Company
Ensemble Studios
Defunct- Shipping
- 1997 – 2022
- Closed
- 2009
- Developed
- 28
- Published
- 0
- HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Parent
- Microsoft
Ensemble Studios was an American video game developer based in Dallas, Texas. It was founded by Tony Goodman in 1994 and incorporated the following year. It borrowed the name of Ensemble Corporation, a consulting firm founded by Goodman in 1990. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2001 and operated as an internal studio until 2009, when its development capabilities were 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.
Games13
Main releases, remasters, remakes, and ports.
Dec 20, 2016
May 8, 2014
Apr 9, 2013
Mar 31, 2010
Apr 28, 2009
Feb 26, 2009
Nov 4, 2005
Oct 18, 2005
Dec 31, 2003
Oct 30, 2002
Jan 17, 2001
Sep 30, 1999
Oct 15, 1997Expansions & DLC8
Add-ons, expansions, episodes, and seasons.
Nov 7, 2013
Oct 23, 2007
Oct 17, 2006
Sep 30, 2003A
Aug 28, 2003
May 14, 2002
Aug 24, 2000
Oct 22, 1998Bundles & Collections10
Compilations, special editions, and packs.
Oct 25, 2022
Jan 5, 2012
Dec 31, 2009
Apr 3, 2009
Nov 23, 2007
Sep 30, 2003
Nov 30, 2001
Nov 9, 2001
Oct 30, 2000
Sep 24, 1999