Well, of all the things to happen, today we were hit with a major surprise...
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"The team at Ensemble has made invaluable contributions to the games industry with their Age of Empires and Age of Mythology games and with the highly anticipated release of Halo Wars," the publisher said in a statement. "This decision does not reflect at all on Ensemble’s talent or the quality of Halo Wars--in fact, many people who have had a chance to test drive Halo Wars agree that it is on track to being a fantastic game."
According to GameSpot, Ensemble's "leadership team" will form a new development house, and will continue to work on other projects with MSG, including post-release support to Halo Wars. It looks like the decision was financially motivated, although the article isn't entirely clear as to why. Feel free to discuss this topic in our
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[This message has been edited by Aro (edited 09-10-2008 @ 01:34 AM).]