The rumor mill continues to churn as the homepage for Ensemble Studios, the creators of the upcoming Age of Empires III, lists a job opening for an "experienced server architect to assist in creating a world-class massively multiplayer game." Is a Blizzard style MMORPG venture in store for Ensemble and Microsoft Game Studios after the success of the wildly popular World of Warcraft?
All signs point to Ensemble having its sights set on a massively multiplayer game, but what style of game they"re looking to create is not clear. While an attempt at a WoW style product is definitely a possibility, nothing could be confirmed at this point. Still, it is an intriguing prospect for fans of the series and the RTS genre.