Halo Wars: Definitive Edition

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Halo Wars: Definitive Edition

Developers
Original game	Ensemble Studios
	343 Industries
Port	Behaviour Interactive
Publishers
	Microsoft Studios
Engines
	BANG!
Release dates
Windows	December 20, 2016
Reception
OpenCritic	78
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Series	Halo

Key points

Remastered version of Halo Wars. Includes all of the original game's DLC.

General information

Official site

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

Game data

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/

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/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

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)

Input

In-game input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Mostly remappable
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging		Changing inputs requires returning to the 'Start Screen'.
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 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	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.