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Ensemble Studios' Canceled Project Was Halo MMO

Posted by Soulskill on from the best-of-both-cash-cows dept.

simoniker writes "Following the recent announcement that Microsoft-owned Age Of Empires creator Ensemble Studios would close after the completion of Halo Wars, Gamasutra has discovered that a now-canceled Halo MMO was in development at the studio, unearthing prototype UI and level screenshots of the Ensemble-developed project. The prototype art, which was at one point made available on an Ensemble-linked online artist portfolio website, further confirms previous rumors that the studio was working on an MMO based on the Bungie-created sci-fi franchise." We discussed the future closing of Ensemble Studios a couple weeks ago. The set of pictures which seem to be screenshots and graphic models from the canceled Halo MMO has been posted on Flickr. In other Halo news, Bungie may be teasing the announcement of the next game on their website.

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  1. Who cares by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't, I guess maybe the people on this site that don't get out of their parents basement, they'd probably try and start a linux petition too if it wasn't canceled.

    Guess what folks, Linux isn't commercially viable. No one of interest cares to develop for that toy OS.

    1. Re:Who cares by philspear · · Score: -1, Troll

      Self-fufilling prophecy: this post will be modded down as troll because I imply that Linux does indeed sux, and for pointing out that mods who mod people down for insulting linux do indeed need to move out of their parent's basement. Also might get modded offtopic by people who don't realize I'm responding to the AC.

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    You nerds love it!
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