Microsoft To Close Halo Wars Studio

Shacknews reports that Ensemble Studios, developer of the Age of Empires series, will be shut down by Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) as soon as the upcoming Halo Wars title is complete. Microsoft execs said parts the team would continue to work with MGS. Halo Wars is scheduled for early 2009, and Eurogamer took a look at the Halo-styled RTS game last month.

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Re:MS Killing Off Xbox?

[MikeBabcock]

UE3 is already looking aged on that other platform, compared to native games.

Compare Drake's Fortune or Ratchet & Clank or the new Resistance 2 or Motorstorm against what the UE3 engine looks like on either platform and you'll understand.

Its not 'bad' per se, but its certainly not remarkable compared to the native engines made for the PS3.