Halo Wars 2 Awakening The Nightmare is Previously Rumoured “Codename Hollywood”

Franchise director Frank O' Connor shatters more than a few expectations.

Posted By | On 21st, Aug. 2017

Halo Wars 2

Microsoft’s Gamescom conference is in the bag and you’d be forgiven for thinking that nothing was missed. Rumours had indicated before the event that Microsoft would reveal something called “Codename Hollywood” but that just turned out to be the codename for Halo Wars 2’s next DLC Awakening The Nightmare. Confirmation of the same came from none other than Halo franchise director Frank O’Connor on NeoGAF.

Halo Wars 2: Awakening The Nightmare will be a significant expansion for the game though, bringing a new campaign focused on the Banished with new cinematics from Blur, new maps, new leaders and a new mode Terminus Firefight.

It takes place months after the events of Halo Wars 2 and sees The Banished doing anything possible to beat the UNSC Spirit of Fire, though it involves the Flood getting involved. Yes, that Flood. The DLC arrives on September 26th for Xbox One and Windows 10 PC with the entire game supporting 4K and HDR on the Xbox One X when it launches on November 7th.


Amazing Articles You Might Want To Check Out!

Share Your Thoughts Below  (Always follow our comments policy!)



Keep On Reading!

Cronos: The New Dawn Opted for Sci-Fi Premise to Distinguish it From Silent Hill 2 Remake

Cronos: The New Dawn Opted for Sci-Fi Premise to Distinguish it From Silent Hill 2 Remake

Director and designer Wojciech Piejko reveals the developer "didn't want to overlap with, let's say, a more gr...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – Patch 4.1 Nerfs Extremis Spawns and Buffs Weapons in Operations

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – Patch 4.1 Nerfs Extremis Spawns and Buffs Weapons in Operations

Game director Dmitriy Grigorenko also confirms public test servers will arrive in early 2025 to test changes b...

Zenless Zone Zero – Version 1.3 Livestream Set for October 25th

Zenless Zone Zero – Version 1.3 Livestream Set for October 25th

The livestream features Lighter and Tsukishiro Yanagi and will provide details for the next big update, "Virtu...

Control 2 Seemingly Teased in Alan Wake 2: The Lake House DLC

Control 2 Seemingly Teased in Alan Wake 2: The Lake House DLC

Remedy Entertainment has seemingly snuck the first glimpses of Control 2 into the recently-released second DLC...

Ubisoft Says it Has “Started an Exploration Phase on the Rayman Brand”

Ubisoft Says it Has “Started an Exploration Phase on the Rayman Brand”

Following recent reports that a Rayman remake is in the works, Ubisoft has stated that it has started explorin...

EA Sports FC 25, Astro Bot Were the US’ Bestselling Games in September

EA Sports FC 25, Astro Bot Were the US’ Bestselling Games in September

Other new releases such as The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, and others...