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Thats crazy as Age of Empires is one of the few games that breaked the devide between hardkore and casual and became popular and actually namable with my non gaming mates.
that makes me sad, age of empires was my first computer/fts game ever it eventually led me onto AoE II and the aweinspiring Starcraft. I loved those little white guys who would shoot lasers or nukes. and the freakin monkey!
Not good news if you were looking at picking up Halo Wars. As Syn said, that's not the best of conditions to develop a game under, or to finish one up.
That's insanely sad. I loved Ensemble and Age of Empires... I guess AoE3 didn't do as well as it needed to.
Wow. Great plan Microsoft!
Microsoft: "Hey. Do a great job on our key title, Halo Wars because our company needs profits from this game. By the way, you're going to be let go after this."
Developer: "So you want me to do a good job on this game and I'm going to be let go after this?"
I'm going to expect to see bugs in the game, put there by developers that got the notice. Still, it's sad to see them let go. You would think that Microsoft wouldn't touch it's gaming division since it's a cash maker right now with Halo and such. It's a good thing that Bungie got out before this happened.
Microsoft: "Hey. Do a great job on our key title, Halo Wars because our company needs profits from this game. By the way, you're going to be let go after this."
Developer: "So you want me to do a good job on this game and I'm going to be let go after this?"
I'm going to expect to see bugs in the game, put there by developers that got the notice. Still, it's sad to see them let go. You would think that Microsoft wouldn't touch it's gaming division since it's a cash maker right now with Halo and such. It's a good thing that Bungie got out before this happened.
If I was one of them I would make sure that the game was loaded with hidden-in-plain-sight cocks. A la The Little Mermaid.
FUUUUUUCK. AoE 2 still remains my favorite RTS of all time.
Also, Halo Wars is gonna be balls because of this.
Also, Halo Wars is gonna be balls because of this.
God damn it. Why Halo? Why? Fuckers. Ensemble studios made some really fun RTS games. Ages of Mythology was a breath of fresh air, and AOE3 had a certain charm to it. This sucks. Hopefully Halo Wars will be their last gem in a long running stream of enjoyable games.
I'm a dev at Ensemble. I've been there since before the acquisition (in 2001) and this news was shocking. And sad.
Finishing Halo Wars is going to be hard, but I can't think of a better farewell to our studio and the fans of our games than making Halo Wars better than it already is.
And I'm not alone.
Finishing Halo Wars is going to be hard, but I can't think of a better farewell to our studio and the fans of our games than making Halo Wars better than it already is.
And I'm not alone.
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