Ensemble: "Several" Halo Wars demo stations at E3

by Richard Mitchell { Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:45PM }

Excitement for Halo Wars has been palpable of late, what with a recent GamePro cover story and Ensemble finally allowing a few details to hit the tubes (even from the official Halo Wars website, no less). It wasn't long ago that Ensemble made it known that they would "hopefully" have a playable build at E3. Considering no one outside of Ensemble and a few lucky journalists have laid their hands on the game, it was pretty exciting news. Prepare to be even more excited, as the "hopefully" part of the equation seems to have shifted to definitely. According to Ensemble's Bruce Shelley, as noted on his blog, there will be "several demo stations set up and a large number of media representatives will be getting a chance to play." Smiley face to that.

There are other details about the game in the blog but, frankly, we sort of blanked out after the playable bit. There was this: "This is not a strategy game where you don't interact with your opponent for the first 15 to 25 minutes. Many games are over by that point." E3 can't get here fast enough.

Tags: ensemble, ensemble-studios, halo, halo-wars, mgs, microsoft-game-studios

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jaybird1905 @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:38PM

It always makes me chuckle when I hear bloggers call themselves "journalists"

I know your title technically falls under this category, but I'm more prone to think of Ted Koppel or Anderson Cooper when the word "journalist" is mentioned.

Michael @ Jul 2nd 2008 5:44PM

So why don't you ask Richard to trade jobs with you for a day. Then see how it feels when people put down your chosen profession.

potato @ Jul 2nd 2008 6:46PM

Michael: I don't think he was trying to put down the fine work that blogger do, but rather just trying to point out the pretentiousness of bloggers calling themselves journalists.

Heck, I enjoy many fine blogs every single day, and I know I can't possibly do the work that they do. But that being said, journalists they are not - not your average game blogger anyway.

Journalism implies some level of original research. An expose on score biases in game reviews? That's proper journalism. Bringing together interviews with multiple game designers in an in-depth look at game genres and the nuances of their design? That's journalism.

Reporting on common knowledge with little to no additional information is not journalism. That's just repeating the news, which while being a valuable service that is far from easy, is NOT journalism.

Blogs like this one provide a valuable news source, but don't confuse a tough writing job with journalism.