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Age of Empires
About Age of Empires
Age of Empires is the first in a series of real-time strategy video games developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. Players choose from one of 16 available civilizations and lead the same to victory, which can be achieved through various means, such as destroying all enemy civilizations or by building and protecting a Wonder. Players start with few resources and subjects, and utilize them to build an empire, advancing through 4 distinct stages and researching technology and building monuments and armies. An expansion, titled Rise of Rome, was released in 1998, adding four more civilizations and a host of QOL improvements.
- Metacritic
- 83
- Release date
- Developer
- Ensemble Studios, KLab
- Publisher
- Microsoft Studios
- Platforms
- PC
- Website
- microsoft.com
Games in the series
All games in the series
Age of Empires creators
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Sandy Petersen
writer, director, designer
Games: 16
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Bruce Shelley
director
Games: 8
- Bruce Campbell Shelley writer Games: 3
- Stephen Rippy composer Games: 6
- Angelo Laudon programmer Games: 3
- Dave Pottinger designer, programmer Games: 5
- David Rippy composer Games: 5
- Tony Goodman director Games: 2
- Brad Crow artist Games: 2
- Scott Winsett artist Games: 5