Bungie has confirmed that Halo Wars, their real-time strategy game based in the Halo universe, will be released on March 3, 2009.IGN: Halo Wars This turned out to be true, with some vendors opening their doors at midnight to sell the game.

In Halo Wars' co-op mode, up to three players can battle enemies together over Xbox Live. Players have the ability to select and manage soldiers individually, multiple soldiers or their entire army at once. Each solider has a primary and secondary attack. Similar to other Halo games, players can steal enemy vehicles—like Wraiths—by forcefully pulling the driver from the cab. Additionally, the player can call in airstrikes and massive blasts from the Spirit of Fire space ship.GameSpot: E3 2008: Halo Wars Co-Op Hands-On (July 15, 2008)