Major Fucking Bummer.
Quote:Today, we shared with our employees at Ensemble that we have plans to close the studio after Halo Wars RTM. Such a decision is never easy. Like any business, we’re accountable for making tradeoffs and the right level of investments that will drive profit and future growth. However, as we reviewed our first-party portfolio and where we need to invest and divest our resources to achieve our long-term strategies, it became clear to us that closing the studio and redeploying those resources to other more scalable ventures is the right thing for our business at this time.
I am a huge Age of Empires fan from way back (Rot/Val/and I) played for DAYS at a time on AOE1/2 .
Let it be known, when MS starts to move away from PC Gaming - one would think after the failed 'Plays on Windows Vista' initiative I think I can hear the grim reaper coming for non-MMO genre PC Games, and eventually MMO PC Games (not any time soon mind you, consoles have to get more MMO friendly). This coupled with Spore's DRM hassels is killing PC Gaming quicker than I thought.
Read The "Ensemble, You're Done Here" Email From Microsoft
