Archive: september 23, 2008

Ensemble Were Working On A Halo MMO [Halo]

Big news coming out of the Ensemble closure today, as Gamasutra are reporting that the Age of Empires developers were, at one stage, working on the long-rumoured Halo MMO. Seems the game was in development from 2006 to 2007, before being quietly cancelled without, obviously, ever being announced by Microsoft. Some concept art for the game's also surfaced, with a mock-up screen above, and some small character art shots after the jump. Wonder why it was canned? And if that had anything to do with the decision to close Ensemble? And if the project was cancelled, is it now being worked on by someone...

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Tags: Breaking, Ensemble, Halo, Halo MMO, Microsoft, Top, news

Sep 23 Ensemble Studios was working on Halo MMO?

Sep 9 Rumortoid: Ensemble Studios closing its doors after Halo Wars

Nov 24 Halo Wars' controls trump the mouse and keyboard

Sep 18 Shocker: MS working on a shedload of Halo games

Sep 26 The End of Ensemble

Dec 1 How do you make a Halo fan play an RTS? Grenades, apparently

Sep 23 Ensemble employees were 'shocked' about closure news, failed to be awed

Nov 25 Halo: Recon is now called Halo: ODST, change your wishlists accordingly

Sep 11 Age of Empires has a future after Ensemble Studios folds

Sep 24 A Halo MMORPG? Apparently there was...

Oct 10 TGS 08: Bungie says Halo Recon is the last Halo project

Dec 1 What Halo Wars Developer Learned About Halo Players [Ensemble Studios]

Jun 15 Halo Wars Addict Meets Supplier [Halo Wars]

Jun 25 All aboard the Halo rapetrain: MS survey reveals 'unique' ideas

Sep 25 More Halo MMO Concepts: Revenge of Mistress Chief [Ensemble Studios]

Apr 9 Game Debate to the Death!
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Nov 18 Halo MMO Was Originally Given The Green Light [Halo MMO]

Apr 26 'Halotography': What you wanted next-gen Halo to look like

Sep 10 Rumor: Halo Wars Dev Going Belly Up [Disturbance In The Workforce]

Jul 16 Microsoft confirms a new Halo game is in the works

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