Microsoft and Ensemble have released a playable demo of Halo Wars . In the demo, players will be able to play the first two campaign missions and the Skirmish mode on one of the 14 multiplayer maps. Halo Wars places the player in command of human UNSC armies as they deploy for mankinds first deadly encounter with the enemy Covenant forces. The game will come in two versions : standard and limited which will contain three new maps for Halo 3.
Halo Wars will be the last game coming from Ensemble Studios which will close its doors later this year.