Fingers crossed then. I'd totally quintuple dip on Halo Combat Evolved to play it with a mouse and keyboard again. Hang em high on school computers with my bros was a great gaming highlight.
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Rumor: Halo Wars Definitive Edition Coming to Steam (Using Steam Features)
- Thread starter dancrane212
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Fingers crossed then. I'd totally quintuple dip on Halo Combat Evolved to play it with a mouse and keyboard again. Hang em high on school computers with my bros was a great gaming highlight.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
how do these games compare to the established RTS PC games like Total War and SC2? never really gave them a shot because they must be designed around using a controller.
Comparing Halo Wars to SC, main difference is resource management and base building. It's pretty simplified. Base building is restricted to grid like bases with 7 max spots for building buildings. Resources consist of supply and power. Supply for building units and power to run buildings. Both are obtained by building specific buildings, a supply pad and a power generator.
Other than that Halo Wars has a similar rock paper scissors meta of building a variety of units to combat what your opponent has built up. Scouting, micromanagement, unit abilities all play a vital role.
Your mileage will also vary depending on how much you enjoy the Halo universe. Ensemble (RIP) did a great job capturing dat Halo feel
Crimsonclaw111
Member
The less stuff on the crap windows store the better.
Sad Affleck
Member
I don't think it will happen.
Wesley-Sigma
Member
This is also what I want.
FataIChoice
Member
Would it still be restricted to Windows 10 if it is on Steam?
The Steam integration was discovered a couple of months ago in the files I believe, but I dont think anyone has tried to activate it.
The Steam Universal leak had alot of recent MS Studios titles listed so maybe it will come.
Lionhead was apparently looking at bringing Fable Legends to Steam during its long alpha/beta period I'd imagine RARE is considering Steam too.
The Steam Universal leak had alot of recent MS Studios titles listed so maybe it will come.
Lionhead was apparently looking at bringing Fable Legends to Steam during its long alpha/beta period I'd imagine RARE is considering Steam too.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Do you have some information not in the OP? The OP demonstrates there are some Steam related strings in the game but I don't feel like that's super strong evidence it will be released on Steam soon. Could be they thought about it at some point and things changed. What else do you know?
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Where's the proof besides what's in the op
Nocturno999
Member
Will buy. Gears and Halo for Steam next please.
_Aaron_
Member
This.
I also think it''s kind of ridiculous that Microsoft have never bothered to re-release Halo: CE or Halo 2 on PC digitally.
They re-released other old games on Steam like Age of Mythology and Rise of Nations but have never bothered with Halo.
Mr. Phellps
Member
Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't it be "on Steam"?
Edit: Also, "make sure your internet connection and Steam connection are active"? Poor grammar here...
Edit: Also, "make sure your internet connection and Steam connection are active"? Poor grammar here...
Blam
Member
That's a legit screenshot of Halo Wars on steam. This isn't some out dated thing.
I'm still waiting on Halo 3
What the fuck Microsoft please it's been 10 years and I just want to play the best halo again, is that so much to ask :'(
No, Halo Online doesn't count.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Huh? That's some text the hacker made appear in the Windows store version. What are you talking about 'on Steam'?
Blam
Member
Lol. That's not the windows store version.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
I'm confused. Will you share your information with the thread or not?
Edit: where are you saying the build is from then? How did he get a version of the game that's not from the Windows store?
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Seriously would be incredible.
FearMyWrench
Member
Looking forward to this on Steam! 
Blam
Member
Not much to share. It's the same thing as the WS version, but it's on steam. I'm not going to be disclosing where it's from.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Wait what? So this is from some stolen build or something? Why come into this thread with this stuff if you're not willing to share? So the picture in the OP doesn't come from the Win store version but you won't say where it does come from? That's a very different story from the tweets
Why are you acting like people wouldn't assume the pics are from the win store version if it's the only one available? If you're not going to share information you shouldn't make baseless claims
Blam
Member
It's not stolen, and like I mentioned before you're looking at the steam version of the game. Like what exactly do you want me to share that the twitter guy hasn't already done.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
The twitter is just a screenshot of the game displaying steam related text. The only release of the game is the Windows store version. Either, he somehow has access to an unreleased copy of the game or those are strings that are present but unused in the Windows store version.
You're saying you have some proof the screens are from an unreleased version of the game so where is it? How is it not stolen if it's an unreleased version that's not available to the public?
The shots in the OP show Steam related text in the game, if the story is 'hacker has access to an unreleased build of Halo Wars for Steam' that's a very different story to 'Halo Wars contains some Steam related text, may release on Steam in the future'.
You need to share more information if you're claiming this is from an unreleased build because we were working from the idea this text is in the public release copy on the Windows store
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Note that this isn't Halo Wars 2.
pretty done
Member
It's almost as if they're only putting Halo games on Steam that have no chance of selling well to be like "welp Halo doesn't sell on Steam see why bother"
CRZYSPZ
Member
Or buy digital copies of their Xbox One games? That's what I do.
Blam
Member
You don't need to steal the game to have access to something that isn't public, I mean you could be testing it. Just saying. He also mentions right here that he'll test on xp and 7 it when he gets the chance to. https://twitter.com/Gamecheat13/status/845830942233169920
Also there never was a maybe coming to steam. It's more of a when is it coming to steam. Please don't use 'hacker has access to an unreleased build of Halo Wars for Steam' it's more like 'Modder has access to an unreleased build of Halo Wars for Steam'. There was no hacking involved, there was no stealing involved.
Nah I'm not under any NDAs, I'm just looking out for others.
There are multiple RTS games that have sold several million copies on Steam like the Age of Empire series and the Total War series. Halo Wars has the potential to do very well on Steam.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Um you can't seriously be claiming this guy is officially testing the game after his history. Microsoft called him up after banning him from Xbox and said 'hey want to test our new unannounced product?' That makes no sense
I'd love to 'mod' my way into unreleased products lol. Brb gonna 'mod' valves servers to get HL3
I would imagine it's probably code found by data mining either the existing PC version or the console version.
Blam
Member
Don't need to take my word for it. Honestly doesn't matter if you do. I'm just telling the truth.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
That's why I said Blam was laughing at us for making that assumption and refuses to provide any evidence about it
12Dannu123
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!
All would be using the UWP format though.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Right, you just condescending came into to laugh at everyone but refuse to back up your statements with anything. For what it's worth I actually totally believe you but you shouldn't be coming into thread like that if you aren't willing to actually substantiate your claims
Blam
Member
I totally understand where you're coming from, and if it weren't so risky to back my claims up I'd have done it in my first post. Also shouldn't have been such a dick in the first post i made on this thread.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Fair enough. I get it
That's another possibility. To Microsoft, Win32 is deprecated.
Microsoft let Remedy release the Steam version of Quantum Break in the Win32 format and it was playable on Windows 7 and newer.
Assuming Microsoft is doing this to make back the money they spent on this remaster I would think they would want to get this to as large of an audience as possible.
Fixed that for most consumers, for you.