With all the uncertainty buzzing round about the future of the Halo franchise in its traditional, first-person shooter format, SPOnG's glad to have something Halo-related and solid to sink its teeth into. We have, for your perusing pleasure, a handful of new Halo Wars screens.

A word of warning, though – don't look directly at them if you have sensitive eyes! Or if you have a hangover, for that matter. Or a headache you didn't earn. They show off the brightest, shiniest war SPOnG ever saw.

Halo Wars is currently aimed at a release in the first half of 2009 on the Xbox 360. You can find out more on SPOnG's dedicated game page.