Yesterday we noticed that references to Conquest: Frontier Wars had been removed from the Microsoft Games website. We contacted a Microsoft PR representative about this, who confirmed that this space-based RTS, until now in development at Digital Anvil, has been cancelled and provided the following statement on the reason:

Microsoft has decided not to publish Conquest. Microsoft had high aspirations for the game, and it simply did not progress as they had hoped it would. Keeping in line with their goal of delivering only top-quality games that deliver a fresh and immersive experience, they decided to stop work on Conquest and place the development team on other projects.