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Ensemble?s final release breaks record

by on20 March 2009

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Halo Wars best selling strategy title for 360

Despite Microsoft’s closing of Ensemble, the studio’s swan song title Halo Wars has passed the one million mark in sales worldwide. This makes Halo Wars the most popular real time strategy title that has been released for the Xbox 360 so far.

The statistics for the online play for Halo Wars is staggering for a RTS title considering that the title has just past the over one million in sales. Over 2.6 million matches have already taken place on Xbox Live and that amounts to approximately 118 years of combined time with over 200,000 players who are playing Halo Wars every day. The best part is the title is gaining additional momentum and continues to grow as the pace of sales continues to grow.

The news of the success of Halo Wars is a great way for the Ensemble folks to end their run with Microsoft. We have to wonder however if Microsoft is kicking themselves with the success of Halo Wars in closing down Ensemble. Despite the closing of Ensemble, three new studios have been formed by former Ensemble alumni. Robot Entertainment which is one of these three new studios, has stepped up to take over the support of the Halo Wars title, and we expect to see additional updates and expansion of the title will likely emerge from this studio.

Last modified on 20 March 2009
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