Ensemble's gift to you: Halo Wars units and structures revealed

by Richard Mitchell { Dec 23rd 2008 at 2:30PM }

Late last week, the crew at Ensemble left us a present and we didn't even notice it. The company unlocked every unit and structure in both the UNSC and Covenant field manuals for Halo Wars. If you're hankerin' for some Halo Wars, you might want to browse through each field manual. After all, the game is only a few months away, so you might as well start planning your strategies now.

One strange note, we're not seeing any Brute units for the Covenant. We know they're in there somewhere though. Upgrades from Elites perhaps?

Source - UNSC Field Manual
Source - Covenant Field Manual

Tags: bungie, ensemble, ensemble-studios, halo, halo-wars

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

bigmac8855601 @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:54PM

STFU already...stop spamming shit.

Tentacles @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:00PM

No.

Maxx the Slash @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:06PM

The reason Brutes probably aren't shown in Halo wars is because Halo Wars mostly covers the pre-Halo 1 period when the Covenant first showed up. The Brutes and Drones weren't assimilated into the Covenant until a week or so before H1 (they weren't deployed on the ringworld because they either weren't deemed effective for combat on Alpha Halo/Installation 04's environment, or they just weren't ready to be deployed). Anyway, that's why they probably aren't in Halo Wars. It takes place when Brutes and Drones weren't in the Covenant yet.

If they do appear, it will likely be in any mission set after Halo 1 occured, if there even are any.

Richard Mitchell @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:48PM

Nerd warning!

Actually, the Brutes were part of the Covenant long before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. Brutes played a major role in the first conflict between humans and Covenant on the planet Harvest, which took place 27 years before the events of Halo: CE.