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Halo Wars 2

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Halo Wars 2
Halo Wars 2 cover
Developers
Creative Assembly
343 Industries
Publishers
Digital Microsoft Studios
Retail THQ Nordic[1]
Release dates
Windows February 21, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 70
OpenCritic 78
IGDB 77
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions Loot box, Infinite spend, Free-to-grind[2]
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select, Multiple select
Genres RTS
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi
Series Halo Wars
Halo Wars 2 on HowLongToBeat
Halo Wars 2 on IGDB
Halo Wars 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Halo Wars 2 on MobyGames
Halo Wars 2 on Wikipedia
Halo Wars
Subseries of Halo
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition 2016
Halo Wars 2 2017

Halo Wars 2 is an RTS developed by Creative Assembly and 343 Industries that is a part of the Halo series and a serves sequel to Halo Wars: Definitive Edition.

The game released simultaneously on Windows 10 and Xbox One on February 21, 2017.

Cross-play with Xbox One was added in a patch November 2, 2017.[3]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Microsoft Store
Published by "THQ Nordic" and "Microsoft" (4 DVD)
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Play Anywhere. Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Microsoft Store
Windows
All versions require Microsoft Store DRM.

Demo

A free Demo is available on the Microsoft Store.

Version differences

The Complete Edition contains Halo Wars 2 its season pass and all DLC.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC The DLC includes missions, customization options and leaders.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass Note: The season pass only includes additional leaders and does NOT include the below DLC.
Windows
Operation: SPEARBREAKER
Windows
Awakening the Nightmare
Windows

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Infinite spend Card packs can be purchased infinitely with no limit.
Loot box The game uses card packs with varying rarity types for its "Blitz" mode, which can be earned via gameplay as well as a real-money purchase.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Microsoft Store

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Microsoft Store

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX, Voice, Cinematics.
Surround sound
Up to 7.1 output.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
6 Versus, Co-op
Co-op campaign supports two players.
Supports crossplay with Xbox One

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Dedicated

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 3074
UDP 88,500,3074,3544,4500
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500
AMD FX-4350
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7750
2 GB of VRAM


References