- Halo Franchise Sale & Halo: Campaign Evolved Wishlist - 2 March 2026
All your favorite Halo titles on Steam are currently on sale!Whether you’re jumping back in or picking up a classic for the first time, now’s a great time to expand your library.Be sure to check out the full sale here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/halofranchisesale2026While you’re there, make sure to wishlist Halo: Combat Evolved Campaign on Steam so you don’t miss what’s next:
- Nearly 20 years ago, the makers of Age of Empires tried to make a Halo MMO, and then the studio closed: 'I still feel like no-one has really done the action MMO I see in my mind' - 27 January 2026
Rob Fermier has enjoyed a fascinating career, with his name attached to an impressive list of games, including Thief, System Shock and Age of Mythology. He co-founded C Prompt Games in 2018, the studio responsible for digital board game Heretic Operative and the Paradox-published 4X, Millennia . But between those periods he worked on one of the few actually good console real-time strategy games... Read more.
- Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Sale - 19 July 2022
ALL UNITS! Return to the early years of the Human-Covenant War and embark on an epic journey with the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire that takes your from Harvest, to Arcadia, to the mysterious and deadly shores of a Forerunner shield world. Grab Halo Wars: Definitive Edition at 75% off today!
- 343 is done with Halo Wars 2, no current plan for a Halo Wars 3 - 12 February 2021
Sorry, Halo Wars fans - the series looks dead, at least for now. Halo custodian 343 had previously said its focus on The Master Chief Collection meant it had no plans to return to Halo Wars 2, the Creative Assembly-developed real-time strategy game released in 2017. But now all the MCC titles are on PC, some had wondered whether 343 would return to updating Halo Wars 2 with new content. The news, sadly, is that Halo Wars 2 is done. Read more
- Play RTS Halo Wars for free next weekend - 13 October 2018
Halo RTS spin-off Halo Wars is having a free weekend on Steam that will start next Thursday and run until Sunday. It'll be worth jumping on: it's a solid RTS with a decent campaign that you'll enjoy even if you're not a fan of the Halo series. A weekend should give you more than enough time to get a feel for it and decide whether to buy it—or, you could just blast through the story in a couple of days and then leave it alone if you're not fussed about the multiplayer. It's the Definitive Edition , which arrived on Steam last year , that will be free from October 18-21, according to Gamespot . Halo Wars was first released on the Xbox 360 in 2009, and came to the PC remastered in 2016, but only bundled with its sequel, Halo Wars 2. The Definitive Edition is the standalone version.  There's no word yet on whether the game will go on sale durin…
- Daily Deal - Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, 40% Off - 13 October 2017
Today's Deal: Save 40% on Halo Wars: Definitive Edition !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Patch Release - June 5th - 5 June 2017
A new patch is rolling out today for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. This latest update includes: Added a volume slider for cinematics Added per-AI difficulty settings, selectable via the player card menu Fix scaling of supply gathering icons to match overall UI scaling Miscellaneous localization fixes Allow the middle, fourth, and fifth mouse buttons to be mapped to controls. Added voice chat. This can be disabled via the options menu for users that prefer to use third party chat applications. Thank you for your continued support of Halo Wars: DE!
- Patch Release - June 5th - 5 June 2017
A new patch is rolling out today for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. This latest update includes: Added a volume slider for cinematics Added per-AI difficulty settings, selectable via the player card menu Fix scaling of supply gathering icons to match overall UI scaling Miscellaneous localization fixes Allow the middle, fourth, and fifth mouse buttons to be mapped to controls. Added voice chat. This can be disabled via the options menu for users that prefer to use third party chat applications. Thank you for your continued support of Halo Wars: DE!
- Patch Release May 11th - 10 May 2017
All units! A small update is rolling out today with improvements and fixes to a few issues the team has been tracking. Here's what's included with this patch: Added Single Player Campaign Leaderboards. Added support for keyboard text to toggle between global (/g) and team (/t) chat. Text chat sender names are now colored according to player color. Fixed various graphics errors that sometimes occurred when a large number of units were on screen at the same time. Optimized CU download sizes. Any future CUs will be much smaller. Fixed a few small crashes that were happening in obscure scenarios. Added an anti-trolling fix. Any player kicked from a lobby will not be able to rejoin for a period of time. PC Leaderboards should now say LEADERBOARDS (FRIENDS) in the header to help clarify that Leaderboards on PC are friends-only. Corrected an issue that was preventing PC users from setting desi…
- Patch Release May 11th - 10 May 2017
All units! A small update is rolling out today with improvements and fixes to a few issues the team has been tracking. Here's what's included with this patch: Added Single Player Campaign Leaderboards. Added support for keyboard text to toggle between global (/g) and team (/t) chat. Text chat sender names are now colored according to player color. Fixed various graphics errors that sometimes occurred when a large number of units were on screen at the same time. Optimized CU download sizes. Any future CUs will be much smaller. Fixed a few small crashes that were happening in obscure scenarios. Added an anti-trolling fix. Any player kicked from a lobby will not be able to rejoin for a period of time. PC Leaderboards should now say LEADERBOARDS (FRIENDS) in the header to help clarify that Leaderboards on PC are friends-only. Corrected an issue that was preventing PC users from setting desi…
- Minor Game Patch - April 26 - 26 April 2017
All units! A small patch is rolling out today that migrates the latest round of changes from the Beta Branch over to the regular version of the game. This update addresses two issues that have been reported by some players: Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would ocsasionally disappear Fixed an audio glitch that impacted some players A history of all the updates thus far can be found in the forum. Thanks for your continued support and for helping us identify and fix these issues!
- Minor Game Patch - April 26 - 26 April 2017
All units! A small patch is rolling out today that migrates the latest round of changes from the Beta Branch over to the regular version of the game. This update addresses two issues that have been reported by some players: Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would ocsasionally disappear Fixed an audio glitch that impacted some players A history of all the updates thus far can be found in the forum. Thanks for your continued support and for helping us identify and fix these issues!
- Hotfix (April 24th) - 25 April 2017
Hello! We hope you had a great weekend playing Halo Wars: Definitive Edition here on Steam. We have another hotfix release today that addresses a few more issues the team has been tracking since release: We’ve updated Multiplayer session browsing to be searchable worldwide. Previously, players weren’t seeing games registered outside of the region set in their Steam client. You’ll now see all sessions globally regardless of your region. The game will now notify you if the Steam Overlay is disabled when you’re trying to use functions that depend on the Overlay (i.e. viewing user profiles and inviting friends). The GameConfig.dat is now more robust against bad data, which should help eliminate a crash on launch for a small number of players. We’ve also added a -safemode flag to startup, which will ignore reading the GameConfig.dat if you’ve selected settings your PC doesn’t support. This w…
- Hotfix (April 24th) - 25 April 2017
Hello! We hope you had a great weekend playing Halo Wars: Definitive Edition here on Steam. We have another hotfix release today that addresses a few more issues the team has been tracking since release: We’ve updated Multiplayer session browsing to be searchable worldwide. Previously, players weren’t seeing games registered outside of the region set in their Steam client. You’ll now see all sessions globally regardless of your region. The game will now notify you if the Steam Overlay is disabled when you’re trying to use functions that depend on the Overlay (i.e. viewing user profiles and inviting friends). The GameConfig.dat is now more robust against bad data, which should help eliminate a crash on launch for a small number of players. We’ve also added a -safemode flag to startup, which will ignore reading the GameConfig.dat if you’ve selected settings your PC doesn’t support. This w…
- Thank You and a Hot Fix - 21 April 2017
First off, a huge thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome around the launch of Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Steam! We're thrilled to be here and greatly appreciate your support. Speaking of support, we’ve been monitoring community feedback closely since launch and we’ve just released a hot-fix to address a few issues that have been reported by players. The hotfix moves Universal CRT to App-Local deployment, so users should no longer have to manually install VC redists. It also removes a dependency on Windows Media Foundation, which was affecting players with Windows N editions. We’re aware of a few other issues and are working diligently to resolve them – further updates are on the way. As always, please keep the great feedback coming! Thank you
- Thank You and a Hot Fix - 21 April 2017
First off, a huge thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome around the launch of Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Steam! We're thrilled to be here and greatly appreciate your support. Speaking of support, we’ve been monitoring community feedback closely since launch and we’ve just released a hot-fix to address a few issues that have been reported by players. The hotfix moves Universal CRT to App-Local deployment, so users should no longer have to manually install VC redists. It also removes a dependency on Windows Media Foundation, which was affecting players with Windows N editions. We’re aware of a few other issues and are working diligently to resolve them – further updates are on the way. As always, please keep the great feedback coming! Thank you
- Now Available on Steam - Halo Wars: Definitive Edition - 20 April 2017
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is Now Available on Steam! Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars , updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
- Halo Wars: Definitive Edition to debut on Steam later this week - 17 April 2017
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, an enhanced version of the 2009 Xbox 360 RTS, was released for the PC late last year—but only as part of a bundle with Halo Wars 2 . Microsoft did however say that the game would be given a standalone release sometime in 2017, and so it transpired today that the arrival is just a few days away. Even better, it's on Steam .  In fact, as far as I can tell it's currently only available on Steam. The Windows Store app lists it separately, but at last look the entry still indicated that it's "available only as part of a bundle," specifically the Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition package. Not that it likely matters too much, since I imagine most (not all, but most) potential players would rather opt for the Steam version anyway.    The Steam release has been "updated to run natively on PC," with "improved graphics, new achievemen…
