Rumor: Halo Wars Dev Ensemble Shutting Down

[i love xbox360]

badgenome said:

DeotoxSlayer said:

Seihyouken said:
To think that this time last year Microsoft had 8 1st party studios. If Ensemble is closed then that brings them down to 5 including Xbox Live Productions.

Bungie (Became Independent)
Carbonated Games (Dissolved)
Ensemble Studios (Rumored to be closing)
FASA Interactive (Closed)
Lionhead Studios
Rare
Turn 10 Studios
Wingnut Interactive

This combined with Bizzare Creations getting eaten up by Activision Blizzard as well as BioWare by Electronic Arts does not bode well for Microsoft's game division in the future.

Rare's also rumored to be closing soon after BK's release.

 

Which is strange since Rare is already talking about the next next Banjo game.

It's a weird time for Microsoft's first party studios...

 

 

if rare cloes's then thats the biggest waste of $300 million ever