Ī player-designed Imperial Age town, sitting safely behind several defensive walls (see miniature map, lower left corner). In 2007, Age of Empires III was the seventh best-selling computer game, with over 313,000 copies sold that year. As well as receiving favorable reviews, it has garnered awards, including GameSpy's 'Best RTS game of 2005', and was one of the best-selling games of 2005. Two expansion packs have been released: the first, Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, was released on October 17, 2006, and introduced three Native American civilizations the second, Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, was released on October 23, 2007, and included three Asian civilizations.Īge of Empires III has sold over 2 million copies as of May 2008.

Age of Empires III has made several innovations in the series, in particular with the addition of the 'Home City', which combines real-time strategy and role-playing features. There are fourteen civilizations to play within the game. The game portrays the European colonization of the Americas, between approximately 14 AD. Its successor, Age of Empires IV was released October 28, 2021, for Windows. A remaster titled Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition was released on October 15, 2020. It is the third game of the Age of Empires series and the sequel to Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. An N-Gage version of the game developed by Glu Mobile was released on April 28, 2009.

The PC version was released on October 18, 2005, in North America and November 4, 2005, in Europe, while the Mac version was released on November 21, 2006, in North America and September 29, 2006, in Europe. The Mac version was ported over and developed and published by Destineer's MacSoft. Age of Empires III is a real-time strategy video game developed by Microsoft Corporation's Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios.

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