video game industry 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 echo prime number of employees 60 employees website www.robotentertainment.com robot entertainment is a video game development and publishing company created by the founders of the defunct ensemble studios after being shut down by microsoft . 1 other members of the company founded another studio bonfire studios . robot entertainment was responsible for 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 four games including orcs must die orcs must die 2 hero academy and echo prime . contents 1 history 2 games 3 references 4 external links history edit on july 10 2010 the company announced that they were working on two games ; the first of which was published by microsoft studios and is an rts game similar to the age of empires series . citation needed on august 17 2010 the company announced the new game age of empires online . the game features a new stylized cartoon look but robot promised that it would still offer gameplay depth for fans of the franchise and would not alienate fans of the series . on 24 february 2011 robot announced that gas powered games would be taking over development on age of empires online . robot entertainment president patrick hudson stated that handing over the development was expected saying the plan was always to move to an original ip as soon as we had the ability to focus on our core business goal . 2 on february 24 2011 the company announced the new game orcs must die . the game challenges players to defend fortresses under siege . with a wide variety of traps and weapons to choose from orcs must die dares players to find the best ways to hack launch flatten gibletize and incinerate an endless army of filthy orcs and their vile allies . orcs must die features a vibrant look addictive gameplay and a blatant disregard for the welfare of orcs . the game was published by robot entertainment as well as being self developed by them . 3 on november 17 2011 the company announced the new game hero academy . the game is ... a head to head tactics game for ios devices . blending classic tactics gaming with the quick action of modern casual titles . hero academy features multiplayer combat that is asynchronous so a player may battle friends across multiple simultaneous games whenever they have a few moments of free time . push notifications alert you to your turn select your moves from a range of options like advancing across the playing field attacking defending or adding powerful items to the fray . it is the company s first game developed for mobile devices . 4 in june 2012 robot entertainment partnered with yodo1 in an effort to release a chinese version of hero academy . 5 on february 27 2015 it was announced that tencent holdings have bought an undisclosed minority stake in robot entertainment . 6 games edit title genre release date age of empires online 7 real time strategy 2011 orcs must die 8 action tower defense 2011 hero academy 9 4 turn based tactics 2012 orcs must die 2 action tower defense 2012 echo prime action rpg 2013 orcs must die unchained 10 action tower defense moba 2015 references edit official website . robot entertainment . 2009 02 15 . retrieved 2009 02 13 . age of empires online swaps devs . pc gamer . february 24 2011 . retrieved march 27 2011 . robot entertainment unveils orcs must die . robot entertainment . february 24 2011 . archived from the original on april 29 2011 . retrieved march 4 2011 . a b robot entertainment announces hero academy . archived from the original on march 5 2012 . retrieved march 22 2012 . beijing based yodo1 grabs 2m to help us game developers crack china . the next web asia . june 28 2012 . retrieved october 11 2012 . james brightman february 27 2015 . tencent makes minority investment in robot entertainment . retrieved august 4 2015 . age of empires online . robot entertainment . retrieved august 17 2010 . ex age of empires devs working on a new unknown game . robot entertainment . retrieved july 6 2010 . http www.robotentertainment.com games heroacademy orcs must die closed beta begins june 27 . joystiq . retrieved june 24 2014 . external links edit official website age of empires iii community website age of empires online retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title robot entertainment & oldid 735868396 categories companies established in 2009privately held companies based in texasvideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development companieshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais lietuvi nederlandsportugu s svenskati ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 16 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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