What is Ensemble Studios?
{{Infobox Defunct company | company_name = Ensemble Studios | company_logo = Ensemble Studios Logo.svg | caption = | slogan = | company_type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Microsoft Game Studios|Microsoft]] | fate = Disbanded | predecessor = | successor = [[Robot Entertainment]]<br />Bonfire Studios (now [[Zynga Dallas]])<br />Windstorm Studios<br />Newtoy, Inc. (now [[Zynga With Friends]]) | foundation = 1995 | defunct = 2009 | location = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] | industry = [[Video game industry]] | products = ''[[Age of Empires]]''<br />''[[Age of Mythology]]''<br />''[[Halo Wars]]'' | key_people = [[Tony Goodman]]<br />John Boog-Scott<br />[[Rick Goodman]] | num_employees = | subsid = }} '''Ensemble Studios''' was a video game developer. It was founded in 1995 at first as an [[independent company]]. It was founded by [[Tony Goodman]], [[Rick Goodman]] and John Boog-Scott. It was [[takeover|acquired]] by [[Microsoft]] in 2001 and operated as an internal studio until 2009, when it was officially disbanded.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespot.com/news/2715282.html | title = Microsoft to acquire Ensemble Studios | work = GameSpot | date = May 3, 2001 |accessdate=July 6, 2019}}</ref> 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 Engine|Genie Game Engine]] used in ''[[Age of Empires (video game)|Age of Empires]]'', ''[[Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings]]'', and ''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Video game companies of the United States]] [[Category:1995 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:2009 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Dallas]]