Ah..you can really feel the love in here..

http://www.youtube.com/watc... <--- ?

hahaha bubbles up bro
very well done

Oh look Jerkstore is acting like Mr. toughguy over the fvckin internet. You would get your fvckin neck broke if you talked like that to my face you little b!tch.

Now I'm going back to service your mom for the 10th time this month since we know how all that imbreeding in the family has left your daddy d!ckless.. Like father like adopted son or should I say adopted little b1tch..

ShadowMan/ CloudMan you Suck

You know this jerkstore is just some little fat nerd kid who sits in his room all night after spending the school day being picked on. I mean who goes off like that on someone unprovoked over the internet? The very definition of a puss.

GiantEnemyCrab you also talk like a 'b1tch', seems a bit hypocrtiical.

You wouldn't break my neck or his, if I/he spoke to you like that. We all know that. Just calm down. I know he doesn't seem that clever but trheats are another thing.

No_PUD: Fvck you 2! Your just another Sony c0ckbobber taking sides with your fellow Sony jerk-off. You can bet on it you would get your ass kicked if you talked like that to me. Despite what you think you know and that is no threat..

Look at my original post and look at that reply and you are going to go on my case about it? Are you for real?

Those attached to Halo Wars have been offered incentives to stay on the project until completion.

I wonder what kind of incentives...LMAO - no one cares about Gaylo!@!Q@#!

"LMAO - no one cares about Gaylo!@!Q@#!" Apparently you do. You're in every singe fcking article that has even the slightest thing to do with Halo.

I agree with KBDuB

And second off, why do you only have two bubbles DyingDuck? My guess is it's because you don't ever have anything meaningful to contribute to any conversation ever.

Jerk store's an a$$, and so is Hububla for agreeing with him.

GiantEnemyCrab may have overdone it, but Jerk store is an a$$, so I can understand.

About the news though, I like Ensemble studios for their Age of Empires games, and was kind of looking forward to Halo Wars. It'll suck if this rumor is true, but I don't think it'll be as big of a blow to Microsoft as heyheyhey would like to have us believe. I mean, Halo Wars would still be released, and that doesn't mean another company couldn't take up the reigns of top RTS maker, and DLC creator for Halo Wars.

microsoft has 7 first party studios
ACES Game Studio
Ensemble
Lionhead
Rare
Turn 10
Wingnut Interactive
Xbox Live Productions

They lost 6 of them
Bungie
Carbonated Games
Digital Anvil
Hired Gun
FASA Interactive
Indie Built

if ensemble really is canned, that's quite a loss

edit: yes, but it's still one less studio, one at a time. indie built was sold, bungie became independent, and the others were dissolved/closed. they're closing down studios, incorporating the staff into other ones they already have, but they're not creating new ones or buying others. they should go down that route imo.

edit @ killjoy: nope. bioware joined with pandemic but it's as if they were separated. then EA stepped up and bought them.

that's sort of a misnomer.

Many of those studios, like fasa, weren't canned but only encorporated. Much of the staff from fasa studios joined the rare team, and MS still has controlling rights of those IP developed by them (including crimson skies, mech assaut, mech warrior, shadowrun). The same is possible to ensemble but that usually happens when a studio is under preforming.

either way, I do think it would be a loss. Ensemble has some pretty good name recognition.

But take this with a grain of salt. If this was going to happen there'd be a lot more rumors about it, and rumblings from much earlier. If people are already being fired I would've thought we would've heard something earlier.

Didn't they used to have Bioware? I may be wrong, I'm just wondering.

@ Killjoy3000

No they did not.

Ok, thanks.

And I'm guessing you Know what I'm going to give you...

Microsoft certainly realize that closing down major brand studios like Ensemble would not resonate well with the public. They must have another strategy in place to combat the negative publicity. Perhaps they believe supporting new independent studios that had close tie with the in the past would bring much better quality titles to their platform? Some one have a clue on what Microsoft grand plan is?