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 {{Title|''Halo Wars Launch Site''}}
-{{Era|RW}}
+{{Status|RealWorld}}
-[[File:Halo wars site main 1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Covenant side of the site]]
+[[File:Halo wars site main 1.jpg|thumb|250px|The Covenant side of the site]]
-The '''Halo Wars Launch Site''' was a site used to market ''[[Halo Wars]]'' before the release of the game. It contained the viewpoints of the [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] about the [[Harvest campaign]]. This happens between the events of ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' and ''Halo Wars''.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/games/halowars.html Launch Site Link] (defunct)</ref>
+The '''Halo Wars Launch Site''' was a website used to market ''[[Halo Wars]]'' before the release of the game. It contained the viewpoints of the [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Covenant]] about the [[Harvest campaign]]. This happens between the events of ''[[Halo Wars: Genesis]]'' and ''Halo Wars''.{{Ref/Site|Id=HWLS|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/halowars/index.html?fbid=0eK_L23l9WQ|Site=halo.xbox.com|Page=Halo Wars Launch Site|Detail=(Defunct)|D=01|M=6|Y=2009}}
 ==Overview==
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-==Behind the scenes==
+==Related marketing==
-The model for the planet Harvest used on the site was created in [[Wikipedia:Autodesk Maya|Maya]] by Matthew Law. He also created the transitions to the surface and ensured they seamlessly flowed into footage captured from the game itself.<ref>[http://matthewlaw.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/halo-wars.html '''matthews blog''']</ref>
+There was a website "sidebar ad" created that linked to this website. It featured the tagline "Battles take soldiers but wars need leaders", with a small interactive section where the user can MAC blast a Scarab.{{Ref/Site
+|Id=electricbulb|URL=http://electricbulb.com/projects/akqa/xbox/halowars/index.html|Site=electricbulb.com|Page=Xbox360 - Halo Wars|D=29|M=10|Y=2020}}
-The surface terrain was made using locations from Campaign and Skirmish maps from ''Halo Wars'' and was made by Nate Riley. Nate Riley also made the Halo Wars posters that were unlockable on the website.<ref>[http://www.nateriley.com/Halo-Wars-Dive-In '''www.nateriley.com''' ''- Halo Wars Dive In'']</ref>
+==Production notes==
+The site was made by the team at AKQA. The site featured a rotating Harvest that utilized the Papervision3D of Adobe Flash to render interactive points of interest which rotated in sync with a rendered video of Harvest.{{Ref/Site
+|Id=visualextract|URL=http://www.visualextract.com/projects/|Site=visualextract.com|Page=Projects|Detail=Halo Wars, AKQA, 2009|D=29|M=10|Y=2020}}
+The model for the planet Harvest used on the site was created in [[Wikipedia:Autodesk Maya|Maya]] by Matthew Law. He also created the transitions to the surface and ensured they seamlessly flowed into footage captured from the game itself.{{Ref/Site|Id=blogspotmlhw|URL=http://matthewlaw.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/halo-wars.html|Site=matthewlaw.blogspot.co.uk|Page=Halo Wars|Detail=Monday, February 9, 2009|D=29|M=10|Y=2020}}
+The surface terrain was made using locations from Campaign and Multiplayer maps from ''Halo Wars''. The levels from the campaign that were used was [[Relic Approach]], and [[Alpha Base (Halo Wars level)|Alpha Base]]. The maps from the multiplayer that were used was [[Chasms]], [[Terminal Moraine]], and [[Frozen Valley]]. Nate Riley also made the Halo Wars posters that were unlockable on the website.{{Ref/Site|Id=cargocollective|URL=http://cargocollective.com/nateriley/Halo-Wars-Dive-In|Site=cargocollective.com|Page=Halo Wars Dive In|D=29|M=10|Y=2020}}
+Antonio Gomez a creative developer worked on the site and its "sidebar ad".{{Ref/Reuse|electricbulb}} Adam Marrs a Computer Scientist also worked on the project.{{Ref/Reuse|visualextract}}
 ==Gallery==
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 File:Halo Wars UNSC side.jpg|Image of the UNSC side of the site.
 File:Halo wars site main 1.jpg|Image of the Covenant side of the site.
-File:Collage.jpg|Collage of all the locations used in the site.
+File:HWLS Harvest.png|A image of Harvest used on the site.
+File:HWLS-Harvest2.jpg|Another image of Harvest used on the site.
+File:HWLS Collage.jpg|Collage of all the locations used in the site.
 File:HW wall 1024X768 CV.jpg|Covenant poster unlocked though the site.
 File:HW wall 1024X768 HUM.jpg|UNSC poster unlocked though the site.
 </gallery>
-==References==
+==Sources==
-<references/>
+{{Ref/Sources}}
+==See also==
+*[http://halo.xbox.com/games/halowars.html Alternate Site Link] (defunct)
-[[Category:Promotional Material]]
+[[Category:Promotional material]]
+[[Category:Websites]]