makingmusic476 on 30 January 2009
From neogaf:
Thanks for the many kind words here, y'all.
I was with Ensemble from 1999 -- nearly a decade of making games with a fantastic group of people. It was kind of surreal finishing Halo Wars knowing this was coming, but at least we had enough time to put together some plans for what comes next. Tomorrow I'll head into the office, finish archiving off some personal files, and say goodbye to some fine friends. A sad day.
I can't comment on the decision to close the studio per se, but MS gets to choose where they spend their money and headcount -- we had a great run during our time owned by MS and they helped us get a lot of great games out there IMO.
Personally I'm heavily involved with one of the new groups coming out of the ashes, and I couldn't be more excited about what we have in the works. So you haven't heard the last from the folks of Ensemble, even if the studio itself is no more.
I was with Ensemble from 1999 -- nearly a decade of making games with a fantastic group of people. It was kind of surreal finishing Halo Wars knowing this was coming, but at least we had enough time to put together some plans for what comes next. Tomorrow I'll head into the office, finish archiving off some personal files, and say goodbye to some fine friends. A sad day.
I can't comment on the decision to close the studio per se, but MS gets to choose where they spend their money and headcount -- we had a great run during our time owned by MS and they helped us get a lot of great games out there IMO.
Personally I'm heavily involved with one of the new groups coming out of the ashes, and I couldn't be more excited about what we have in the works. So you haven't heard the last from the folks of Ensemble, even if the studio itself is no more.
