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Year 2008

 

Rate Video: Halo Wars - Original Trailer (HQ)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Dec 30

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By rss@youtube.com (TheXboxGameMan) This is the Original reveal trailer showcased at E3 2007 by Ensemble Studios, one of the leaders in producing RTS Games, famous for the Age of Empires series. however it will be their last game after Microsoft announced that they would be closing down the studio. Lead designer Dave Pottinge...

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Original at Google Video external link    Wed, Oct 22

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Unknown length - 2008-10-23 New Halo game being developed by Ensemble Studios (the game studio behind the Age of Empires games). It is also a RTS and will be Xbox 360 Exclusive. For more info on this game, visit http://www.halowars.com/

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Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Oct 14

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By rss@youtube.com (GriffNZ) Getting completely owned by my Wife in Age of Empires 3. She always kicks my ass at this game Author: GriffNZ Keywords: age of empires microsoft games pc RTS fun video owned Added: October 14, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Sep 7

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By rss@youtube.com (musket09) Greg Kasavin ,(gamespot reviewer), reviews about the successfully RTS game, Age of Empires 3 Author: musket09 Keywords: Age of Empires Gamespot Review Greg Kasavin Ensemble studios Added: September 7, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Sep 2

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By rss@youtube.com (rronqe27) Just a scene from the game campaign. Nothing special just a battle gameplay Author: rronqe27 Keywords: AoE Age of Empires games Microsoft gameplay graphic good game best empire Nvidia gamer RTS strategy real time Added: September 2, 2008

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Year 2009

 

Rate Halo Wars isn't just for RTS n00bs

Original at Globe and Mail external link    Mon, Apr 6

Xbox World Australia  Canada Developer Ensemble Studios, whose credits include the excellent Age of Empires series for Windows, are masters of real-time tactics, but it seemed clear that they would need to deliver a relatively rudimentary experience if they wanted the game to ...

Rate 'Halo Wars,' 'HAWX' video games take fresh approaches to combat

Original at Ventura County Star external link    Fri, Mar 27    11 related articles

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 CA a genre played mostly by PC users — the real-time strategy game — and shift it to consoles. Developer Ensemble Studios built its reputation with the RTS series “Age of Empires”; it was dismantled in January, and “Halo Wars” is its final project. ...

Rate GAME REVIEW: 'HAWX' takes a fresh approach to combat

Original at Reading Eagle external link    Tue, Mar 24    11 related articles

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As it did with the original "Halo," Microsoft is trying to take a genre played mostly by PC users - the real-time strategy game - and shift it to consoles. Developer Ensemble Studios built its reputation with the RTS series "Age of Empires"; ...

Rate Halo Wars Review

Original at DailyGame external link    Mon, Mar 23    11 related articles

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First, Halo Wars is returning to its RTS roots not by the studio that had the original Halo concept (Bungie), but by Ensemble Studios, the development team best known for its outstanding Age of Empires games. Second, however, and perhaps even more ...

Rate 'Halo Wars' a game for real time strategy lovers to enjoy

Original at UConn Daily Campus external link    Mon, Mar 23    11 related articles

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Halo Wars" is Ensemble Studios (The creators of Age of Empires II) swan song and it is comforting to know that their final game is a great one. Many people believed that RTS games for consoles could never really be as great as their PC counterparts ...

Rate Video-game reviews: "Halo Wars" outmaneuvers "HAWX"

Original at Seattle Times external link    Sat, Mar 21    11 related articles

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a genre played mostly by PC users — the real-time strategy game — and shift it to consoles. Developer Ensemble Studios built its reputation with the RTS series "Age of Empires"; it was dismantled in January, and "Halo Wars" is its final project. ...

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Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Mar 17

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By rss@youtube.com (develnation) Author: develnation Keywords: Age of empires AOE III Tutorial Editor scenario Native americans RTS How to make do camps indians indian settlement settlements Added: March 17, 2009

Rate Review: 'HAWK' takes fresh approaches to combat

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Mon, Mar 16    11 related articles

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  USA a genre played mostly by PC users — the real-time strategy game — and shift it to consoles. Developer Ensemble Studios built its reputation with the RTS series "Age of Empires"; it was dismantled in January, and "Halo Wars" is its final project. ...

Rate Ensemble: We Were A Victim Of Our Own Success

Original at Kotaku Australia external link    Wed, Mar 11    4 related articles

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 Australia David Rippy - who is now in charge of Bonfire Studios, and leading a team of other ex-Ensemble employees - says the former Age of Empires developer went down because it had been pigeon-holed as an RTS specialist. With the cost of creating games so high ...

Rate Ensemble: We Were A Victim Of Our Own Success

Original at Kotaku.com external link    Wed, Mar 11    4 related articles

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 NY David Rippy - who is now in charge of Bonfire Studios, and leading a team of other ex-Ensemble employees - says the former Age of Empires developer went down because it had been pigeon-holed as an RTS specialist. With the cost of creating games so high ...

Rate Review: Halo Wars

Original at iAfrica.com external link    Tue, Mar 10

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 South Africa This is fortunate because Ensemble Studios are the skilled hands behind the legendary 'Age of Empires' series, which means that they have both the experience and the eye for detail needed to create a truly brilliant RTS game. ...

Rate HALO AGAIN

Original at Daily Star external link    Sun, Mar 8

 UK Forget talk of Microsoft cynically milking the franchise for a few more pence – this is a proper game that’s been buffed and polished by Ensemble Studios, the developer behind RTS classics such as Age Of Empires. There’sa plot in there somewhere, ...

Rate Here Are the Reasons Why Ensemble Studios Closed Down

Original at Softpedia external link    Mon, Feb 23

 Romania That has been the case with Ensemble Studios, the company responsible for the Age of Empires series of Real Time Strategy (RTS) games hit. Despite being quite loved by a lot of players, the company has been recently shut down by its owner, Microsoft, ...

Rate Bonfire is the second new studio

Original at Fudzilla external link    Sun, Feb 22    4 related articles

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bonfire Studios will be based in Dallas, Texas and the management team is made up of former employees of Ensemble Studios who were responsible for the Age of Empires franchise as well as the upcoming Halo Wars RTS for the Xbox 360.

Rate Halo Wars Demo Sets Download Records On Surging Xbox Live

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    Mon, Feb 16

 NC The massive popularity of the demo isn't at all surprising given both the success of the Halo franchise in general and the pedigree of the developer behind the game, Ensemble Studios, which made its debut in 1997 with the popular Age of Empires RTS and ...

Rate Developed by Ensemble Studios for the Xbox 360

Original at krisabel.ctv.ca external link    Tue, Feb 10    3 related articles

 Canada - successfully translating them into an efficient real-time strategy (RTS) game that offers the same taut dynamic of a Starcraft or Age of Empires game, ... Preview: 'Halo Wars' Digital Spy Video Games Coming Soon (Q1 2009) Examiner.com all 17 news articles

Rate Video Games Coming Soon (Q1 2009)

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, Feb 7    6 related articles

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 - The last title to be developed by Ensemble Studios, we'll soon see if the people behind Age of Empires can deliver RTS to the console. ...

Rate Arany lett a Halo Wars, RTS játék, megjelenés február 27-én!

Original at nyiregyhaza.mconet.biz external link    Wed, Feb 4

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 Hungary - A csak Xbox 360 konzolra készített Halo Wars a nagy sikerű Age of Empires széria fejlesztőinek a munkája, mely – ha valaki nem tudná – a Microsoft tulajdona ...

Rate Ensemble Tour Reveals Unreleased Games

Original at g4tv.com external link    Mon, Feb 2

 CA - Feb 2, 2009 The company was best known for groundbreaking RTS series Age of Empires and soon-to-be-released sci-fi RTS game Halo Wars for the 360. ...

Rate Halo Wars Has Gone Gold, Here's How You Can Get the Demo Early

Original at Softpedia external link    Mon, Jan 26

 Romania But, as the series made history with FPS games, it will now make its entry into a whole new genre, the strategy one, as an RTS (Real Time Strategy) title will soon be launched, made by the Age of Empires creator, Ensemble Studios. ...

Rate Halo Wars goes gold

Original at EL33TONLINE external link    Sun, Jan 25

Loot Ninja  South Africa - Jan 25, 2009 Developed by the soon-to-be defunct Ensemble Studios (who made all of those great Age of Empires and Age of Mythology games), Halo Wars is RTS gaming done ... Halo Wars Has Gone Gold, Here's How You Can Get the Demo Early Softpedia all 39 news articles

Rate Halo Wars Gets Demo Release Date and Achievements

Original at Softpedia external link    Thu, Jan 8

 Romania - Jan 8, 2009 but an RTS (Real Time Strategy) game, made by Ensemble Studios, the company responsible for the extremely popular Age of Empires franchise. ...

Rate 9 to Watch in 2009: Games

Original at Newsarama external link    Sat, Jan 3

 NJ - Jan 3, 2009 In Halo Wars, gamers will fight in an Age of Empires style RTS, controlling huge groups of characters from the Halo universe. It will be developer Ensemble ...

Rate Ensemble Talks About the Challenges with Halo Wars

Original at Softpedia external link    Tue, Dec 16

 Romania - Dec 16, 2008 of the gamers who like RTS (Real Time Strategy) games remember Ensemble Studios as responsible for the very solid and popular Age of Empires franchise. ...

Rate Nintendo World Report - DS Impressions: Age of Empires: Mythologies

Original at Nintendo World Report external link    Tue, Nov 18    6 related articles

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The turn-based strategy is a little different from the RTS of the PC versions, but is very close to the previous DS game, The Age of Kings, which is similar to the Civilization series. Players not only do battle, but they must develop ...

Rate Microsoft to disassemble Halo Wars dev

Original at Gaming Target external link    Wed, Sep 10

 PA - Sep 10, 2008 Better known as a PC RTS developer, Ensemble Studios created the critically acclaimed Age of Empires franchise in 1997. Four years later, it was sold to ...

Rate Microsoft Closing Ensemble Studios

Original at Gameworld Network external link    Tue, Sep 9

 Australia - Sep 9, 2008 The studio most famous for Age of Empires will shut its doors after shipping the Halo Wars RTS. The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Ensemble Studios, ...

Rate Halo Wars at Leipzig

Original at ensemblestudios.com external link    Tue, Sep 2

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Second, there has been some great feedback on the new screenshots we released- “Every time we see a new screenshot of video we’re reminded of how brilliant Ensemble’s Halo RTS is looking.” This type of comment is just more incentive to deliver the goods.

Rate Dawn Of War II: Non-Linear Campaign, Customisable Troops

Original at Kotaku.com external link    Thu, Jun 5

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 NY - Jun 5, 2008 O_o My favorite RTS is Age of Empires II The Age of Kings so I recommend that. Another good one is Rome: Total War. So, it's going to use a similar campaign ...

Rate World Cyber Games' 2008 Games Announced [News]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Mar 17

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By Mark Wilson Official WCG 2008 PC Games: · Starcraft®: Brood War™: (1 v. 1 RTS) · WarCraft® III: The Frozen Throne™ (1 v. 1 RTS) · Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath™ (1 v. 1 RTS) · Age of Empires® III: The Asian Dynasties (1 v. 1 RTS) · Need For Speed™ ProStreet (Xbox 360 in US & Canada) (1 v. 1 Racing)

Year 2007

 

Rate Big In Japan: Age of Empires Goes To Asia, Wacky RTS Misadventures Ensue

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, May 18

Microsoft announced today that the hugely popular Age of Empires III is getting the expansion treatment, again, with the fall release of Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. In development at Rise of Nations developer Big Huge Games—as the AoE III team at Ensemble Studios slaves away...

Year 2006

 

Rate GC06: If You Hate RTSes, What Do You Say To Bruce Shelley?

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Aug 30

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By kotaku.com In this case, that passion is RTS games. The game he's about to show me in Leipzig? Age of Empires 3: The Warchiefs, the upcoming expansion pack to the critically-acclaimed but, by me, completely ignored RTS title Age of Empires 3. I don't know anything about Warchiefs. And I don't really know...

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Year 2008

 

Rate [RTS] My little guys don't appear to be working

Original at Games Forum external link    Mon, Mar 3

By Peter Knutsen Since then, I've become fascinated with the demos for Age of Empires III and Rise of Nations, and I have purchased Age of Mythology, and ordered Rise of Nations Gold (it should arrive very soon now). ...

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