Ensemble Studios

Ensemble Studios was a video game developer initially established in 1995 as an independent company, but was owned by Microsoft from 2001 to 2009, when it was officially disbanded.Microsoft to acquire Ensemble Studios at GameSpot Ensemble developed many real time strategy games, including the original Age of Empires game series, its spinoff 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.
==Games==
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 Halo Wars for Xbox 360.
Release Date	Title 	Genre
1997 	Age of Empires 	RTS
1998 	Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome 	expansion pack
1999 	Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 	RTS
2000 	Age of Empires II: The Conquerors 	expansion pack
2002 	Age of Mythology 	RTS
2003 	Age of Mythology: The Titans 	expansion pack
2005 	Age of Empires III 	RTS
2006 	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs 	expansion pack
2007 	Age of Empires III: The Asian DynastiesCo-developed with Big Huge Games.	expansion pack
2009 	Halo Wars 	real-time strategy
== References ==
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