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February of 2009

 

Rate Video: Halo Wars - Call To Battle TrailerVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Feb 9

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By rss@youtube.com (GamersHeavenPL) New trailer for the "Halo Wars", titled "Call To Battle". Author: GamersHeavenPL Keywords: halo wars halo bungie Ensemble Studios Microsoft Game Studios Added: February 9, 2009

Rate Video: Demo Play - Halo Wars Stage 2 Part 3Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Feb 8

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By rss@youtube.com (MightyTallestZim82) Author: MightyTallestZim82 Keywords: Demo Play Halo Wars Stage Part MS Microsoft Game Studios Ensemble Warthog Scorpion Ghost Banshee Master Chief Mastur Cheef Grunt Arbiter Added: February 8, 2009

Rate Video: Halo Wars Call to Battle Trailer 2-5-09Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Feb 7

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By rss@youtube.com (HaloSkillzIs1337) A new trailer for Halo Wars as of Februrary 5th 2009 Game Created By Ensemble published by Microsoft Game Studios www.xbox.com/Halo Author: HaloSkillzIs1337 Keywords: Halo Wars Call to Battle Trailer New trailer Machinima Added: February 7, 2009

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Year 2009

 

Rate It's the Dawn of a New Age! Glu Mobile Announces the Launch of Age ... - SYS-CON Media

Original at SYS-CON Media external link    Mon, Apr 27    1 related articles

press release), NJ developed and published through Glu's worldwide partnership with Microsoft® Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and is based on the award-winning real-time strategy franchise for the PC developed by Ensemble Studios® and published by Microsoft Game Studios. ...

Rate Microsoft confirma que Halo Wars ha superado el millón de copias ...

Original at HardGame.net external link    Thu, Mar 19

 Spain Microsoft Game Studios, ha anunciado que el último título de Ensemble Studios, ha alcanzado la cifra de un millón de unidades vendidas en todo el mundo, sin duda un gran dato, ya que hablamos de estrategia en tiempo real para Xbox 360, un género que no ...

Rate David Rippy: Ensemble Was a "Victim of Its Own Success"

Original at TeamXbox external link    Tue, Mar 10    3 related articles

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Robot Entertainment is working with Microsoft Game Studios to develop additional content for Halo Wars and support online gaming and community for both Age of Empires and Halo Wars. Additionally, Robot is developing its own original IP. ... Zadzooks: Halo Wars review Washington Times

Rate Opinion: Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios

Original at Dose.ca external link    Tue, Mar 3

Ensemble Studios, who is well recognized for their Ages of Empires series on the PC, built Halo Wars from the ground up with the idea of creating a successful console RTS game while utilizing the Xbox 360 controller. Halo Wars takes place 20 years ... Review: 'Halo Wars' Poughkeepsie Journal

Rate Halo Wars is an easy way for fans to continue the fight

Original at Tampabay.com external link    Sun, Mar 1

EndSights  FL But never one to let a lucrative franchise die, Microsoft Game Studios tapped Age of Empires creators Ensemble Studios to resurrect the Spartans, this time as a real-time strategy game instead of a first-person shooter. ... HALO WARS Soundtrack (Musick Review) FANGORIA

Rate GameSpot Review: Halo Wars (X360)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Feb 22

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By rss@youtube.com (Banana391Returns) Next Review: Battalion Wars (GC) GameSpot Rating: 6.5 Rank: Fair GameSpot Reviewer: Luke Anderson Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Developer: Ensemble Studios ESRB Rating: Teen Type: Sci-Fi Real Time Strategy Release Date: March. 3rd, 2009

Rate Halo Wars - Full Review - Reviews by PC Magazine

Original at digg.com external link    Sat, Feb 21

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Yeah, you read that right—the Xbox 360's flagship first-person shooter is now an RTS game. Microsoft Game Studios partnered with Ensemble Studios ... feeds.digg.com

Rate Bonfire Studios Formed By Ensemble Veterans

Original at Gamasutra external link    Thu, Feb 19

Robot Entertainment is officially working with Microsoft Game Studios to create additional Halo Wars content and "support online gaming and community for both Age of Empires and Halo Wars." Ensemble Studios was founded in 1995, acquired by Microsoft in ...

Rate Robot Entertainment to continue support for Halo Wars, AOE

Original at Ars Technica external link    Tue, Feb 17

And it looks like things will be very much the same for the Robot team despite no longer being under the Microsoft Game Studios umbrella. ... Ensemble Forms Robot Game Daily Ex-Ensemble devs form new studio, will create Halo Wars DLC NetworkWorld.com

Rate Robot Entertainment Formed by ex-Ensemble members

Original at Game Guru external link    Mon, Feb 16    3 related articles

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 India - The reason for this move by Microsoft was given as a “fiscally-rooted decision that keeps [Microsoft Game Studios] on its growth path. ...

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Original at blogs.nzherald.co.nz external link    Sun, Feb 15

 New Zealand Microsoft Game Studios partnered with Ensemble Studios (Age of Mythology and Empire fame) to now create a real-time strategy. Check out a developer demonstration of the gameplay. So does its conversion to an RTS work on a console and so finally ...

Rate Ensemble Veterans Form Robot Entertainment

Original at Gamasutra external link    Fri, Feb 13    3 related articles

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 CA - Xbox 360 RTS Halo Wars had completed development, in what it called a "a fiscally-rooted decision that keeps [Microsoft Game Studios]on its growth path. ...

Rate Hands On: Halo Wars

Original at PC Magazine external link    Fri, Feb 13    7 related articles

Kotaku Australia  - Feb 13, 2009 Yeah, you read that right—the Xbox 360's flagship first-person shooter is now a real-time strategy game. Microsoft Game Studios partnered with Ensemble ... PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox and PC Game news and reviews New Zealand Herald all 50 news articles

Rate Second Halo Wars Video Documentary Released

Original at HolyFragger external link    Tue, Feb 3

 UT - Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios invite everyone to meet the Spartans of “Halo Wars” and the powerful units they will have at their command in ...

Rate Halo Wars demo announced, new screenshots released

Original at Neoseeker external link    Fri, Jan 23

 - Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Game Studios have announced today that Halo Wars has officially gone gold, meaning it has been released to manufacturing. ... Halo Wars is Gold, Ensemble Exits Game Daily Halo Wars Gone Gold EndSights Halo Wars Is Golden, Demo Drops February 5th Kotaku.com

Rate Microsoft Announces that Halo Wars is Now at Gold Status

Original at Planet Xbox 360 external link    Fri, Jan 23

Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios announced today that “Halo Wars,� the highly anticipated action strategy game based on the legendary “Halo� universe, is finished and sent to manufacturing for disc creation (gold status).

Rate Patch: Planet Age of Empires - News, Cheats, age of empires 3, Downloads

Original at Planet Age of Empires external link    Tue, Nov 25

2) Age of Empires Patch..Age of Empires Patch v1.0c by Microsoft Game Studios. 3) Age of Mythology Dem..Age of Mythology Demo by Ensemble Studios. 4) Text EditorText Editor by Vachu. 5) Object EditorObject Editor by Vachu ...

Rate Rare: Our future products will "surprise" people // News

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Mon, Nov 17

Answering a question on the future of Rare as part of Microsoft Game Studios, following the closure of Ensemble earlier this year, he explained his confidence: "In terms of the Xbox 360 or Xbox as a brand it's really now coming into ...

Rate Halo Wars LE Sweetened By Mythic Map Pack [Halo 3]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Nov 6

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By Mike Fahey Today, Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios announced that the much-anticipated strategy game “Halo Wars” will be landing at retailers worldwide this February in both a standard and Limited Collector’s Edition format. Taking the “Halo” battle beyond the first person, “Halo W...

Rate Microsoft Talks Future of Rare and Lionhead [Business]

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Sep 26

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By Brian Ashcraft About the Microsoft-owned Lionhead, Spencer says there are "no plans" for a Bungie or Ensemble-type reorganization with Microsoft Game Studios, adding "the next Lionhead game is definitely an MGS game". What about the game after that?

Rate Microsoft Confirms Ensemble Closure, Announces "New" Dev House [Halo Wars]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Sep 9

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By Michael McWhertor The owner of Ensemble Studios and publisher of the upcoming Halo Wars has confirmed that the developer will be closing down once work on the Xbox 360 title is complete. In a statement to GameSpot, Microsoft said that the closure of the Dallas-based studio "does not reflect at all on Ensembl...

Rate Shane Kim Delivers Death Blow To Ensemble [Disturbance In The Workforce]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Sep 9

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By Michael McWhertor Microsoft Game Studios still has a handful of developers under its umbrella, including Lionhead Studios, Turn 10 Studios and Rare, all of whom are hard at work on Xbox 360-only titles. We've yet to receive comment from Microsoft on the situation at Ensemble Studios, but we'll update when...

Rate Best of E3 2008 Game Critics Awards Winners

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Tue, Aug 5

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Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (EALA/EA for PC, Xbox 360) Halo Wars (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360) Tom Clancy’s EndWar (Ubisoft Shanghai/Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) - WINNER Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II (Relic/THQ for PC)

Rate Liveblogging The Comic-Con Halo Universe Panel [Comic-con 08]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Jul 24

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By Michael McWhertor The Halo Universe Comic-Con panels is getting underway, focusing on — as far as we know — Halo Wars and the Halo novels. The panel, a star-studded Halo cast includes: Graeme Devine of Ensemble Studios, Frank O'Connor of Microsoft Game Studios, Joseph Staten, author of Halo: Contact Harve...

Year 2007

 

Rate E307: Halo Wars E3 Fact File

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jul 11

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By Luke Plunkett Created from the ground up for the Xbox 360 console and Controller, "Halo Wars" is being developed by the veteran real-time strategy developer Ensemble Studios, the team responsible for the best-selling and critically acclaimed "Age of Empires®" franchise on the PC. "Halo Wars" can be...

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