So Halo Wars, which comes out in North America on March 3, has gone gold. (Unless, of course, Microsoft is lying to us.) That means, for the non-nerds in the house, that the game is all done and Microsoft is busying pressing copy after copy in some plant somewhere.

You also might want to know that Microsoft has published a sort of documentary that “explore[s] the defining themes of Halo Wars.” You can view it on Xbox Live on your fancy HDTV, or on Xbox.com.

You guys know that Halo Wars is an RTS, right? I haven’t played one of those since Age of Empires 2 in 2000.