Robot Entertainment

Robot Entertainment

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Predecessor	Ensemble Studios
Founded	February 2009
Headquarters	Plano, Texas, United States
Key people	Tony Goodman, Patrick Hudson, Harter Ryan
Products	Age of Empires Online Orcs Must Die! series Hero Academy series Echo Prime ReadySet Heroes
Number of employees	30
Website	www.robotentertainment.com

Robot Entertainment is an American video game developer and publisher based in Plano, Texas. Its founders previously founded Ensemble Studios, which was shut down by Microsoft.^[1] Other members of the company founded another studio, Bonfire Studios (later renamed as Zynga Dallas upon acquisition by Zynga). Robot Entertainment took over Ensemble's responsibility of maintaining and updating Halo Wars until February 28, 2010, when Microsoft Studios assumed control of the game servers and updates. Also, in January 2011, Microsoft Studios took over updates and servers for Age of Empires III. Robot Entertainment have since released games including Orcs Must Die!, Orcs Must Die! 2, Hero Academy, Echo Prime, Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Hero Academy 2 and ReadySet Heroes.