The director of technology at the
soon to be closed Microsoft developer Ensemble Studios
has admitted his surprise at the decision to shut the studio down.
Ensemble is currently hard at work at the massively anticipated Halo Wars on Xbox 360, though its solid reputation was built on the back of the critically and commercially successful Age of Empires series on PC.
To read the story in full, head over to Developmag.com.
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