Ensemble Studios
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Fate | Defunct |
| Successor |
Robot Entertainment Bonfire Studios (now Zynga Dallas) Windstorm Studios Newtoy, Inc. (now Zynga with Friends) BonusXP Boss Fight Entertainment |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Defunct | January 29, 2009 |
| Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
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Key people
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Tony Goodman John Boog-Scott Rick Goodman |
| Products |
Age of Empires Age of Mythology Halo Wars |
| Owner | Microsoft |
| Parent | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Website | www |
Ensemble Studios was a video game developer initially established in 1995 as an independent company by Tony Goodman, Rick Goodman and John Boog-Scott, but was acquired by Microsoft in 2001 and operated as an internal studio until 2009, when it was officially disbanded. Ensemble developed many real-time strategy games, including the Age of Empires game series, Age of Mythology, and Halo Wars. In addition to game development, Ensemble Studios also made the Genie Game Engine used in Age of Empires, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. The studio sold 20 million games and was worth an estimated $500 million.
Ensemble Studios developed the Age of Empires game series of real-time strategy titles, comprising Age of Empires, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and Age of Empires III. They also released Age of Mythology, a spin-off from the original series. Expansion packs were also released for all their games including two for Age of Empires III. Their last release was the real-time strategy game called Halo Wars for Xbox 360.
In 2001, Microsoft acquired Ensemble Studios. Ensemble remained at their original location in a high rise office in Dallas, TX, until April 2008 when Microsoft moved them to the Shops at Legacy in Plano, the same location as GearBox Software. Their office was 50,000 square feet and designed to house 120 employees.
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