Halo Wars Devs Shocked By Shutdown

[conceptual]

This might be worse than when EA bought and then dismantled westwood (makers of the original C&C games)

 

[Kaertserif]

just goes to show if someone like that isnt safe working with MS who is?

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

It's true that Microsoft already was calling the shots, but we don't know to what degree ES was able to reduce their influence, or how much autonomy they were given. With ES dissolved, I think we can expect any future AoE titles to be about as cerebral and true to the franchise as a kick to the naughty bits.