mibuokami said:
starcraft said:
Impulsivity said:
k looked it up. Seems MS has 6 studios, 4 of which make games for the Xbox.
1.Lionhead makes Fable plus some PC games (The Movies, Black and White). They are almost certainly spent for at least 2-3 years after Fable 2 as they work on something new.
2.Rare....Who knows what the Hell Rare is doing, they haven't released an N64 quality game yet on the 360. Their last good game was Conker on the N64 in what....2002? Maybe the new Banjo will be better then it looks, who knows.
Wingnut Interactive which only works in collaboration with bungee (seemingly on something halo related, maybe that Recon game. Sam Fisher/Snake in space!)
3.Turn 10 with their Forza games.
Other then that there are just a few live development studios that are loosely affiliated and ACES which makes the flight simulator PC/Iphone games.
4.On the other hand they've killed 6 studios in the last 18 months or so, more then they left open. At the same time they have not opened any new ones at all. |
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 as a fantastic reputation and 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?
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I think the logic is that the new studio will be Xbox focused, whereas Ensemble was always PC-based except for Halo Wars.
