All Posts Tagged With: "Ensemble Studios"
Confirmed! Ensemble Closing, New Studio Being Formed
Well that was fast. Shacknews got the confirmation that Ensemble is indeed being flushed by Microsoft but not immediately, sometime after the completion of Halo Wars. Microsoft released a full statement saying it was a planned closure and “fiscally-rooted” decision, with an number of employees moving to a new studio in support of Halo Wars and future endeavors.
Microsoft has decided to close Ensemble Studios following the completion of Halo Wars. After the closure, the Ensemble leadership team will form a new studio and has agreed to provide ongoing support for Halo Wars as well as work on other projects with Microsoft Game Studios.
Halo Wars Developer Ensemble Studios Is Shutting It’s Doors
According to multiple reports received by Shacknews, the Mircosoft owned company that’s best known for the Age of Empires titles apparently laid off all “non-essential” personnel today saying the company would close it’s doors permanently once they completed the Halo real-time strategy game Halo Wars in early 2009. I wonder how much this has to do with the newly formed “Halo Franchise Team” that looks poised to move all Halo related development in house? Just a thought.
Halo Tries For Real Time Strategy In Halo Wars
It most likely won’t release this year and it’s sure create a furor when it does and I’m pretty sure I’ll fork over the $60 or whatever to buy it because I didn’t buy a $300 copy of Halo 3 (came with a free XBOX 360) to just play one game. However, trying to keep up with the rumor mill leaves one breathless. Word of cross-platform multiplayer support with PC users is a bit interesting and this whole notion of an RTS model vs the First Person shooter we’re used too is also a bit interesting but hey, it’s Halo. How bad could it be?
via: Joystiq
