by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under
E3 - E3 2005 May 20th
“Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties” is the second expansion pack for the massively popular “Age of Empires III” from Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Game Studios, which has sold over 2.5 million copies to date. Engaging gamers of all ages and types in epic warfare in the Eastern world, “Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties” will lead Japanese, Chinese and Indian civilizations to expand their empires.
“Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties” is the latest installment in the award-winning “Age of Empires” franchise, developed collaboratively by Big Huge Games and Ensemble Studios for the Games for Windows platform.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 8:53 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is an RTS set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world. Ensemble has released the manual version of the v1.03 which includes new large maps, hotkey editor, matchmaking hotfix, networking and ESO enhancements, bug and crash fixes, etc.
by Rainier on Dec. 5, 2005 @ 10:51 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Sumthing Else Music Works is pleased to announce their latest release: Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack. The soundtrack album from the third episode of the king of real-time strategy games, developed by Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Games Studios, is now available at US retail outlets through Nile Rodgers'
Sumthing Else Music Works label.
by RumDragon on Dec. 5, 2005 @ 1:13 a.m. PST | Filed under
Reviews
Age of Empires III is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus "discovered" the new world. The single player campaign follows American history up through 1850, and in multiplayer mode, you'll be able to choose from among eight different civilizations, and there will include free-for-all and team-vs-team matches for up to eight players.
by Rainier on Nov. 13, 2005 @ 12:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is an RTS set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world.
Ensemble revealed that it is working on a new v1.02 patch which will address hardware compatibility issues, sound stuttering issues, fixes for Direct3D, Stability and Crash Issues, hotkey Editor. On top of that, Ensemble is trying to include 5 maps based on current ones available in the game, just made larger.
by Rainier on Oct. 28, 2005 @ 3:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is an RTS set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world. Ensemble has released a small patch bringing your German retail game to v1.01a fixing a crash bug that occurred when selecting the Capitol building.
by Rainier on Oct. 19, 2005 @ 2:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world. This updated demo includes the same content as before (2 single player skirmish maps and 2 campaign missions), but now also features a tutorial, allows you to minimized your UI, and lots of miscellaneous bug fixes.
by Rainier on Oct. 18, 2005 @ 12:07 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires III, the stunning real-time strategy game from Microsoft and Ensemble Studios, is now available in North America in two versions: standard and Collector’s Edition. Age of Empires III raises the bar for strategy games with unprecedented graphic detail, incredible new features like the Home City and more realistic destruction with real-time physics modeling.
by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2005 @ 3:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is an RTS set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world. Ensemble has released the first patch preparing for the official launch next week, bringing your retail game to v1.01 and improves formations, and the usual game tweaks, bug and crash fixes.
by Rainier on Oct. 13, 2005 @ 9:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus "discovered" the new world. The single player campaign follows American history up through 1850, and in multiplayer mode, you'll be able to choose from among eight different civilizations, and there will include free-for-all and team-vs-team matches for up to eight players.
by Rainier on Oct. 8, 2005 @ 2:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world. The single player campaign follows American history up through 1850, and in multiplayer mode, you'll be able to choose from among eight different civilizations, and there will include free-for-all and team-vs-team matches for up to eight players. An updated demo of Age of Empires 3 is planned for release the week of October 10th. Updates to the demo include: an optional minimized UI, a tutorial, and lots of miscellaneous bug fixes.
by Rainier on Sept. 30, 2005 @ 11:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ensemble Studios has launched a new
community site for Age of Empires fans in order to provide an official location for AoE fans to get the latest news and share information with other players. The new site features all the latest Age news, exclusive interviews and insight into Ensemble Studios and AoE, downloadable content and patches, AoE III statistics pages, and community forums where you can chat, discuss strategies and get information from the game’s designers, artists and programmers.
by Rainier on Sept. 23, 2005 @ 9:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft and Ensemble Studios' real-time strategy Age of Empires III is complete and poised to invade retail on October 18. Available in two versions standard and Collector's Edition, Age of Empires III will fire up gamers with groundbreaking new features like the persistent Home City and jaw-dropping graphics never before seen in an RTS.
by David Wanaselja on Sept. 14, 2005 @ 4:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus "discovered" the new world. The single player campaign follows American history up through 1850, and in multiplayer mode, you'll be able to choose from among eight different civilizations, and there will include free-for-all and team-vs-team matches for up to eight players.
by Rainier on Sept. 7, 2005 @ 11:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world. The single player campaign follows American history up through 1850, and in multiplayer mode, you'll be able to choose from among eight different civilizations, and there will include free-for-all and team-vs-team matches for up to eight players. The demo includes single player skirmish mode and two missions in the single player campaign. In Skirmish mode you can play as the British or the Spanish empires in the New England and Texas maps.
by Rainier on Aug. 25, 2005 @ 1:41 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Empires: The Age of Kings for the Nintendo DS is based on the best-selling PC RTS title of all time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. Players command five different civilizations, build armies and take them on scores of campaigns. Boasting turn-based strategy game play, Age of Empires: The Age of Kings allows players to move from the Dark Ages through the Middle Ages with one goal in mind: domination of the known world.
by Rainier on Aug. 24, 2005 @ 11:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ensemble Studios' Dave Pottinger
confirmed that a demo for Age of Empires III is in the works, and speculations are that it will be released ahead of the game's official November release, somewhere in September. A few demo candiates have been submitted to Microsoft for approval meaning it is nearing completion. The demo will be quite big as Dave also said "I hope you have a fat Internet pipe." We will of course have it on our
fileserver network as soon as it becomes available.
by Judy on Aug. 17, 2005 @ 11:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Age of Empires III Collector's Edition includes a hardbound 210-page "The Art of Empires" book, a "making of" DVD with behind-the-scenes video and commentary, the official soundtrack, a huge (43" x 27") full-color poster of concept art painted by Craig Mullins, an exclusive player's guide, and a Collector's Edition game manual. It's available now for pre-order for $69.99.
by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2005 @ 11:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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'Age of Empires III' is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus "discovered" the new world. The single player campaign follows American history up through 1850, and in multiplayer mode, you'll be able to choose from among eight different civilizations, and there will include free-for-all and team-vs-team matches for up to eight players.
by Rainier on July 8, 2005 @ 3:18 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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A
job listing on Age of Empires developer Ensemble Studios' website reveals that it is "looking for an experienced server architect to assist in creating a world-class massively multiplayer game." (
thanks Planet AoM) Could this mean that an Age of Empires MMO is in the works?
by Rainier on June 3, 2005 @ 2:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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'Age of Empires III' is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus "discovered" the new world. The single player campaign follows American history up through 1850, and in multiplayer mode, you'll be able to choose from among eight different civilizations, and there will include free-for-all and team-vs-team matches for up to eight players.
by Rainier on June 2, 2005 @ 11:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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'Age of Empires III' is set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus "discovered" the new world. The single player campaign follows American history up through 1850, and in multiplayer mode, you'll be able to choose from among eight different civilizations, and there will include free-for-all and team-vs-team matches for up to eight players.
by Judy on May 18, 2005 @ 4:39 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft has launched the official web site for Ensemble Studios' real-time strategy title, Age of Empires III: Age of Discovery.
Head on over there to check out hi-resolution screenshots, game information, dev diaries, and music samples.