I'd be curious to hear the whole story (at some misty distant future date) of what happened with the Empire AI. My understanding, gleaned from snippets here and there, is that there was a crucial employee who set it up and then left unexpectedly. So the guy who knew the system and had slung the code was suddenly gone. Anyway. It's one of those HR things that I may never hear fully, but it would be nice to know what happened.

Especially given that the ding everyone (including Metacritic) gave to ETW was the AI. And given all of that talk about cutting features rather than including anything unfinished. Something went seriously wonky around the time of Empire.