DICE Summit: Bruce Shelley on why Ensemble Studios was shut after 20 million games sold
One of the bittersweet moments of the DICE Summit is that Bruce Shelley, who spent decades making games, is going to get the lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
But his Dallas-based studio, Ensemble Studios, was shut down last month by Microsoft, after selling 20 million games. Halo Wars, the studio’s swan song, will ship for the Xbox 360 in a matter of weeks. Shelley explained why that happened — as… Continue Reading