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Subject: New Bungie Game help!

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Okay i heard last week that bungie revealed their latest project to be a MMO, and then today my friend said a picture had been leaked which bungie had conformed, have you guys got links or proof to either of these claims?

  • 04.30.2011 2:59 PM PDT

The MMO is unlikely and the leaked pictures were proven to be photoshopped.

  • 04.30.2011 3:09 PM PDT

Ensamble was working on a terrible-looking MMO, but seeing as that studio got dissolved right after they completed Halo Wars, it's rather unlikely they still are.

  • 04.30.2011 6:18 PM PDT

Yep. Right after Ensemble finished Halo Wars they got boot-to -ass by Microsoft. A few of the team were re-hired on contract to maintain the game post-release, but that's all. Too bad, I loved the Age of Empires series.

[Edited on 04.30.2011 6:25 PM PDT]

  • 04.30.2011 6:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dustin 6047
What do you mean? Since when? What?

Ensemble Studios closed right after Halo Wars released. The MMO they were working on before they started Halo Wars didn't get far into development. They basically modded World of Warcraft as a proof of concept to show Microsoft but the idea was shot down.

  • 04.30.2011 6:29 PM PDT
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No. Microsoft announced they were going to close Ensemble about six months before the game was finished.

They said something about redistributing resources I think. Its been awhile. ES employee split up and made three of four new studios. The two biggest being Robot Entertainment and Bonfire Studios.

[Edited on 04.30.2011 6:36 PM PDT]

  • 04.30.2011 6:33 PM PDT

They had been flailing around for some time leading up to Halo Wars, frequently missing deadlines and lock-off dates. And Halo Wars wasn't a financial failure, it's sold over a million copies so far.

  • 04.30.2011 6:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Omanisat
They had been flailing around for some time leading up to Halo Wars, frequently missing deadlines and lock-off dates.

Really? I hadn't heard that but it does explain a lot. Lack of new information between E3 2007 and E3 08. The drastic change in direction the game took in that time. The lead designer getting replaced. I'd always suspected something was up.

  • 04.30.2011 6:50 PM PDT

I don't know why people think the MMO is unlikely. I think most people hear MMO and automatically put the RPG on the end of it. Let's keep in mind that M.A.G. is an MMO by definition. I'm kinda thinking that's the direction they'll be going.

  • 04.30.2011 9:18 PM PDT

I don't think it's unlikely, however I do think it will be terrible. Google search the concept art from the Ensemble MMO and try not to cringe.

  • 04.30.2011 9:22 PM PDT

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Actually, I've seen the "leaks", and they've been confirmed fake, and those pictures are the only pictures out there, so you don't have to contemplate for a while.

  • 04.30.2011 10:00 PM PDT