That Was Unexpected

I'm a couple days late with the news, but I'm still really psyched about Halo Wars! Ensemble Studios, makers of the excellent Age of Empires series, is making a precursor game to Halo as an RTS. Needless to say, the combination of my two favorite video game series is tremendously exciting.

This brings the lineup of games next year for the Xbox 360 to critical mass for me. Halo 3, Assassin's Creed, and Halo Wars would (will?) sell me a console. The first two games are practically guaranteed to be quality titles, and as for Halo Wars . . . well, if anyone can pull off RTS gameplay on a console, it's Ensemble.