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Rumor: Halo Wars Definitive Edition Coming to Steam (Using Steam Features)

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dancrane212

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Via a Halo modder who has done some data mining in the past along with getting into a bit of a spat with Microsoft after getting banned for leaking the Halo Wars 2 OST and then threatening to spoil/leak the game. So put as much stock in this as you want.

Note: Halo Wars Definitive Edition is not yet sold separate from the Ultimate Edition of Halo Wars 2 but has been confirmed to be later this year. The game also does not have any crossplay with the XB1 version.

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guybrushfreeman

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dancrane212 said:
Yeah, I suppose it could just be a Steam build that was never meant to see the light of day like whatever those those original trilogy listings were.
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Yeah he could have it backwards. Perhaps this is a build once intended for Steam that was repurposed for the Windows store after Microsoft changed strategy
 
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guybrushfreeman

Unconfirmed Member
pizzacat said:
Maybe on the first uwp game but this is like what the 5th?
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It's possible that they were going to release Halo Wars on Steam quite some time ago but held off. The Halo games were all part of a leak a few years ago that turned out to be very accurate. In fact out of all games in the leak there isn't much other than the a Halo games that didn't come true. It's possible Microsoft began preparing Steam versions of these games a few years ago but changed their minds for whatever reason and then built on that for this release.

It's all speculation though, so it's just possible. Could be Microsoft is thinking of Steam releases now. I really don't know
 
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pizzacat

Banned
guybrushfreeman said:
It's possible that they were going to release Halo Wars on Steam quite some time ago but held off. The Halo games were all part of a leak a few years ago that turned out to be very accurate. In fact out of all games in the leak there isn't much other than the a Halo games that didn't come true. It's possible Microsoft began preparing Steam versions of these games a few years ago but changed their minds for whatever reason and then built on that for this release.

It's all speculation though, so it's just possible. Could be Microsoft is thinking of Steam releases now. I really don't know
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Yeah anything is possible right now, it's real weird. I remember Jeff gerstmann from giant bomb talking about his first demo of MCC involving a "move mouse to dots" text during the wake up scene for halo 1
 
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rrs

Member
Seems odd MS would head back to steam. As for the Halo games found on steam, perhaps if the MCC wasn't such a mess behind the scenes it would had been ported. Also, this has to take into consideration where in Microsoft's attempt to bring life to winstore, as it might had been a loss inbetween steam and winstore push.
 
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LewieP

Member
rrs said:
Seems odd MS would head back to steam.
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Yeah it would be a good way of undermining their Play Anywhere initiative, and convince people to never ever buy any games on the Windows 10 App Store.

It would be a good thing though.
 
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sibarraz

Banned
LewieP said:
Yeah it would be a good way of undermining their Play Anywhere initiative, and convince people to never ever buy any games on the Windows 10 App Store.

It would be a good thing though.
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Depends

People like me will still buy their play anywhere games since I have both an xbox and a pc

But with this you are also reaching that audience that wants nothing with the windows store or the xbox
 
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MUnited83

For you.
Fularu said:
It could also just be the overlay
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Steam Overlay does not look like that.
rrs said:
Seems odd MS would head back to steam. As for the Halo games found on steam, perhaps if the MCC wasn't such a mess behind the scenes it would had been ported. Also, this has to take into consideration where in Microsoft's attempt to bring life to winstore, as it might had been a loss inbetween steam and winstore push.
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At some point they don't want to lose money on those ports anymore I'd guess. This would sell around 5 copies in their crappy store.
 
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Adam_Roman

Member
Hell yes. This is why I didn't buy the Halo Wars 1+2 bundle on the Windows store. It's nice to see Microsoft realizing their walled garden is also walling out plenty of interested customers.
 
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Maximilian Kolbe

Member
BernardoOne said:
Well, yeah, exactly, and they clearly didn't make the money back, which is why they would bring it to Steam.
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The game isn't even on sale yet, you have to buy the most expensive version of Halo Wars 2 to get the game.
Halo Wars for PC(Xbox One) isn't aim for "make money back" since beginning.
 
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rrs

Member
BernardoOne said:
Well, yeah, exactly, and they clearly didn't make the money back, which is why they would bring it to Steam.
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this logic could also be applied to say, gears 4 or FH3. If microsoft wanted the $$$, those games would also be on steam as well.

Judging by some replies here, if halo wars is put on steam it would just hurt winstore even more through people just waiting for a steam release.
 
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Leb

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Hopefully this isn't the case. The financial interests of the corporation and its shareholders should be paramount and consumers should not encourage or engage in any activity that might undermine these interests.

Remember that the rights and privileges of large corporations are under assault and that the matter of corporate personhood is the civil rights issue of our generation; consider this and then comport yourself accordingly.
 
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Obliterator

Member
I wouldn't be too shocked really. It's an old game. I don't think this is any sort of evidence their new releases will hit Steam though, at least not at first. Maybe they'll keep 1st party exclusive to Windows Store for 2-3 years then release Steam versions
 
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Dinky Dino

Member
Falchion said:
This would be wild, would it be the first Microsoft exclusive to be on Steam?
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Quantum break is a MS ip but it was made by a 3rd party developer. Clearly they had sway to put on steam

Then you have games like forza horizon 3 which is a MS ip but made by a 3p dev, playground games. But it's not on steam. It does have crossplay though so not sure if that factored into it with their services. Same with gears 4 except they own the studio.
 
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dancrane212

Member
TheSeks said:
I don't think most folks will care.
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Just figured it was worth noting. Halo Wars 1/2 are the only first party play anywhere titles without Xbox One crossplay since ReCore. Perhaps that would influence it's chances to be given the OK for a Steam release or not.
 
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Syf

Banned
Another remaster rumor I've been burned on too many times. Would love to see it but won't believe til I do.
 
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Dinky Dino

Member
dancrane212 said:
Just figured it was worth noting. Halo Wars 1/2 are the only first party play anywhere titles without Xbox One crossplay since ReCore. Perhaps that would influence it's chances to be given the OK for a Steam release or not.
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Yea and it probably tanked because of it. I wouldn't touch a windows store multiplayer game without crossplay.
 
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LewieP

Member
sibarraz said:
Depends

People like me will still buy their play anywhere games since I have both an xbox and a pc

But with this you are also reaching that audience that wants nothing with the windows store or the xbox
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A big portion of the already small audience for the Windows Store today are only buying games there begrudgingly, and would prefer to buy them on Steam or indeed anywhere else.

Yes some people would still want to get games there, but that number would get a lot smaller if MS published PC games were on Steam too.
 
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rrs

Member
Dinky Dino said:
Quantum break is a MS ip but it was made by a 3rd party developer. Clearly they had sway to put on steam.
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yeah, remedy most likely has a contract that allows self-publishing after a year or two which allowed alan wake and quantum break to be put on steam
TheUnsunghero26 said:
I don't think so. Microsoft published QB on steam. Remedy had to get MS's permission to put Alan Wake on PC.
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Dinky Dino said:
Yea and it probably tanked because of it. I wouldn't touch a windows store multiplayer game without crossplay.
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yeah, this very much hurt the winstore version CoD game that came out
 
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888

Member
Hell my ultimate edition of HW2 came with HW1 and the shit windows store says I own it but won't download it. Tried all sorts of ways. Microsoft just needs to bail on their shit store and apps.

Only two of their games have worked pretty much flawless on the store. Gears of War 4 and Killer Instinct.
 
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Bluth54

Member
LewieP said:
Yeah it would be a good way of undermining their Play Anywhere initiative, and convince people to never ever buy any games on the Windows 10 App Store.

It would be a good thing though.
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Are PC gamers buying games on the Windows 10 App store though? The leaks for Rise of the Tomb Raider suggested less than 2% of PC sales were on the Windows 10 store and the rest on Steam while on launch day Infinite Warfare had 2 or 3 people playing online on the Windows 10 store version.

Microsoft undermined thee Windows 10 store themselves by making it so shitty for games and burning PC games on Games for Windows Live.
 
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Trago

Member
I hope it's true. The more Microsoft games on Steam the better.

And while they're at it, bring Recore and Gears 4 to Steam so I can play them already.
 
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W.S.

Member
Well after Win 10 store & Steam the next stop for MS titles is GoG, Green Man Gaming, Origin & Uplay shop.

You wanna get nuts, lets get nuts c'mon!

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Pizza

Member
Shit I'll be slightly salty if halo 1 and 2 come to steam after I've been dealing with this absolute trash windows store to get through them lol
 
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wwm0nkey

Member
Wedzi said:
Would be nice to have Halo 1 - Reach on Steam. A man can dream.
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Hey its always possible I guess, depends on where MS goes with their whole PC thing. Halo Wars is actually big enough to sell so this might help push them to doing more Steam releases
 
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TheUnsunghero26

Member
rrs said:
yeah, remedy most likely has a contract that allows self-publishing after a year or two which allowed alan wake and quantum break to be put on steam
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I don't think so. Microsoft published QB on steam. Remedy had to get MS's permission to put Alan Wake on PC.
 
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