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Halo Wars: Definitive Edition |OT| The Best Marketing This Game Will Get

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Tecnniqe

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Halo Wars is a real-time strategy game in the Halo Universe. It begins in the year 2531, 21 years prior to Halo: Combat Evolved, during the Covenant eradication of the Outer Colonies in the Human-Covenant war.

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, offering an updated chance to go back to the early beginnings of the iconic war between the Covenant and UNSC and experience the epic saga in brand-new ways.

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  • Optimized to run natively on Xbox One and Windows 10
  • Improved visual effects, graphics and audio
  • Up to 4K resolution on Windows 10 PC
  • Includes all DLC from the original game
  • Xbox Play Anywhere
  • Brand-new achievements (see below!)
  • Bonus Content
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Q: How do I get Halo Wars: Definitive Edition?
A: Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is part of the Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition, which also includes the Halo Wars 2 Season Pass.
The game won’t be available to purchase separately until later in 2017

Q: How do I get early access to Halo Wars: Definitive Edition?
A: Everyone who pre-orders the digital version of the Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition for Xbox One or Windows 10 will receive a token for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. Tokens begin rolling out on Dec. 20, 2016 and will be sent in waves. You can order the digital version of the Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition from the Xbox Store, Windows Store, Xbox.com, or participating retailers.

Q: I pre-ordered a digital version of Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition. How do I get my Halo Wars: Definitive Edition code?
A: If you ordered from the Xbox Store, Windows Store, or Xbox.com, the code will be sent to your Xbox message center. Log into your Xbox One, the Xbox App on Windows 10 or Xbox.com to check your message center. Tokens will begin rolling out on Dec. 20, 2016. It may take 7 – 10 days to receive your token after pre-ordering Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition.
If you pre-ordered the digital version from a participating retailer, you should receive a token for Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition. Log into your Xbox account and enter that token. Your Halo Wars: Definitive Edition token will be sent to that account within 7 – 10 days (starting Dec. 20, 2016).

Q: How do I redeem my Halo Wars: Definitive Edition token?
A: Check this page for how to enter tokens: Xbox.com/howtoredeem-console

Q: What are the new achievements in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition?
A: Check out below for a full listing of all the new achievements included with Halo Wars: DE (1,500 total gamerscore!).

Q: How will I match with other players in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition?
A: Players will have access to a brand new game session browser that allows for complete customization of game creation and search parameters for skirmish, campaign, and multiplayer PvP modes. Searching or creating a game can be done with just a few button clicks.

Q: What will I be able to configure for creating and searching games in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition?
A: When creating or searching games, players will be able to configure the following:

1. Private or Public Game
2. Game Type: Skirmish or Campaign
If Skirmish is chosen as Game Type:
3. Players: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3
4. Map: Specific lists for 1v1, 2v2, 3v3
5. Mode: Standard, Deathmatch, Keep Away, Tug of War, Reinforcement
6. AI Difficulty: Easy, Normal, Heroic, Legendary
If Campaign is chosen as Game Type: (campaign only supports co-op for 2 players, so no team selection size here):
7. Mission: Any, List of each unlocked mission
8. Campaign Difficulty: Any, Easy, Normal, Heroic, Legendary

Q: What are the system requirements for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition?
A: System reqs are as follows:
Minimum:
OS : 64-bit Windows 10
DirectX: DirectX 11 (Feature Level 11_0)
CPU: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4200, NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M | AMD Radeon R5 M240
VRAM: 512MB

Recommended (1080@60)
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
DirectX: DirectX 11 (Feature Level 11_0)
CPU: Intel Core i5 or Equivalent
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 560, 650, 750 | AMD HD 5850, 6870, 7790

Ultra
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
DirectX: DirectX 11 (Feature Level 11_0)
CPU: Intel Core i7 or Equivalent
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 580, 670, 960 | AMD R9 270, 280, 290

Q: Where do I go for support or further assistance?
A: The 343 team will do their best to monitor the Waypoint forums and keep this FAQ up to date as new info becomes available. However for official support needs, please visit http://support.xbox.com/en-US/contact-us.
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  • Pre-order the digital version of Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition, which includes the standard game, Season Pass, four-day early access to Halo Wars 2 and Halo Wars: Definitive Edition.
  • Once you pre-order the digital version of Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition, expect to receive a 5×5 code in your Xbox message center for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition starting on Dec. 20. Codes will be sent out in waves and it may take up to 7-10 days to receive your code after Dec. 20.
  • If you pre-ordered the digital version of Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition from a participating retailer, redeem that code from your Xbox account and your Halo Wars: Definitive Edition code will be sent to that account. Similarly, it may take up to 7-10 days to receive your code after Dec. 20.

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  • 2 Bugs are Better Than 1 – Win a Skirmish Game with Dual Scarabs – 10gs
  • 24 Hours of Quality – Play Halo Wars for at least 24 total hours – 20gs
  • A Means to an End – Completed Mission 13 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Adjudicate the Arbiter – Complete the Campaign on Heroic Difficulty – 30gs
  • Alas, Poor Andrew Thomas – Collect your first Skull – 5gs
  • Backscratcher – Complete any Campaign Mission in Co-op Mode – 10gs
  • Basically Naïve – Win 10 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 10gs
  • Battened Down the Hatches – Mission 11: Save all the Airlocks – 5gs
  • Beaming with Pride – Mission 13: Destroy 25 units with the Scarab – 5gs
  • Big Al's Scooter – Win a Heroic Skirmish Game against the AI un under 10 minutes – 10gs
  • Build for Success – Completed Mission 2 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Covenant "Hot Drop" – Mission 3: Kill at least 5 Covenant Units with the Bridge.5gs
  • Crushed Colors – Improve your Score in any Campaign Mission – 10gs
  • Dancing with the Beam Queen – Completed Mission 7 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Detour the Great Journey – Complete the Campaign on Legendary Difficulty – 50gs
  • Didn’t Get to Second Base – Mission 14: Don't claim an extra base – 5gs
  • Don't Stop Me Now – Win 40 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 70gs
  • Drain Cleaner – Kill 20 enemy squads with a continuous Covenant Leader Power on Memorial Basin – 30gs
  • Empire Builder – Win a game in every Skirmish Game Mode – 5gs
  • Endless Fun – Mission 2: Destroy every Methane Tank – 5gs
  • Epic Grinder – Obtain a lifetime campaign Score over 1,000,000 – 40gs
  • Evacuation of the Fittest – Completed Mission 10 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Everything's Better with Bacon – Mission 1: Ram 50 Grunts with Warthogs – 5gs
  • Forging a Way to History – Completed Mission 15 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Freak on a Streak – Gain at least 15 population from a single wave in a Reinforcement game – 20gs
  • Gallivant around the Galaxy – Win a game on every Skirmish Map – 25gs
  • Graverobber – Collect all Skulls – 30gs
  • Great Form! – Completed Mission 6 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Halo Academic – Unlock 20 Timeline Events – 15gs
  • Halo Historian – Unlock All Timeline Events – 40gs
  • Halo Undergraduate – Unlock a Timeline event – 5gs
  • Handy with Tools – Mission 12: Repair the Power Core in less than 4 minutes – 5gs
  • Hardly Tardy – Finish five missions under Par Time on Heroic difficulty – 10gs
  • He's Got the Jack – Mission 5: Jack 5 Covenant Vehicles – 5gs
  • High Class Escort – Completed Mission 4 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • KillJoy – Disrupt 5 active Leader Powers in a single game on Blood River – 20gs
  • Living Loving Bug – Get a Scarab during a Reinforcement game – 30gs
  • Lovely Bunch of Coconuts – Collect 8 Skulls – 15gs
  • Maximum Effort – Win 50 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 90gs
  • Meet Sergeant Forge – Completed Mission 1 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Micro Manager – Mission 7: Do not destroy any Power Node – 5gs
  • Momma's Boy – Get a Gold Medal on any mission – 5gs
  • Most Valuable Deck Hand – Completed Mission 11 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Mr. Punctual – Finish all missions under Par Time on Heroic difficulty – 15gs
  • My Virtual Friends Love Me – Win a 3v3 Skirmish game with 2 AI Allies – 10gs
  • Never Leave a Man Behind – Finish a game with 5000 net resources contributed to your teammates on Memorial Basin – 15gs
  • Noob n0 M0r3 – Win a Public game on Xbox LIVE – 10gs
  • Officer on Deck – Win 20 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 30gs
  • One and Done – Score the winning point in a game of Keepaway against Legendary AIs – 30gs
  • Own Worst Enemy – Get a Gold Medal with all Debuff Skulls Active – 20gs
  • Patience IS a Virtue – Completed Mission 5 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Penny Pincher – Get a winning High Score with 10 or less Squads against the Heroic AI – 10gs
  • Playin' the Field – Win a Skirmish Game with every Leader – 15gs
  • Pull Hard, Pull Deep – Win and never trail in a Tug of War game – 20gs
  • Racing the Clock – Finish one mission under Par Time on Heroic difficulty – 5gs
  • Ramblin' Man – Mission 8: Use Elephants to train 100 infantry – 5gs
  • Ready for the Sequel – 100% Completion – 75gs
  • Rhino Hugger – Mission 6: Successfully protect every Rhino – 5gs
  • Running the Show – Win 30 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 50gs
  • Saving the Parade – Completed Mission 8 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • She's my Fixer Upper – Completed Mission 12 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Completed Mission 14 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Smash and Grab – Completed Mission 3 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • So Lonely At the Top – Win and have the highest score in a Public Game on Xbox Live – 20gs
  • Soldier of Ares – Win 75 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 110gs
  • Staving Off the Infection – Completed Mission 9 on any difficulty – 10gs
  • Sweet Naptime – Mission 9: Put every Colony in Hibernation Mode at the same time – 5gs
  • The Procrastinator – Mission 10: Disrupt all Tractor Beams – 5gs
  • The Real Winner – Mission 4: Save Adam – 5gs
  • Thinkin' About My Doorbell – Mission 15: Open the Doors in order – 5gs
  • Titan – Get 20,000 points in any Skirmish Game – 15gs
  • Tour Coming Through – Hot drop 50 squads to your Covenant Leader in a single game on Barrens – 30gs
  • Walk-off Winner – Use one of the 6 Major Leader Powers to destroy an enemy's last unit – 30gs
  • Wall of Recognition – Get a Gold Medal on every Campaign Mission – 30gs
  • Weapon of Zeus – Win 100 Skirmish or Multiplayer Matches – 130gs

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Tagyhag

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It's such a shame that you can't get this separately...and it's Windows store exclusive. Being sent out to die.

Decado said:
Was this game any good?
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It's good for console RTS standards, but that's a very VERY low bar. If you play it on PC you'll realize how slow and basic it is.

That said, it's not a problem if you're a fan of RTS games in general, but if you're looking for something fast paced or deep, you won't find it there.

The campaign is cool though, and gorgeous cutscenes.
 
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Cranster

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Tagyhag said:
It's such a shame that you can't get this separately...and it's Windows store exclusive. Being sent out to die.
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I can almost guarantee it will be standalone eventually after Halo Wars 2 launches. This isn't going to be another Infinite Warfare fiasco.
 
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deoee

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Shame it's UWP + Pre-Order exlusive + super expenive.
I'd love to play this, because I missed the Xbox version but not like this...
This will die instantly
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Tagyhag

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Cranster said:
I can almost guarantee it will be standalone eventually after Halo Wars 2 launches. This isn't going to be another Infinite Warfare fiasco.
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I'm hoping that I can get it separate on Steam, that's probably the only way I'd buy it.

I'll keep my expectations in check though.
 
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Magnus

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...I had no idea a sequel to Halo Wars was in development, never mind this remaster. Wow, they really dropped the ball on marketing this one. OT title on point.
 
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StrikeFirst117

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Tagyhag said:
I'm hoping that I can get it separate on Steam, that's probably the only way I'd buy it.

I'll keep my expectations in check though.
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Their approach to pc has mostly been UWP and Windows 10 store exclusive lately, that and this being first party has barely any chance of coming to steam.
 
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Jinaar

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deoee said:
Shame it's UWP + Pre-Order exlusive + super expenive.
I'd love to play this, because I missed the Xbox version but not like this...
This will die instantly
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It'll be released as a stand alone later. This is just a bonus for those that preorder.

I may jump in personally. For $100 Canadian, it's two games you get in the end. I'll wait for some early impressions first.
 
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TheRed

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Question. Why do all of these Windows Store games say up to 4K? Sure that's great but if you have the power are you really not able to go higher? Some great screenshots in the PC thread are people that run the game at 8K or higher for them.
 
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Tecnniqe

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TheRed said:
Question. Why do all of these Windows Store gamessay up to 4K? Sure that's great but if you have the power are you really not able to go higher? Some great screenshots in the PC thread are people that run the game at 8K or higher for them.
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Probably due to it only being officially supported at 4k.

You can probably super-sample it.

You might also have the nice auto-resolution feature some of these games have.
 
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Theorry

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Magnus said:
...I had no idea a sequel to Halo Wars was in development, never mind this remaster. Wow, they really dropped the ball on marketing this one. OT title on point.
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That Halo Wars 2 is coming is pretty well known to be fair. Was at E3 even Game Awards.
Its made by Creative Assembly also and offcourse 343. But this one flew abit under radar indeed. Not so long ago we found out it was part of the Ulitmate Edition. Was a nice surprise tho.
 
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fernoca

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Magnus said:
...I had no idea a sequel to Halo Wars was in development, never mind this remaster. Wow, they really dropped the ball on marketing this one. OT title on point.
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Game was revealed at E3, there has been trailers and docs since, cross promotions with Halo 5 even. Even the existence of this remaster was leaked before it was confirmed.

May not be a lot of marketing, but it has been shown and talked about.

Then again, there was an user in here that didn't even knew about GWENT. :p
 
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Tecnniqe

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StrikeFirst117 said:
If I were to pre-order halo wars 2 ultimate edition now, would I get a code in time for tomorrow?
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Most likely, yes.

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LOL, I was like me and my friends all know about HW:DE... and then I opened the thread and realized people don't know about it.
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Theres like 3-4 screenshots and not much marketing at all, but it sure is a nice bonus but nobody I knew had any idea about this before I told them.
 
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Tagyhag

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StrikeFirst117 said:
Their approach to pc has mostly been UWP and Windows 10 store exclusive lately, that and this being first party has barely any chance of coming to steam.
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Yep, they'll never learn their lesson. I wonder what they would blame the low sales on, piracy or PC gaming dying?
 
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Theorry

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Tagyhag said:
Yep, they'll never learn their lesson. I wonder what they would blame the low sales on, piracy or PC gaming dying?
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Dont think they really mind about sales otherwise they wouldnt give a PC copy for free or vica versa with play anywhere. Its more about giving games more value.
 
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StrikeFirst117

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Tecnniqe said:
Most likely, yes.



Theres like 3-4 screenshots and not much marketing at all, but it sure is a nice bonus but nobody I knew had any idea about this before I told them.
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Cool just ordered it then on good old UWP, here I'm hoping the pc port is decent.

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Yep, they'll never learn their lesson. I wonder what they would blame the low sales on, piracy or PC gaming dying?
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Not sure how they'll spin it but personally I believe they are doing this for the long run to try and get more people into their walled garden.
 
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Tecnniqe

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Uzzy said:
Do they at least credit Ensemble Studios? Cause I'm not seeing their logo in the OP's pictures.
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Ensemble Studios made the base game but Robot Entertainment did post launch content and support, which was a bunch of the ex-Ensemble guys.

There is probably credits in the credit screen where its due.
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Is this the first in-game shot we have?
Where did you find it?
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It was sent to me and told it was HW:DE SS.
StrikeFirst117 said:
Cool just ordered it then on good old UWP, here I'm hoping the pc port is decent.
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If not you can in theory refund with more or less no questions asked until HW2 release I'd assume.
 
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Memory

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StrikeFirst117 said:
Cool just ordered it then on good old UWP, here I'm hoping the pc port is decent.
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FYI the codes are being distributed between 20th-27th December, you may not get it until the 27th at worse. I only pre-ordered yesterday so i guess we're in the same boat, hoping we're in the first wave :) !
 
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Lee

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I could have sworn I got the season pass for free during a promo for the Game Awards. I even found this thread about it on Slickdeals, but it's not showing up in my purchase history. I guess that was a glitch rather than a promo?

At any rate, I spent a lot of time playing the first Halo Wars, but I didn't like how the alpha/beta felt earlier this year. Even looking past the technical issues the gameplay wasn't as enjoyable to me. I would buy the definitive edition of the first game if it was sold separately, but I'm not going to drop $80 to preorder the bundle for it.
 
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TheRed

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Tecnniqe said:
Probably due to it only being officially supported at 4k.

You can probably super-sample it.

You might also have the nice auto-resolution feature some of these games have.
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Ok good. Just wouldn't put it past MS to have a weird limit for some reason to go with UWP and windows store.

Makes sense though since that's probably the best way to say it for marketing.
 
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