Halo: Spartan Assault revealed for Windows Phone and Windows 8
As with other twin-stick shooters, Halo: Spartan Assault hinges on maneuvering your character out of harm's way while aiming and firing back in 360 degrees. The game retains controllable vehicles, established franchise weapons (see: canon canons) and covenant enemies, but moves the perspective to high above the battlefield and replaces the controls with a touch-screen interface. It's obviously more simplistic than Halo proper, and certainly more likely to be mentioned in an article with Microsoft's range of Surface tablets.
Halo: Spartan Assault is developed by 343 Industries and Vanguard Games (Greed Corp, Gatling Gears), and comes complete with leaderboards, weekly challenges, and connectivity rewards for Halo 4, firstly in the form of new Spartan emblems. It will also be accompanied by a three-part prequel comic series called "Halo: Initiation."
If dragging thumbs across a capacitive screen isn't ideal, you can play the Windows 8 version of Spartan Assault with a mouse and keyboard. According to Microsoft, "Halo: Spartan Assault will add support for the Wired Xbox 360 controller for Windows on Windows 8 PCs, tablets and Surface devices shortly after launch, via a title update."
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/04/halo-spartan-assault-breaks-off-peace-for-windows-8-pcs-tablet/
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FrogPosted:
BDB Pff Phone games, never liked them. also $7.00 LOL NEVER.
Yeah that is a very steep price for a phone game, they are always pretty bad. Only the simple games are good...
MentalistPosted:
YIGLobbiesLeap $7.00 LOL for a game on your phone, That's alot ahah
I think we all agree on this. Case closed.
IKR, nobody's buying that, $1,99 maybe :)
NasyrPosted:
Leap $7.00 LOL for a game on your phone, That's alot ahah
I think we all agree on this. Case closed.
MentalistPosted:
Leap $7.00 LOL for a game on your phone, That's alot ahah
I won't pay that much for a phone game ;) Max I'm paying is $0,89
MentalistPosted:
They should bring this out for consoles aswell, I don't like phone games that much!
KatsumiPosted:
I've never been a fan of twin stick shooters. I will likely not end up getting this game for that reason. I've also been liking halo less and less as of late
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