*Update* Major Nelson got it wrong on his keynote. The release date in the US will remain as Tuesday 5th March 2008. *Update End*
Microsoft’s Robbie Bach announced at Microsoft’s CES 09 keynote, that a demo for Halo Wars will arrive on Thursday 5th February 2009 – giving players just under a month to play the game before its release.
Halo Wars is a real-time strategy game which is set in the Halo universe. Ensemble Studios, the developer of the game, have already confirmed downloadable content has been created and revealed the achievement list not too long ago.
Robbie Back also announced that the US release of Halo Wars had been brought forward from 5th March to 28th February. The release date of the game in Japan, Asia and Europe remain as they were.