Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- PC · XONE
- Mode
- Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative · Split screen
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- None
The story
After decades adrift and declared “lost with all hands,” the brave crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire are mysteriously awoken above an ancient Forerunner haven known as the Ark. In Halo Wars 2, Captain Cutter and his crew will face one of humanity’s most formidable threats yet: The Banished – a fierce and powerful Brute faction led by a cunning and lethal warrior known as Atriox. Halo Wars 2 delivers real-time strategy at the speed of Halo combat. Get ready to lead armies of Spartans and other Halo fighting forces like Warthogs, Scorpions and exciting new units in a brutal war against a terrifying new enemy on the biggest Halo battlefield yet.
- Science fiction
- sequel
- bink video
- windows store
- xbox play anywhere
- xbox one x enhanced
- loot boxes
- pax west 2016
- gamescom 2015
- the game awards 2017
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 76 / 100 · 56 players
- Critics
- 77 / 100 · 19 critics
- Developer
- 343 Industries, The Creative Assembly
- Publisher
- Microsoft Studios
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.









