Halo Wars 2

Halo Wars 2 takes place in the science fictional universe of the Halo series, during the 26th century. The game is set in 2559, 28 years after the events of Halo Wars and shortly after the events of Halo 5: Guardians. Halo Wars closes with the crew of the UNSC warship Spirit of Fire entering cryosleep and drifting into space. Since that event, the war between humanity and the military alien alliance known as the Covenant has ended, and the Spirit of Fire has been declared lost with all hands.

Halo Wars 2 opens with Captain James Cutter (Gideon Emery), Professor Anders (Faye Kingslee), and the crew aboard Spirit of Fire waking from cryosleep at the Ark, a Forerunner installation that manufactured the Halo rings. Unaware of how the Human-Covenant war concluded during their absence, the Spirit of Fire's forces travel down to the surface of the Ark upon receiving a signal from an emergency beacon. They encounter and battle with an alien faction known as the Banished, a group that broke away from the Covenant. The Banished are led by the Brute warlord Atriox and rose to power following the Covenant's demise. On the Ark, a logistics artificial intelligence, Isabel (Erika Soto), is recovered from the ruins of a UNSC base destroyed by the Banished. She informs the Spirit of Fire of recent events and seeks retribution against the Banished.

Halo Wars 2 is a real-time strategy video game, in which players command armies from a bird's-eye view of the battlefield. Like Halo Wars, the game features two playable factions: humanity's main military arm, the United Nations Space Command (UNSC), who return from the first game, and a new alien faction known as the Banished, who serve as replacement for the Covenant. Each faction has different leader units. The campaign mode is composed of thirteen missions, and will support cooperative gameplay.

The game features a number of multiplayer modes that can be played online with up to six players. Skirmish supports cooperative or solo play against AI opponents. Deathmatch involves fighting until only one player remains. Stronghold and Domination are multiplayer modes centred around controlling bases or nodes on the map. Blitz is an all-new multiplayer mode.