Coming up in Gaming – February 2017
The time after Christmas is not traditionally a big boom for the video game industry. Most of the biggest releases have come out in the preceding months in the run-up to the holiday period and the next instalment of AAA games does not normally hit until the beginning of Spring. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a few exciting titles set to hit store shelves this February, though, as you can see below. Big Hitters Arguably the most high-profile release in February is the Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive Halo Wars 2. The sequel to the 2009 game Halo Wars, which was created by Age of Empires developer Ensemble Studios, it is one of Microsoft’s biggest exclusives this year. Developed in a partnership between 343 Industries and Creative Assembly, it will see players take control of the same UNSC group from the first game, though, the events take place some 28 years later just after the events of Halo 5: Guardians. The real-time strategy game features similar gameplay to its