Hasta La Gadget!

Are you a huge Halo fan? Are you also a big RTS gamer? Did you ever think those two worlds would collide?

Microsoft is releasing Halo Wars next week on the Xbox 360–and it’s a console RTS game based in the Halo universe. We are not really sure what this genre is going to be called; maybe “first person strategizer”? And how do you play an RTS game on a console? The controls just don’t compute, right? Microsoft has teamed up with the guys who produced the “Age of Empires” series, but in this game, instead of muskets and swords, they’re using Warthogs, Grunts, and Grizzles.

Check out the preview at PCMag.com.