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Ensemble: Closure Was Not a Halo Wars Vote of No Confidence

Written Monday, November 17, 2008 by Dan Webb

Halo Wars' Lead Designer Graeme Devine told x360a last week that the closure of the studio was not a vote of no confidence for the title that is due to hit next year.

In the interview, due to be published today, Devine responded "None at all by Microsoft as far as I can tell." When asked what the real reason was, Devine simply stated that "Microsoft is refocusing where it’s put its head count. Honestly, it’s as boring as that. It’s one of those things that’s not anything to do with the studio and is all to do with numbers and places and geography."

Check back later for the full unedited interview with Halo Wars Lead Designer Graeme Devine. In the meantime, check out the latest preview of the latest build here.

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	Comment #1 by Lord of Orion Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 10:52:57 AM I don't know what to think about this, but I don't think that this will be a very good game ... console RTS games never work very well.

	Comment #2 by knockton55 Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 10:53:14 AM Hmmmm, suck's for Ensemble

	Comment #3 by shepdelonge182 Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 10:53:53 AM True dat

	Comment #4 by Mercutio111 Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 10:53:56 AM Still seems a strange decision to me

	Comment #5 by Chance 80 Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 11:12:24 AM While I am a fan of RTS games and would like to see this title come to fruition... I am afraid of how it will handle on the 360. Hopefully there will be a PC version.

	Comment #6 by cincychaos Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 11:38:57 AM @#5 It seems like they built the game from the ground up with the idea that it was solely for the console. There was discussion about that in the previous article about Halo Wars

	Comment #7 by Hells Zargon Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 12:24:55 PM It annoys me how everyone seems to think this game is going to be crap. You need to play the thing before you rule it out!

	Comment #8 by Barrowland Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 12:27:45 PM probs be some sneaky way that they will be able to cut the costs or somthin and still be fine in the long run

	Comment #9 by ClutchPapi34 Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 12:39:13 PM looks sweet

	Comment #10 by DarkZeroDai Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 12:53:33 PM god im blind for a second there i thought they were calling it closure wars xP but still it might be worth a look

	Comment #11 by b3nnyth3gr33k Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 01:24:41 PM its ashame ensemble are over after this

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