lol ok i blured the lines betwene the "shut down" and "independent" thing, are they still under the bungie name? I thought they were a new studio all together with a new name???
EDIT: Ultimatly what this means is that the studios that made these awesome games are no longer allowed to keep making them, and either some "not so good" studio will pick them up and WRECK THEM or they just wont have the same feel because we know their made by some one else :( which will also wreck the game.
I'm numb too :'( I was really haping the 'Age Of' series could continue in some form or another, I have to admit I was hoping for an AOE 4 which focuses around the world wars or something, just for the sake of continuing the time line :D but now I couldnt care less for who ever makes it, if they ever do cos it wont be the same! :'( :'( :'( it would be like some one other then blizard making war craft! it would be blasphemy!
If at first you don't succeed, you fail
