Ensemble Studios

United States Founded 1995 Website

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.

Ensemble Studios at a Glance

Ensemble Studios has been active in the gaming industry from 1997 to 2016, with 9 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, with additional titles in Role-playing (RPG). The studio carries a solid 77/100 average rating across their catalog, with 8 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Age of Empires (83.6/100). Games from Ensemble Studios are available across 6 platforms, most notably PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2.

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1997

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2016

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