Halo Wars: Definitive Edition — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Halo Franchise Sale & Halo: Campaign Evolved Wishlist | 2026-03-02 | All your favorite Halo titles on Steam are currently on sale!Whether you’re jumping back in or picking up a classic for the first time, now’s a great time to expand your library.Be sure to check out the full sale here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/halofranchisesale2026While you’re there, make sure to wishlist Halo: Combat Evolved Campaign on Steam so you don’t miss what’s next: |
| Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Sale | 2022-07-19 | ALL UNITS! Return to the early years of the Human-Covenant War and embark on an epic journey with the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire that takes your from Harvest, to Arcadia, to the mysterious and deadly shores of a Forerunner shield world. Grab Halo Wars: Definitive Edition at 75% off today! |
| Patch Release - June 5th | 2017-06-05 | A new patch is rolling out today for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. This latest update includes: Added a volume slider for cinematics Added per-AI difficulty settings, selectable via the player card menu Fix scaling of supply gathering icons to match overall UI scaling Miscellaneous localization fixes Allow the middle, fourth, and fifth mouse buttons to be mapped to controls. Added voice chat. This can be disabled via the options menu for users that prefer to use third party chat applications. Thank you for your continued support of Halo Wars: DE! |
| Patch Release - June 5th | 2017-06-05 | A new patch is rolling out today for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. This latest update includes: Added a volume slider for cinematics Added per-AI difficulty settings, selectable via the player card menu Fix scaling of supply gathering icons to match overall UI scaling Miscellaneous localization fixes Allow the middle, fourth, and fifth mouse buttons to be mapped to controls. Added voice chat. This can be disabled via the options menu for users that prefer to use third party chat applications. Thank you for your continued support of Halo Wars: DE! |
| Patch Release May 11th | 2017-05-10 | All units! A small update is rolling out today with improvements and fixes to a few issues the team has been tracking. Here's what's included with this patch: Added Single Player Campaign Leaderboards. Added support for keyboard text to toggle between global (/g) and team (/t) chat. Text chat sender names are now colored according to player color. Fixed various graphics errors that sometimes occurred when a large number of units were on screen at the same time. Optimized CU download sizes. Any future CUs will be much smaller. Fixed a few small crashes that were happening in obscure scenarios. Added an anti-trolling fix. Any player kicked from |
| Patch Release May 11th | 2017-05-10 | All units! A small update is rolling out today with improvements and fixes to a few issues the team has been tracking. Here's what's included with this patch: Added Single Player Campaign Leaderboards. Added support for keyboard text to toggle between global (/g) and team (/t) chat. Text chat sender names are now colored according to player color. Fixed various graphics errors that sometimes occurred when a large number of units were on screen at the same time. Optimized CU download sizes. Any future CUs will be much smaller. Fixed a few small crashes that were happening in obscure scenarios. Added an anti-trolling fix. Any player kicked from |
| Minor Game Patch - April 26 | 2017-04-26 | All units! A small patch is rolling out today that migrates the latest round of changes from the Beta Branch over to the regular version of the game. This update addresses two issues that have been reported by some players: Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would ocsasionally disappear Fixed an audio glitch that impacted some players A history of all the updates thus far can be found in the forum. Thanks for your continued support and for helping us identify and fix these issues! |
| Minor Game Patch - April 26 | 2017-04-26 | All units! A small patch is rolling out today that migrates the latest round of changes from the Beta Branch over to the regular version of the game. This update addresses two issues that have been reported by some players: Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would ocsasionally disappear Fixed an audio glitch that impacted some players A history of all the updates thus far can be found in the forum. Thanks for your continued support and for helping us identify and fix these issues! |
| Hotfix (April 24th) | 2017-04-25 | Hello! We hope you had a great weekend playing Halo Wars: Definitive Edition here on Steam. We have another hotfix release today that addresses a few more issues the team has been tracking since release: We’ve updated Multiplayer session browsing to be searchable worldwide. Previously, players weren’t seeing games registered outside of the region set in their Steam client. You’ll now see all sessions globally regardless of your region. The game will now notify you if the Steam Overlay is disabled when you’re trying to use functions that depend on the Overlay (i.e. viewing user profiles and inviting friends). The GameConfig.dat is now more rob |
| Hotfix (April 24th) | 2017-04-25 | Hello! We hope you had a great weekend playing Halo Wars: Definitive Edition here on Steam. We have another hotfix release today that addresses a few more issues the team has been tracking since release: We’ve updated Multiplayer session browsing to be searchable worldwide. Previously, players weren’t seeing games registered outside of the region set in their Steam client. You’ll now see all sessions globally regardless of your region. The game will now notify you if the Steam Overlay is disabled when you’re trying to use functions that depend on the Overlay (i.e. viewing user profiles and inviting friends). The GameConfig.dat is now more rob |
| Thank You and a Hot Fix | 2017-04-21 | First off, a huge thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome around the launch of Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Steam! We're thrilled to be here and greatly appreciate your support. Speaking of support, we’ve been monitoring community feedback closely since launch and we’ve just released a hot-fix to address a few issues that have been reported by players. The hotfix moves Universal CRT to App-Local deployment, so users should no longer have to manually install VC redists. It also removes a dependency on Windows Media Foundation, which was affecting players with Windows N editions. We’re aware of a few other issues and are working dilig |
| Thank You and a Hot Fix | 2017-04-21 | First off, a huge thank you to everyone for such a warm welcome around the launch of Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Steam! We're thrilled to be here and greatly appreciate your support. Speaking of support, we’ve been monitoring community feedback closely since launch and we’ve just released a hot-fix to address a few issues that have been reported by players. The hotfix moves Universal CRT to App-Local deployment, so users should no longer have to manually install VC redists. It also removes a dependency on Windows Media Foundation, which was affecting players with Windows N editions. We’re aware of a few other issues and are working dilig |