Shacknews has uploaded part one of two part interview with Ensemble Studios about Halo Wars. Today’s portion is Dave Pottinger talking about where things are at. The headline opens with Age of Empires Dev Ensemble Speaks Out on Studio Closure which is true only in the most narrow and literal way. Pottinger says nothing that […]
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Pottinger on Halo MMO and Halo Wars
November 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Consoles, Ensemble, Industry, RTS
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No More Ensemble
September 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Ensemble, Industry
I’d love to get a direct quote from any of the very talented designers at Ensemble (Dave Pottinger, Greg Street, Bruce Shelley) but we’ll have to make do with Microsoft’s official statements. Some outstanding questions: 1) What about Halo Wars‘s post-release support? How does the end of Ensemble impact the chances of downloadable content or […]
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Ensemble and Console RTS
July 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Consoles, Ensemble, RTS
I need to check my blogroll more often since I missed this post from Bruce Shelley about many things. Most importantly, it says a few things about how their RTS Halo Wars will be controlled on the console. I may have mentioned many blogs ago that we reprogrammed Age of Mythology to be playable with […]
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Age of Empires (1997)
April 11th, 2008 · 14 Comments · Ancients, Ensemble, Feature:Anc, Retro, Review, RTS
It’s now one of the most established brands in strategy gaming, but it’s easy to forget what an oddball title Age of Empires was at the time. Bruce Shelley, Sid Meier’s partner in design for many years, left Microprose to form his own studio, Ensemble. With real time strategy games quickly becoming the most popular […]
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Asian Dynasties Patch
April 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Asian Dynasties Patch · Ensemble, Patches
I can’t say that I expected a new patch for Age of Empires III: Asian Dynasties, but there it is. It’s a balance patch with some major alterations to every single race in the game. Well, almost. FRENCH No change
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Asian Dynasties Review
December 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Big Huge Games, Ensemble, Gameshark, Review, RTS
My review of Age of Empires III: Asian Dynasties can be found on Gameshark. Better late than never. The long and short of it is that the Asian nations are very powerful. Their explorers are better so they can get the early treasures faster. They age up with wonders, some of which have special powers, […]
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