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Windstorm Studios Spawned from Ensemble Studios Demise

It seems that the people who once worked for Ensemble Studios, responsible for the enormously popular Age of Empires series, aren't going to rest on their laurels and stay out of the game development business. With their initial studio gone, apparently a victim of its own success, most of the people who worked f...

23 March 2009
03:40 GMT

Microsoft Is Excited about the Potential of Halo Wars

The Halo franchise is an extremely popular one, as it has single handedly shaped how people play and are attracted to console shooters. While the first two games really helped Microsoft with its first ever gaming console, the Xbox, when Halo 3 appeared, for the next generation Xbox 360, people were already hooked on ...

4 February 2009
13:11 GMT

Ensemble Talks About the Challenges with Halo Wars

Most of the gamers who like RTS (Real Time Strategy) games remember Ensemble Studios as responsible for the very solid and popular Age of Empires franchise. But, as the franchise was considered by Microsoft, the owners of Ensemble, not very profitable in the long term, the team was informed that the studio would clos...

16 December 2008
15:01 GMT

Halo Wars Arrives on March 3

Microsoft has announced the official launch dates for Halo Wars, the real time strategy title based on the Halo universe. The game will arrive on March 3 in North America, while in Europe, the title will be available earlier, on February 27. The lucky customers will be those willing to pick up the game in Japan, as i...

9 December 2008
06:44 GMT

Ensemble Says Halo Wars Made Them Understand Halo Fans

Ensemble Studios is one of the most respected RTS (Real Time Strategy) game developers out there, being responsible for the very successful Age of Empires franchise. Sadly, as we reported some time ago, the studio is closing down due to the fact that Microsoft, the owner, considered that the titles in the portfolio o...

3 December 2008
13:01 GMT

Halo Wars Isn't Coming to the PC

Halo Wars is shaping up to be a very interesting title, promising players a complete RTS (Real Time Strategy) experience, based in the Halo universe. Microsoft, the publisher of Halo Wars, says the game will feature the best polished strategy system ever employed on its console.The title will be the last project made...

20 November 2008
13:01 GMT

Halo Wars Collector's Edition Detailed

Microsoft has announced the details regarding the launch of Halo Wars, the new real time strategy title from Ensemble, which would be the last title the studio ships before closing down. The game is set in the Halo universe, before the adventures of Master Chief as seen in the Halo shooter trilogy.You can get the gam...

7 November 2008
15:21 GMT

No Playable Flood in Halo Wars

You could be forgiven for caring less about Ensemble's last project ever, Halo Wars. After all, Halo 3: Recon, a new campaign for the Xbox 360 blockbuster, has just been announced, and it is produced by the grandfathers of the Halo franchise, the people at Bungie, so it's bound to be a great experience. Me...

17 October 2008
04:58 GMT

Gearbox Might Develop the Next Halo

Halo rumors are always nice especially because there's a huge number of fans of the franchise that can't wait to hear something interesting about the Halo universe and the new games set in it. For the moment, we know that there's only one game related to the multi million selling first person shooter w...

28 August 2008
06:59 GMT

More Than a Rumor: Bungie Is Developing Halo 4

Since the release of Halo 3 gamers everywhere have been speculating on the future of the series. The most part of this speculation has been based, so far, on the closing credits shown on the Legendary difficulty level. They show remnants of the ship carrying Master Chief as it orbited a new world, confirmed to be nei...

14 July 2008
10:15 GMT

Halo Wars Developers Detail Control Scheme

With Bungie taunting us about a big announcement coming out at the E3 trade show, we might just be around to see a new first person shooter set in the Halo universe. But, for now, the only confirmed game that uses the background of the franchise is Halo Wars, the real time strategy title that is developed by Ensemble...

10 July 2008
18:16 GMT

Halo Wars Unit Lists Detailed

With Halo 3 launched and out of the way, the only interesting thing on the planet for Halo fans is how development on Halo Wars, the real time strategy title coming from Ensemble Studios and Microsoft, is going. It seems that all is well and the game is shaping up nicely.The latest issue of GamePro has some details r...

11 June 2008
09:39 GMT

Exit Halo 3, Enter Halo Wars

Immediately before the release of Halo 3, the (apparently) last game in Master Chief's interplanetary saga, rumors began to surface that the Halo universe would be used as support for a real time strategy title set years before the events of the original Halo, as the Covenant and the Earth forces are engaged in ...

8 May 2008
05:55 GMT

Xbox 360 - Ensemble Says 'Halo Wars' Demo Is on The Way

Ever since the gamers worldwide found out that Halo Wars was in the works, a lot of talk began on how the Halo universe will look like in an RTS, how an RTS would play on the Xbox 360 and so on. Since Ensemble started work on it, few details have been revealed, but luckily, this time around Halo and RTS fans have som...

17 July 2007
05:56 GMT

Multiplayer Halo Wars Plays. That's it?

The Xbox 360 exclusive RTS from Ensemble Studios, is something anyone barely hears about anymore. Since Ensemble took on Halo, to make the RTS version of Bungie's series, the only taste anyone has had of Halo Wars game, was a cinematic trailer released at X06 last fall. Since then, no screenshots, no videos, no ...

2 March 2007
09:59 GMT


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