In the latest video documentary of the real-time strategy game Halo Wars by Ensemble Studios, we are given a look at the individual units appearing in the game, from hordes of Spartans to swarms of Locusts.

Seeing the units in Halo Wars up close and personal like this, makes me more than a little excited about the upcoming game, especially at the prospect of finally getting to see whole squads of Spartans in action. The best part of the video though is the comparison that campaign lead Jerome Jones makes regarding controlling a squad of Spartans versus controlling the ultimate Spartan, Master Chief.

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And we were expecting only coal in our stocking, but those generous boys at Bungie were nice enough to get us some new screenshots for the upcoming Halo 3’s Mythic Map Pack.

Bungie reminds us that we’re still weeks away from getting our hands on the new Halo 3 maps, courtesy of Halo Wars unfortunately. So to tide you over as the weeks drag on, we’re re-gifting these virtually new pictures to you in our gallery.

Hit the jump for all the screenshots.

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We’ve reported quite a bit on Ensemble Studios’ latest (and last) project – Halo Wars. And no doubt the cinematics look great, but what we still never got a chance to see was how the game actually worked. Well our questions are finally answered with this video.

There’s apparently a “circle menu” that drives most of the game’s commands, and from the little we see here, it looks like the circle thing looks it just might avoid a total RTS console disaster.

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