On Thursday July 18, it was announced at Comic-Con in San Diego that Halo: Spartan Assault would launch at 4:00 PM (PST). That’s 1:00 AM (GMT) on July 19, our local time in Amsterdam. So when we all got up in the morning to go to work on Friday, the game had launched.

Of course, this is a very exciting time for me and my colleagues, as reviews start popping up and people are talking about the game both online and offline. To celebrate, we ate a custom Halo: Spartan Assault cake made by my sister, based on the model of the grenade case as it appears in our game. Instead of grenades, a tablet with a very detailed Spartan on top of it was placed inside the case.

You can get the game here, for Windows 8 and/or Windows Phone 8. If you’re not convinced whether to get the game or not, maybe our awesome announcement trailer will help with that. I’m currently playing the game on my Nokia Lumia 920, so add me as a friend on Xbox LIVE if you want to compare scores. My gamertag is Patt3rson.