Xbox One... you are slowly getting my attention...
ITS FINALLY HAPPENING IM SO HAPPY
DOUGLAS IS DOWN OH FUCK OH FUCK
Open beta 13th to 20th!
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Welp... I may just be having to pick up a XBONE
Hoping this gives me a good reason to dust mine off
It's all but guaranteed to be a W10 exclusive though so keep that in mind if you haven't upgraded yet.
Beta just popped up on Xbox Live. 13.02gigs. Downloading it now!
Feb 2017 release date now. A PC Multiplayer Beta will be arriving soon too - Xbox One beta is running now.
Didn't realize this game was going to occur after Halo 3 -- kinda funny since 343 has seemingly written off the Brutes..
Didn't really write them off, they've been in the extended media and they have no real reason to be in Halo 4 or 5 because they never got along with the Elites anyway.
Pretty Halo Wars 2 actually takes place either during or right after Halo 5 based on the dates in that trailer, although I'd have to go look to verify.
Its going to be after Halo 5.
The brutes have features (albeit in a small part) in other halo media - Escalation (briefly), Last Light, Broken Circle (although set in the era of the Great Scism) and the top down third person shooter games they released. I think they also got some brief mentions in Grasslands/The Thursday War/Mortal Dictata too.
I think they have been "saving" them for this new faction though.
Oh, and the Novella "Smoke and Shadows" was recently released which is a pretty big tie into Halo Wars (1 and possibly 2).