| starcraft said: 1. Lionhead has been hard at work on another game for at least a year. 2. Rare made Viva Pinata and Viva Pinata 2, both of which are easily N64 quality. Kameo is also awesome (though admittedely not AS awesome). Judging by demo impressions, the next Banjo appears to be N64 quality. 3. Rumour has it Turn 10 are making Project Gotham Racing 5 AND Forza Motorsport 3. 4. Microsoft is in the process of opening a new studio (starts with an "s"). Apparently it's absorbing a lot of the people that were left when they decided to close Ensemble.
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Whats the point of closing Ensemble only to open another studio with the majority of its staff intact? Does the cost of running said studio suddenly become cheaper? Is the cheaper expense worth the lost of the name Ensemble which has a fantastic reputation and a great pedigree for success? I cannot understand the logic of this, the only other reason I can think of is a restructuring attempt by MS to remove the excessive cost of studio exec pay package?
