What looks to be an amazing title which is exclusive to Microsoft's Xbox360 platform Halo Wars draws on the existing games history but moves away from the first person shooter genre and delves into the world of real time strategy.

The games developers have this to say

Halo Wars is a real-time action strategy game for the Xbox 360 that allows the player to control large armies and to shrewdly direct them in realistic warfare. Set early in the iconic war between the Covenant and UNSC - made famous by the Halo FPS games - Halo Wars provides a new angle on the war while bringing new heroes to the battle.

In Halo Wars fans will be able to control armies of units that are familiar to them from the FPS games, such as UNSC Marines, Scorpion Tanks, and the iconic Warthog. 

 

 The Controls

We've spent a great deal of time simply on getting the controls right.  Halo Wars was created for the Xbox360 from the ground up, which meant we didn't have to make compromises or shoe-horn in artifacts from a Windows PC game. We were able to take all the best aspects of RTS games, make them work perfectly on the Xbox 360, and exclude the rest.

You can see the E3 demo here or to download for a high quality version visit the official site and go to the downloads section Here