Speaking with blog VG247, EndWar creative director Michael de Plater has said that Studios may not have been closed if had faith in the future of the platform.

"I think it’s terrible, really a shame that Ensemble’s been shut," the Shanghai man said. "It’s really a bit of a shock… It just speaks of the problems with PC. I’m sure if people were confident of PC then Microsoft wouldn’t have done that."

EndWar won't be released on the PC at the same time as consoles, because the firm are worried may dilute the impact of the other versions.

EndWar could head to the PC in the future, however.

By Luke Guttridge