Robot Entertainment

Robot Entertainment is a gaming company created by the founders of the defunct Ensemble Studios, after being shut down by Microsoft.Robot Entertainment Official Website Other members of the company founded Bonfire Studios. 
==History==
Robot Entertainment was responsible for maintaining and updating Halo Wars until February 28, 2010 when Microsoft Game Studios assumed control of the game servers and updates. But they were still responsible for maintaining the Age of Empires franchise.Ensemble Studios Vets Form Robot EntertainmentRobot Entertainment post on the Age of Empires III Community Website
On 10 July 2010, the company announced that they were working at the time on two games; the first of which will be an RTS game published by Microsoft Game Studios. On 17 August 2010, the company announced the new game Age of Empires Online. The new game featured a new stylized, 'cartoon' look, but Robot promised that it will still offer gameplay depth for fans of the franchise and will not alienate any of its fans from the series.
On February 24th 2010, Microsoft Game Studios announced that Robot Entertainment was passing the game developing of Age of Empires Online to Gas Powered Games.[http://www.ageofempiresonline.com/Articles/Blogs-2-24-2011.aspx Blog
Cooking with Gas...] And on that same date, Robot announced that they were developing Orcs Must Die!, a new Third person strategy game.Robot Entertainment unveil Orcs Must Die! at RobotEntertainment.com
==Games==
Title/Codename 	Genre 	ReleaseDate	Notes
Age of Empires Online	Real-time strategy 	2011 	Original Developer, passed to Gas Powered Games
Orcs Must Die! 	Tower Defense/Third-Person Action	2011 	New Intellectual Property
==References==
==External links==
* Official homepage
* Age of Empires III Community Website
* Age of Empires Online
Category:Video Game Companies