It’s not very often that a [[link]] real-time strategy title earns a midnight launch, but toss the word Halo in there and GameStop sits up and listens.
GameStop is inviting Halo fans to “bring [[link]] out their inner Warthog” during Halo Wars midnight launch events, held at more than 2,000 locations across the U.S. this coming Monday, March 2nd. While I cannot begin to imagine why they would want you to bring out your inner futuristic military dune buggy, I’m sure they meant it in a nice way. The company is throwing out all the stops for the launch of the next game in the Halo series, with Halo 3 tournaments, dress-up contests, trivia challenges, and Warthog races going on from 10pm to midnight, when a much smaller crowd then they are expecting line up to get their copies of the game.
It’s not that I am hating on the game or anything. From what I’ve heard it’s not too bad. It’s just there’s only one company I know of that puts out real-time strategy titles customers are going to line up at midnight for, [[link]] and StarCraft II is a ways off. Still, if you can’t wait til Tuesday afternoon, check out GameStop’s launch page to see if you don’t have to.
https://kotaku.com/halo-wars-review-a-fistful-of-spartans-5158843