Comments on: Disassembled Ensemble Reassemble

By: North face

North face — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:07:04 +0000

It’s so funny that so many people are complaining about an event…not every event you attend is going to be exactly as you’d like it to be.

By: the north face denali

the north face denali — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:03:16 +0000

Well said! This was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done.

By: shoes online

shoes online — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:10:50 +0000

By: Centy

Centy — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:50:45 +0000

I can’t wait to see what all 3 studios do with their new found creative freedom. Rock on guys.

By: Pantsman

Pantsman — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:51:06 +0000

As dark as things may seem today, I think the future is less likely to be ash and rubble and more likely to be glass and steel – and at least electric cars, if not flying ones. Does that mean I’m living in the 1950s?

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:33:49 +0000

@chaosmurf
Shit in a million boxes? Not so easy, let me tell you. Logistics become a problem too.

Good luck to the studios,grim that one group ran straight back to microsoft’s teat.

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:16:06 +0000

If Ensemble was costing Microsoft so much money (but also making them plenty as well), why the hell didnt they just release Ensemble back to being a separate entity – let the employees buy themselves out – instead of razing the whole thing to the ground???

Do we know if this was presented as an option, or did Microsoft just update their use by date and toss them?

I find it entirely unacceptable that a SUCCESSFUL company can even go tits up purely on the whim of their owners for no good reason.

By: Tei

Tei — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:16:44 +0000

Haha.. these comments about flyiing cars and jetpacks made me laught.

Flamethrowers is the ultimate solution!!

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:14:44 +0000

@Pags: Perhaps a sideline to provide funding for their games?

By: Pags

Pags — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:45:37 +0000

The Windstorm Studios logo makes them look more like children’s party planners than game developers.

By: Yargh

Yargh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:27:53 +0000

Strangely enough I seem to quite enjoy killing thousands of grey zombies in a semi-destroyed post-apocalyptic world…

That said… Flying cars!

By: dsmart

dsmart — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:17:35 +0000

I am sure that the 1m unit sales number for Halo Wars was its worst case scenario projection. So no, I don’t think it would have mattered either way. If that were the case, they would have waited until HW was released before closing down the studio.

It is all in the numbers.

The bad thing about stuff like this is REALLY GOOD people losing their jobs when they LEAST expect it.

The good thing is that all that repressed talent is now let loose on the world.

The good thing is not always a good thing because most of these splinter studios – regardless of who with a “name” is attached to it, usually end up failing anyway – and for some reason (failed first project) or another (no funding to finish game).