Yeah, the Halo Wars Strategic Options DLC pack wasn’t exactly a steal at 800 Microsoft Points (or $10) but what’s worse is the pack itself is only 2MB. This led gamers to believe that perhaps the content was already included on the original game disc which caused all sorts of an uproar.

Well, Dave Pottinger, lead game designer for Halo Wars, decided to sooth the anger and step in having been quoted the following on the official Halo Wars message boards:

None of the DLC was on the disc when it shipped. The game modes are a small download because they are rules. There is some new content, but it’s obviously a different type of content compared to a map. Also, the recent patch added a bunch of miss support/engine groundwork for both DLCs.

Yeah yeah, nice excuse Pottinger, but what about the price?

It seems the Strategic Options DLC pack for Halo Wars has officially hit Xbox Live for all to have. What’s included in the pack, you say? Well, thanks to Destructoid we have the entire contents listed below.

You’ll get 3 new game modes:

Keepaway: Teams need to capture a free-roaming Sentinel three times to win. Halo War’s version of Capture the Flag.

Tug of War: Victory is determined by the amount of units, buildings and resources that are left at the end of the round.

Reinforcement Mode: Units are provided in waves.

And 4 new achievements totalling 100 Gamerpoints:

One and Done: Score the winning point in a game of Keepaway against Legendary A.I.’s

Pull Hard, Pull Deep: Win and never trail in a Tug of War game

Freak on a Streak: Gain at least 15 population from a single wave in a Reinforcement game

Living Loving Bug: Obtain a Scarab during a Reinforcement game

And best of all it’s only 800 Microsoft Points. Wait, 800 Microsoft Points? That’s $10 dollars, right? And you don’t even get 1 new map? Is this some kind of joke?

Perhaps Microsoft is testing us to see who the real Halo fans are. Then again, probably not.