was out there in the community -- hence the post. Chillax.

7-17-2008 @ 5:30PM

thisguyrighthere said...

I feel stupid. I just expected there to be Covenant and Flood. Marines, Covenant and Flood like Marines, Protoss and Zerg. So we get Marines and Covenant? No Zerg, I mean, Flood?

Suddenly it seems so small.

7-17-2008 @ 9:10PM

BIG C said...

im not even a huge fan of these types of games but this looks redonkulous

7-18-2008 @ 4:50AM

UNSCleric said...

Brutes were known about before the events of Halo, The Flood were not. The Flood being in this game will be absolutely retarded. I'm sure Bungie stopped them from doing that though. The game takes place in 2531 on planet Harvest, there's no Flood on Harvest, and there's no Flood outbreak at all until 2552.

7-18-2008 @ 5:03AM

Xav de Matos said...

We're forgetting that Bungie doesn't own the license anymore.

Also, technically Ensemble could add Flood and have those areas glassed... we don't know everything about it all yet.

I'm just saying.

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