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Halo Wars: Definitive Edition

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Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition cover
Developers
Original game Ensemble Studios
343 Industries
Port Behaviour Interactive
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Engines
BANG![citation needed]
Release dates
Windows December 20, 2016
Reception
OpenCritic 78
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi
Series Halo
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on IGDB
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition guide on StrategyWiki
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on MobyGames
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Wikipedia
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Halo Online 2015*
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Halo Recruit 2017
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Halo Infinite 2021


Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is a real time strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and 343 Industries, with Behaviour Interactive being responsible for the PC port. The game is a part of the Halo series and a serves prequel to Halo Wars 2.

Originally releasing on March 3 2009 exclusively on Xbox 360, the game was later remastered for Xbox One and Windows 10 bundled with the Halo Wars 2 Ultimate bundle, before finally being released for standalone purchase on April 20 2017.

The Definitive Edition features improved graphics, additional achievements and all the DLC that was offered for Halo Wars.

General information

Official site
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename[1][2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\video\
  2. Delete or rename 343_Intro.bik, MSGameStudio_Intro.bik.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Microsoft Store
Steam %LOCALAPPDATA%\Halo Wars\GameConfig.dat
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/459220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.BulldogThreshold_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\0009000004A4B138_6FA9010088A3442BA8B18CF53D64D3E9\0059769F9205496C9CE1349E2BD749A4\
Steam <path-to-game>\savegame\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/459220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Can be enabled or disabled.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
"texture filtering" setting with eight steps.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA 2x, 4x, 8x
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 120 fps.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Microsoft Store and Steam players cannot play together.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 4200
Nvidia GeForce GT 740M
AMD Radeon R5 M240
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/459220/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (459220) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References