March 4th, 2010 @ Sway Bar, London
UK studios converge to battle over who's the cleverest - have you booked your place yet?
Thursday April 22nd, 2009 @ The Brewery, London
The countdown to the MCV Awards 2010 has begun – with date, venue and categories announced.
July 14th, 2010 @ The Hilton Metropole, Brighton
The Develop Industry Excellence Awards is the only event which rewards the work done by Europe’s leading games development companies.
Report says US studio is winding down business towards closure after franchise spin-off is released
The team working on Halo spin-off Halo Wars is to close, according to a report on Shacknews.
Multiple sources speaking to the site say Ensemble "will shut down operation following the release of its upcoming title Halo Wars".
The site adds: "According to our sources, employees not associated with Halo Wars have been laid off today. Those attached to Halo Wars have been offered incentives to stay on the project until completion."
The studio, which also developed the Age of Empires titles, is a Microsoft Game Studios team. It was founded as an independent in 1997 and bought by Microsoft in 2001.
Ensemble was one of a clutch of studios Microsoft added to its business to support the Microsoft Game Studios efforts as preparations began for the release of the original Xbox. Rare aside, other studios bought at the time have also either closed (such as FASA), been sold off and then closed (Access, renamed to Indie Built when bought by Take Two in 2004), or has divested from Microsoft (Bungie).
Advertisement
Is this proof that, as we say elsewhere, studio acquisitions rarely turn out for the best?
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Age of Empires has to my all time fav game series. I loved and played to death every one of them! If this is true it will be very sad indeed and the end of me as a PC gamer :(
