Dan Hsu has an interview with Dave Pottinger and Graeme Devine at Crispy Gamer. It has the now standard “yeah it sucked but we’re going forward” non-comment on the closing of Ensemble, but, most importantly, lots of juicy bits about the upcoming console RTS Halo Wars. Devine adds this bit of development chronology that I’m […]
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More on Halo Wars
November 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Design, Ensemble, Preview, RTS
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Most Pointless Teaser Trailer Ever
November 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · RTS
So do we learn anything about East India Company from this video that we couldn’t have figured out from the game’s title?
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Pottinger on Halo MMO and Halo Wars
November 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Consoles, Ensemble, Industry, RTS
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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Tales of Valor Confirmed
November 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Relic, RTS
It hasn’t been a well kept secret, since various online vendors have been listing the title for a while. But THQ and Relic will be releasing another standalone expansion for Company of Heroes. With fresh new campaigns and multiplayer modes, brand-new units, additional maps and the introduction of the ‘direct-fire’ feature, we’re once again committed […]
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Red Alert 3 Smackdown
November 2nd, 2008 · 8 Comments · Media, RTS
Rock, Paper, Shotgun has linked to a debate between a hardcore RTS player and PCGamer/Gamesradar RTS reviewer Dan Stapleton. The short version is that Stapleton gave Red Alert 3 a very positive review but AGMLauncher at Game Replays finds the review too short and uninformative. From what is written, AGMLauncher judges that Stapleton is unqualified […]
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Kelly Hu, Jenny McCarthy and J.K. Simmons
November 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Electronic Arts, RTS
Red Alert 3 hasn’t grabbed me yet – it’s more average than anything else – but there is lots of cleavage that I try hard not to look at because that would be rude. Does anyone find it odd that in this alternate universe all the women are very attractive and drawn to the most […]
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