Thu, Jul 08, 2010 | 16:36 BST
Report – Microsoft testing Project S strategy game [UPDATE]
Update: Looks like it’s something to do with actual Spartans and not a Halo related game, according to this piece of art and further confirmation from Examiner.
Original: A survey sent out by Microsoft has the firm enlisting alpha testers for what it describes as a “groundbreaking,” “giant, revolutionary step for PC strategy games”.
Being called “Project S” at the moment, the game has been in testing for a few weeks, and some of the original players let slip the “S” in the title stands for Spartan – leading outsiders to believe it’s set in the Halo universe.
However, it could also have something to do with historical Spartans, instead of sci-fi soldiers running around shooting Covenant enemies. Considering it’s being rumored that Robot Entertainment is the developer behind Project S, either one is likely.
Formed by ex-Ensemble studios members, Robot has been working on what it calls “Game 1″ for Microsoft Game Studios for quite some time, with folks on Robot’s forums assuming it’s Age of Empires IV or Halo Wars 2.
Kotaku suggests it could be a Games for Windows port of Halo Wars, and since Robot Entertainment staffers worked on both the Halo RTS and the AoE franchise, again, either one is possible.
According to Microsoft’s survey, the Project S Alpha is planned to run for a month or two, so hopefully we’ll know more once it ends.
In the meantime, we’ll ask Robot.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, PC, Rumour, Strategy
Tags: ensemble studios, Project S, robot entertainment
13 comments
#1
Syrok
08/07/10, 3:40 pm
The S could also stand for strategy. ^.^
#2
Gheritt White
08/07/10, 3:43 pm
Natal for PC?
EDIT: Sorry, “Kinect”
#3
Freek
08/07/10, 3:50 pm
Not Secret at all.
Cartoon Age of Empires, not that revolutionairy then.
#4
DaMan
08/07/10, 3:56 pm
AoE Kinect, could’ve turned out good.
#5
Ge0force
08/07/10, 4:17 pm
Halo Wars would be a revolutionary step down for PC strategy games tbh
#6
Stephany Nunneley
08/07/10, 4:32 pm
@3 Funny how the original post never mentioned Robot Entertainment to begin with.
#7
loki
08/07/10, 5:42 pm
@5 PC NERD detected, Halo Wars much interesting and better than all PC RTS for last 5 years
Art look suck’s, MS – full idiots to continuing support PC games
#8
Artheval_Pe
08/07/10, 5:49 pm
loki will never change. Your ignorance of the RTS genre is laughable, sir.
Halo Wars is the worst game Ensemble has developed, for your information.
#9
Happy Hardon Harry
08/07/10, 6:11 pm
loki, what’s that on the floor? Oh, it’s your dummy!
#10
Stephany Nunneley
08/07/10, 7:10 pm
@7 Your bias actually calling out bias is shallow and pedantic just like Lois’ meatloaf :p
#11
Galactic_Barret
08/07/10, 7:16 pm
Meatloaf is trash.
#12
Freek
08/07/10, 7:40 pm
I’d bett it’s a browser based free to play micro transaction based RTS with some stat tracking and leveling.
#13
LOLshock94
09/07/10, 12:36 am
i like xbox more then PC but halo wars if the shitess RTS ive ever played its basicly a RTS for noobs but the best has to be demi god on PC truely amazing and im a lil confused is this the game which crytec showed which was published by MS????