So what’s the origin behind the classic Age of Empires II cheat code? Old-fashioned hunger from Age of Empires II developer Ensemble Studios and appreciation for one of the finest meals that American cuisine has ever produced

Tony Goodman, an ex-developer from Ensemble Studio's, has revealed that Bungie were really not happy about them making Halo Wars

Halo Wars was a pretty damned decent RTS, set in the expansive Halo universe. It did pretty good numbers for a console RTs, and still has its dedicated fanbase. Which is why Microsoft’s kicking it in the balls comes as a bit of a surprise. Next month, a patch for the game will go live, killing the game’s stat tracking, …

By Matthew Vice On Wednesday the 25th of February, staff from LazyGamer were invited to attend a Q&A session with Jason Pace of Ensemble Studios, the studio responsible for the recently released Halo Wars for the Xbox 360. Due to the timing of the interview, there wasn’t a lot that wasn’t known about the game already, but we were able …

Ensemble Studios, the developers of Halo Wars and known for the Age of Empires games have announced that they will be shutting down after the release of Halo Wars. Not only that but today they announced that they are giving the axe to all non-essential employees as well as employees not directly related to the Halo Wars project. All the members that will stay onboard are being offered incentives to stay with the studio until the game is complete. More after the jump. What on earth is going on at Ensemble? Why would the studio be shut down so suddenly and why would a studio of this caliber need to be shut down anyway? These are things I don't know and maybe there is a good reason, but we don't know it because there have not been any other official statements or comments released by Microsoft or Ensemble yet. Halo Wars is due for release in the first half of 2009.