*CONFIRMED*: Ensemble to close after Halo Wars

[Scott]

Link (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/09/rumor-ensemble-to-close-after-halo-wars/)

I hope this isnt true. Those guys have been with Microsoft for a long time and also made some of the best RTS games ever. I mean first FASA and now Ensemble? This better not be true.

[jakncoke]

ya seen this a couple days ago and has me wondering wtf is Microsoft planning cause seriously they have been fail at building a dominant 1st party which is basically a must to survive long term

closing Ensemble
Bungie going 2nd party
letting Bizarre Studios slip into Activision hands,
letting Bioware slip into EA's hands