We have three new screenshots from Halo Wars, a real-time strategy game in the works at Ensemble Studios, designed exclusively for the Xbox 360. Halo Wars will allow you to take charge of the human UNSC armies and see the Halo universe from a totally new perspective. The game will take place before Halo 1 during the UNSC's first deadly encounters with the Covenant. Players will lead the crew of the UNSC "Spirit of Fire" from initial skirmishes to an all out war against the evil Covenant. Halo Wars will be released in early 2009.