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After hearing about the canceled Halo MMO back in September and taking a look at some of the game’s leaked assets, Shacknews questioned Ensemble Studios’ Dave Pottinger about the project and why it died away.

“We had staffed up an almost-40 person team” says Pottinger, claiming that the Halo MMO “had actually been green-lit”, but that new Microsoft management axed the game’s development soon after. Pottinger also explained that their approach to the Halo MMO mirrored some of the familiar concepts in games like World of Warcraft, but stayed true to the Halo art style and overall action theme. But no, Microsoft says we cannot haz Halo MMO … not yet.

Halo MMO received green light approval before managment canceled originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: News, Halo Wars

Joystiq recently got the chance to play through the first three levels of Halo Wars. The game is still good, which isn’t too surprising given our impressions of the game from E3. It’s worth noting though, that the player in question managed to figure out the majority of the “advanced” controls before actually starting the “advanced” tutorial, which is good news for anyone doubting that an RTS can work on a console. Head over to Joystiq for full impressions and a heap of new screens to boot. Now where’s that demo, hmmm?

Joystiq plays first three missions of Halo Wars originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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