Company Bio

Ensemble Studios

Website: http://www.ensemblestudios.com/

Texas-based development studio best known for its Age of Empires and Age of Mythology simulation games, which it kicked off in 1997 with the original Age of Empires.

Founded by Tony Goodman and Bruce Shelley in January 1995, the company was acquired by Microsoft in 2001. Despite a proud heritage of quality titles, Microsoft unfortunately closed Ensemble Studios in January of 2009 (just after its final project, Halo Wars, went gold) as part of consolidation in the 2008/2009 financial downturn.

Latest Headlines

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Fable II and Halo Wars Join Classics Collection (Feb 05, 2010)

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Halo Wars Stats Gaffe Was Human Error (Jul 31, 2009)

Major Nelson confirms that Halo Wars' stat wipe was related to human error.

Games in Development

Kings & Myths: The Age Collection (Limited Edition) (PC)

Genre: Compilation
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Role: Developer

Games Developed

2013

Age of Empires II HD (PC)

2009

Age of Empires III: Complete Collection (PC), Halo Wars (X360), Halo Wars (Limited Edition) (X360)

2007

Age of Empires III (Gold Edition) (PC), Age of Mythology (Bonus! Includes Titans Expansion) (PC)

2006

Age of Empires III (Mac), Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (PC)

2005

Age of Empires III (PC), Age of Empires III (Collector's Edition) (PC)

2004

Age of Mythology (Gold Edition) (PC)

2003

Kings & Myths: The Ages Collection (PC), Age of Mythology: The Titans (PC), Age of Mythology (Mac)

2002

Age of Mythology (Collector's Edition) (PC), Age of Mythology (PC), Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga (PC), Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: The Clone Campaigns (Mac), Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (Mac), Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: The Clone Campaigns (PC)

2001

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (PC), Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds -- Trial (Demo Version) (PC), Age of Empires II (Gold Edition) (PC)

2000

Age of Empires (Collector's Edition) (PC), Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (PC), Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (Demo Edition) (PC)

1999

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (PC), Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (Demo Edition) (PC), Age of Empires (Gold Edition) (PC)

1998

Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome (PC)

1997

Age of Empires (PC)

Games Canceled

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (DC), Halo MMO Project (X360)