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ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:45 am
by MNBob
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:36 am
by blayzer13
it cant be true....i cant believe it
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:53 am
by Nighthawk22
wow.. this sucks..
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:01 am
by Kaiser_von_Nuben
This sounds like a corporate squeeze-out of the worst variety. It sounds pretty clear from the article that Ensemble is done as a Microsoft entity. But it's less clear if that means ESO will shut down. After all, AOE2 maintained an online presence from 1999 until 2006. Microsoft controlled Ensemble from 2001 onwards, so who knows what will happen now. Hopefully Ensemble will maintain some independence and dedicate some resources to keeping the site alive. At least, that's what we can hope for. In any event, I'm surprised. :neutral:
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:16 am
by Sporting_Lisbon
Argh...
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:54 am
by GeneralMichael
Man just after i finally found a clan where that helped me get more involved in aoe. Also now I hate playing the computer unless i want a nice relaxing game. The comp is easy and predictable and at 40 minutes it pretty much becomes a wimp and does little attacking
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:41 am
by KingKaramazov
Yep, no more Age of Empires.
Sorry guys. I guess we should have seen this coming, with Halo Wars and the direction of Microsoft in general.
Still pretty surprising.
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:49 am
by Crazy
balls....
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:56 am
by 36drew
Balls is fvcking right -- pardon my french. I'm normally a calm and relaxed guy but this just pushed me right over the edge.
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:02 am
by Nighthawk22
......
...we should riot..
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:06 am
by Crazy
From age sanc quoted from someone quoting Lethe(Es guy):
i just figured id copy paste lethe's statement here
QUOTE(Lethe)
Paragon, Solus, MrMilo and I are not the happiest about this, but there is nothing we can do but keep on trucking until they close the doors.
We're all still here, no one got fired. I have no idea about plans for ESO/AgeCommunity going forward and I'm sure those questions will be answered in the future.
So keep on playing!.
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:12 am
by Tatltael
what a weak ending, fvck. almost as bad as trying to listen coldplay, what crap. why hasnt microsoft imploded on itself yet from its crap software?
i.e.; vista, word 2007 initially incompatible w/ 2003, etc..
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:39 am
by dragonshinobi_old
they dont want another bungie
Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:42 am
by IndyBrit
Hopefully they keep the servers up for a couple of years???
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Re: ES shutting down?
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:02 am
by I__CHAOS__I
After the closure, the Ensemble leadership team will form a new studio and has agreed to provide ongoing support for Halo Wars as well as work on other projects with Microsoft Game Studios.
I don't think there will be any problems, it just won't be ES anymore
Believe!