Non-Robot Ensemble Veterans Start Bonfire

by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 19, 2009 3:38pm PST

Related Topics – xbox 360, Ensemble Studios

We already knew that a group of former Ensemble Studios employees had gone on to found Robot Entertainment, which will provide Age of Empires and Halo Wars support while working on a new project.Now we've received word that a second studio has risen from the Ensemble ashes in the form of Bonfire Studios. The 35 person studio based out of Dallas, TX is working on a new game which they hope to announce in the next few months.

"Ensemble had an incredible group of highly talented people and the companies coming out of it are really made up of the best of the best. Ensemble was one of the few studios with two A-teams," said Bonfire Studios CEO David Rippy, who most recently served as producer at Ensemble.

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its pretty awesome that two full studios have come out of ensemble being shut down. I bet the speed of formation and cohesion we're seeing is ironically due to microsoft laying them off so long ago yet keeping them working. normally when people are fired they all spread out to find their own solutions at their own paces in a more disjoint way, but in this case they had forever to stew and figure out what to do.

Feb 19, 2009 3:57pm PST

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its pretty awesome that two full studios have come out of ensemble being shut down. I bet the speed of f... : Luminair
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- Yes, this is probably the case. Interesting observation. : gooblerampling

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At least they came up with a better name for their company than "Robot".

Feb 19, 2009 3:59pm PST

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At least they came up with a better name for their company than "Robot". : Wisp!
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  What would you have called it? : Lunaran
  - I would have called it big black dicks fucking little white chicks : Luminair
  - Rotting Corpse Entertainment Studio House Plus. : Wisp!
  - Meh Entertainment : swimteampie

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Most confusing headline in recent memory.

Feb 19, 2009 9:31pm PST

Most confusing headline in recent memory. : SFtheWolf

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Shacknews Guys

Could we get an article breaking down the people behind each studio? As in: Who the guys were at Ensemble before starting the 2 new studios? It would be cool to see.

Feb 19, 2009 5:03pm PST

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Shacknews Guys Could we get an article breaking down the people behind each studio? As in: Who the guy... : byorn
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- I was curious about this as well. : inition

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what about those people that Microsoft said they would find homes for.... or am i missing something or are both these parties independently owned.... and such... and are they like what bungie is with forced making exclusives or are they first party developers for Microsoft... im so confused

Feb 19, 2009 4:00pm PST

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what about those people that Microsoft said they would find homes for.... or am i missing something or ar... : morventhus
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  Both are independent. Robot is working with Microsoft on Halo Wars DLC and support for both HW and Age of... : Chris Faylor
  - See to me that seems very generous of ex-Ensemble employees to strike a deal to do that, cause seriously,... : MeestaNob

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