From AgeCommunity, the official Age of Empires III community site: Thank you and Good Bye AgeCommunity.com will continue to be up and running to help our fans and give them a place to hang out. All of us here at Ensemble Studios wish to thank you for all of the good years we have had togeth...
It seems like a long time since we have had a Bruce Shelley blog entry. This one was published a couple of days ago. Here is a quote: Letters from Gamers: The most noteworthy letter I have received recently came from a 10 year old boy who wanted to point out 10 mistakes he believes we made in Age...
Quoted straight from AgeCommunity: Some players have expressed anxiety over the future of Ensemble Studios and the ESO online service that keeps our games running.You don't need to worry though. The ESO matchmaking service for Age of Mythology and Age of Empires 3 and the expansion packs will...
Bruce Shelley, developer of Age of Empires III, has once again updated his blog. This time, it includes the sad news of Ensemble Studios closing. Here's a quote: Ensemble Studios Closing: I have mentioned with regret the closing of several quality game studios over the past several years but I ne...
From Bruce Shelley on Age Community: I am sure that you have all heard the news by now, Ensemble Studios closing its doors after we ship Halo Wars. It was certainly a shock to everyone when we found out about the decision. The team took it as best they could given the circumstances, and handled t...
Bruce Shelley, developer of Age of Empires III, has updated his blog with some news. Graham "Thunder" Somers, the community manager, is moving back to Canada. Goodbye and Good Luck “Thunderâ€: We lost another great employee recently when Graham “Thunder†Somers moved back to Vancouver, Can...
People were recently shocked to learn that Ensemble stuidos, the subdivision of microsoft that makes yhe popular "Age of ..." games, was to be shut down. Now we can happily report that microsoft has no plans of stopping production of the game in any way. In fact games for Windows boss Kevin Unan...
Ensemble Studios was founded in the mid-90s, and were soon were known for the popular RTS games in the Age of Empires series. Since then, they have also developed Age of Mythology, and has released a total of nine games in the RTS genre. That, however, will soon be over. Microsoft can confirm tha...
In his latest blog, Bruce Shelley (developer of Age of Empires III), has noted that the Age series has sold over 20 million copies! Also, it appears that Olympic champion Michael Phelps also likes to play Age of Empires. Here is a quote: Age Series Passes 20 Million Units Sold Mark: We have learn...
Hey guys, I'm back from my 10-day trip. I would just like to remind everyone that PATCH 1.01A for the Asian Dynasties is now on this site. It fixes a bug that was in the original patch 1.01 for The Asian Dynasties. Note that this patch is required to play the Napoleonic Era mod, which was release...
Bruce Shelley, developer of Age of Empires III, has once again updated his blog. Here's a quote: Age of Empires III- 20 Million Games Played: Graham Somers of our community team tells us that we are approaching this significant number of games played through ESO. That is Age III vanilla, as it is...
MrMilo has released a voice-over demo on early game micromanagement. It is designed to help AoE3 players reduce their colonial age times. He is a very professional player, so go see the VOD at rtsprofessional.com.
Ensemble Studios designer Bruce Shelley has updated his blog once again, this time with a warning for would be cheaters in Age of Empires III: "Our community team is investigating rumors that downloadable software that supposedly allows you to cheat in Age games has a little bonus inside. We are...
Age III is Mobile From our friends at Glu Mobile Games comes the announcement at Age III Mobile is now available to North American Agers: "Age of Empires® III Mobile is now available in North America! It's the dawn of a new age in immersive real-time strategy with the return of the top-sell...
Attention! Bug found in The Asian Dynasties Patch 1.01! French Cheaper Church Card A bug was discovered in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties following the release of patch 1.01. A French home city card lowers the Church building cost to a negative number, so that a player can receive woo...