?Halo Wars? fans can continue the fight in the best selling real-time strategy game on any current generation console. Mixing up the battlefield like never before, Microsoft and Robot Entertainment unleash new game modes in ?Strategic Options? today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points.

?Strategic Options,? the first Game Add-on for the wildly popular ?Halo Wars,? introduces new ways to compete while challenging players to rethink their battle strategies in both single and multiplayer skirmish gameplay. The three new game modes included in the new Game Add-on are:

• Keepaway Mode: In this ?Halo Wars? adaptation of Capture the Flag, teams will battle it out to capture a free-roaming Forerunner Sentinel to score points before the other team. The number of Sentinels needed to win scales with the number of combatants.
• Tug of War Mode: Players must build a stronger army than their opponents to succeed. Defeating enemies is essential, but success is determined by a combination of the army, buildings and resources left standing in the end.
• Reinforcement Mode: Players must adapt their tactics and use the ever-changing set of units to outwit and outlast the enemy, all the while facing successive waves of incoming units.

The ?Strategic Options? Game Add-on is available on May 19, 2009 on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 MS Points. ?Halo Wars? is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and 16+ PEGI and is available worldwide exclusively on Xbox 360. A demo is also available on Xbox LIVE in all LIVE enabled regions worldwide. For more information including screenshots from the ?Strategic Options? Add-on, visit Xbox.com/Halo or HaloWars.com.