Anyone Can Buy Halo Wars: Definitive Edition This Week

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, the remastered version of the 2009 real-time strategy game, will be available for individual purchase this Thursday, April 20, publisher Microsoft Studios announced today.

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The Definitive Edition, which Microsoft announced during E3 2016, was actually released in mid-December. But until now, it has been available only for people who bought the $79.99 Ultimate Edition of Halo Wars 2. While that sequel didn’t launch until February, Microsoft opened up the Definitive Edition of Halo Wars on Dec. 20 to customers who pre-ordered the Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition.

Microsoft will be selling Halo Wars: Definitive Edition for $19.99, so buyers of Halo Wars 2’s Ultimate Edition didn’t save any money — they just got four months of early access. The Definitive Edition will be available on Windows PC and Xbox One; PC gamers can choose to buy the game on Steam or the Windows Store. The Steam version features Steam achievements and a server browser. Because Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an Xbox Play Anywhere title, people who purchase it from the Xbox Store or the Windows Store will receive the other version free.

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Halo Wars was originally made by the now-defunct Ensemble Studios, the company behind franchises like Age of Empires. The Definitive Edition — which offers improved graphics and additional achievements, and includes all of the game’s add-ons — was developed by Behaviour Interactive and 343 Industries.

Source: Polygon