But they said MS will still keep making Age of Empires games.
I don't care much though because I'm not that interested in an Age game that takes place in a WWII or modern or futuristic setting.
I loved the ancient and medieval time periods and I'm still having fun with Age of Empires II and chance was very small for them (Ensemble) to revisit those ages before doing games in the modern ages anyway.
Actually this closing of Ensemble mite be better - if many of the prominent Ensemble guys leave MS and start their own studios chances are higher that they'll make an RTS game with an ancient or medieval setting, cause that's what they do best.