Halo Wars

Halo Wars is a real-time strategy video game that is set in Halo Universe. The game was designed by Ensemble Studios and owners of Xbox 360 will definitely enjoy this. This is the last project that was developed by Ensemble Studios.
Halo Wars uses vehicles and species that were seen in the earlier Halo games. The units in the previous games are also featured here. The A-button selects the 3 methods: you can tap to choose one unit, tap twice to choose a particular unit, or select all the units of a specific class on the screen. You can also paintbrush the selected unit by dragging the brush over. (more…)

Defense Grid

Computer video games under the Tower Defense or TD genre, is one of the most popular types of real-time strategy games.  The primary objective of all TD games is to prevent the enemies from infiltrating the home base by building towers around it that will serve as its perimeter defense.  It is the goal of the player to defend his area of responsibility by carefully strategizing where the different towers will be positioned to provide maximum security defense.

The latest TD game to hit the gaming scene is Defense Grid: The Awakening by Hidden Path Entertainment.  The PC version of the game was released last December 8, 2008 while the XBOX version will be available anytime this year.  (more…)

Tom Clancy's Endwar

Playing an RTS or real time strategy game is one of the many things that makes video gaming a very fun and pleasant experience. It allows the player to build nations and cities in his name and wage war in order to protect or expand it. It allows him to take control of his nation’s technology and resources and command his army to do all his bidding and desires. However, this is often played only in pc games because it usually requires a mouse to easily take control of all the units that will come under the player’s command. An RTS on the Xbox or any gaming console can prove to be a very difficult task especially if the battle is going one and there is mayhem on the screen.

This is what makes gamers want to buy Tom Clancy’s Endwar. This game, which is set on the future possibility of World War III, makes real strategy gaming on the Xbox fun and really possible. It’s considered to be a pioneer on console RTS games because of its unique features that makes commanding an army without a mouse easy and really life-like. (more…)