If, unlike me, you were eager to move on from Windows 7 to its successor, Microsoft and 343 have some good news for you. The Halo franchise will be making its Windows 8 debut with the top-down action shooter Halo: Spartan Assault. Set sometime between the events of Halo 3 and 4, Spartan Assault will allow gamers to earn additional experience, emblems, and achievements for their existing Halo 4 Spartans. The game is coming to both Windows 8 PCs and phones in July. More details from the announcement:
Set between the events of “Halo 3” and “Halo 4,” “Halo: Spartan Assault” explores the first missions of the Spartan Ops program and dives deeper into the backstory of Human-Covenant wars. Play through the eyes of either Commander Sarah Palmer or Spartan Davis stationed aboard the UNSC Infinity as they fight in never-before-seen battles against Covenant forces.
With 25 unique missions featuring unrivaled action and intensity, the single-player experience allows you to compete against friends in. Leaderboards or hone your skills with Weekly Challenges. Replay the missions to collect more than 40 in-game Achievements and Medals.
343 Industries also announced a new partnership with Dark Horse Comics to produce a three-part comic called Halo: Initiation, which will lead directly into the Spartan Assault storyline. In the meantime, check out the screenshots from Halo: Spartan Assault below. While you are at it, scope out the sweet video too!
Update: According to an interview conducted on WPCentral.com, Halo: Spartan Assault will run on Windows 8 RT tablets, which was noticeably absent from the press release. They also have some hands-on impressions as well, so go check it out – we`ll be watching for this one at E3.
Breanna has been gaming since infancy, if gnawing on an unattended controller counts as playing a game. One of the younger members of the Gaming Trend family, she dabbled in PC games as a kid but wasn't fully consumed by the hobby until the sixth generation of consoles. Now an avid PC and console gamer, she looks forward to the day when she can scape together enough cash to join the next gen club.
In the last week of middle school, a math teacher taught her how to program a calculator; she was pretty much hooked then and there. Currently working towards a degree in Computer Science and Applied Math, Breanna hope to someday make games instead of just writing about them. Other hobbies include playing guitar, binge-watching Netflix, and cooking delicious food.
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