The Dallas Observer talks to Stephen Rippy
The Dallas Observer has done an excellent article on Stephen Rippy discussing his past and how he came to work for Ensemble Studios where he wrote music for all the “Age of” and Halo Wars games. The article continues right up until present day where Stephen is currently working with Bonfire Studios lead by his brother David Rippy.
You can read the article here: http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-02-26/music/stephen-rippy-set-s-halo-wars-high-schore/2
Reviews for Halo Wars come pouring in. “Impressive”
Reviews for Ensemble’s last game Halo Wars are starting to come in. First up we have IGN who rated Halo Wars an “Impressive” 8.4/10. IGN’s UK arm rated the game 8.2 and in Australia 9.0! In each Halo Wars received an editor’s choice award! You can read the IGN reviews here: http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/955/955576p3.html
Current MetaCritic Score: 83
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars
Great scores so far for a great game!
Halo Wars soundtrack is SOLD OUT in the UK
Great news for Stephen Rippy as his Halo Wars soundtrack is completely sold out in the UK! If you are in the US you might want to try and secure and order quickly.
Looks like this will be a very successful album! Well done Stephen!
From Amazon UK:
Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience, but “Halo Wars” appears to have been a surprise sellout.
When you placed your order #xxxxxx, we believed we had access to more copies – we then discovered that every one of our distributors had rapidly sold out.
Halo Wars soundtrack released!
Great news for Halo Wars music lovers! Stephen Rippy’s outstanding soundtrack can now be purchased on CD at:
Amazon.co.uk : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Halo-Wars-O-S-T-Various-Artists/dp/B001OB3R1I/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1233968056&sr=8-1
and for digital download here: https://www.sumthingdigital.com/index.aspx
Happy listening!
Download 2 Halo Wars tracks early!
Here is a great chance to hear some Halo Wars music composed by Stephen Rippy before the soundtrack is released on February 17th. Sumthing Digital has the preview tracks here:
https://www.sumthingdigital.com/index.aspx
Well worth taking a listen! It is shaping up to be a great soundtrack just like the Halo Wars game itself. Good job Stephen!
Halo Wars sets download record
Like all Ensemble games before it Halo Wars is set to break records and have smashing sales. Today Microsoft announced that Halo Wars by prized developer Ensemble Studios has passed 2 million downloads making it the most popular demo EVER!
This is great news for all the hard work Ensemble Studios put into the game whilst also raising a big question mark as to why Microsoft chose to close the studio.
Halo Wars Vid Doc 3 is up
A quick post from me to let you know that the third Halo Wars vid doc can now be viewed here:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halowars/
Download the Halo Wars demo and win prizes! (US Only)
Have you downloaded the Halo Wars demo yet? You have? That’s great! I hope you are enjoying it. The good news is that you can now enter a competition to win some great goodies. Including Xbox 360 Elites, hard drives and Microsoft points. If your lucky enough you might win a Halo Wars themed Xbox 360 Elite!
To find out details visit : http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/5194/2/ for more information.
Enjoying the Halo Wars music? Soundtrack is out soon!
Stephen Rippy was head of Ensemble Studios Sound and Music department and worked on the Halo Wars Soundtrack. If you have had a chance to play the Halo Wars demo you would have no doubt heard the excellent work Stephen has created with the soundtrack. Hats off to him. If you have enjoyed listening to the Halo Wars music you will be pleased to hear that you can own the Soundtrack from February 17th. Pre-orders are being taken on Amazon now!
Amazon.co.uk : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Halo-Wars-O-S-T-Various-Artists/dp/B001OB3R1I/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1233968056&sr=8-1
Halo Wars demo is now available
Coming straight from the Halo Wars community website at www.halowars.com I can report that the eagerly awaited Halo Wars demo is now available to download for Xbox Live Gold customers and silver customers a week later. I strongly recommend checking it out!
There’s also a new Halo Wars trailer which you can see here: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/viewer.aspx?productId=1898&assetTypeId=2&shotId=6
And also an instruction manual here: http://www.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/31804095-7B32-4CE2-A17E-3CB54A3692EF/0/HaloWars_MNL_EN.PDF
In the words of Ensemble Studios “Have fun and good luck“
