Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare

Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare is an upcoming DLC expansion for Halo Wars 2. It is set to be released on September 26, 2017 for the Xbox One and Windows 10 platforms, priced at $19.99 USD. It contains two new Banished leaders; a new set of campaign levels bookended by prerendered cinematics created by Blur; and finally, a new multiplayer gamemode called Terminus Firefight.

Description
Awakening the Nightmare's campaign is set a few months after the conclusion of the main game's campaign. It centers on the Banished, as they engage in a conflict with Flood survivors from the first Battle of Installation 00. The experience is bookended by prerendered cinematics, produced by Blur Studio.

Terminus Firefight, meanwhile, tasks teams of up to three players with simultaneously defending their bases and a Forerunner terminus node from waves of hostile UNSC, Banished and Flood troops. In addition to the standard gameplay features of Halo Wars 2, players have the ability to build defences such as barricades and spike floors. This adds a tower defense-style twist to the gamemode, in a similar manner to the Hold the Line campaign level.

Gametypes

 * Terminus Firefight

Leaders

 * The Banished
 * Pavium
 * Voridus

Units

 * Flood
 * Infection Forms
 * Combat Forms
 * Abomination

Trivia

 * Two new multiplayer maps, Mirage and Fissure, were added to the game alongside the DLC. However, these maps are available to all players, regardless of whether they own Awakening the Nightmare.