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    Age of Empires 2 HD announced!
    Microsoft Studios have today announced that an HD edition of Age of Empires 2 is in the works. This may not come as a surprise to many who noticed that the Age of Empires Online website has featured articles and blogs about Age of Empires 2 recently *cough* Retro Sunday *cough*. With Ensemble Studios sadly closed [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: March 7, 2013, 7:06 pm
    Age of Empires 3 Complete Collection released on Steam!
    Great news for Age of Empires 3 fans! Today Microsoft Studios have announced the release of the compete Age of Empires 3 collection on Steam. The full collection includes Age of Empires 3 and both expansions, The Warchiefs and The Asian Dynasties and is available on Steam today with a 50% discount on the price. [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: January 5, 2012, 10:09 pm
    Prawny interviews Ryz0n over at RTS-Sanc
    Age Community, or “AgeCom” for short has had numerous moderating personalities over the years to name a few we have the likes of Yeti, Paragon, Lethe (Aloysius), MrMilo, SOLUS, Thunder and various others. Yesterday Prawny over at RTS-Sanctuary interviewed the current AgeCom moderator Ryan “Ryz0n” Chaply. So if your’re hanging around AgeCom and want to [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: August 4, 2011, 10:42 pm
    Bruce Shelley talks about the evolution of social gaming. Plus more AOE-O animations and Robot swag!
    Recently the legendary Bruce Shelley has been in talks with Gamasutra along with Brian Reynolds another industry veteran about their roles at Zynga in the social gaming space. Brian Reynolds before joining Zynga worked at Big Huge Games which collaborated with Ensemble Studios on the Age of Empires 3 Asian Dynasties expansion. Bruce and Brian had also worked closely with [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: April 22, 2011, 5:18 pm
    Slight ESO maintenance changes and downtime consultation
    Just a quick note for all Age of Empires 3 players. Ryz0n the community manager at Microsoft who are now running the support for Ensemble Studios Online have announced the times for ESO maintenance is changing slightly. Previously On the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month, ESO underwent scheduled maintenance with Robot Entertainment. Going [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: January 18, 2011, 10:25 pm
    Robot Entertainment signs off from Age Community
    January 3rd 2011 marks the day when Robot Entertainment officially retires from Age Community both the forum support and the support for ESO. Robot took over the support for Age Community and ESO shortly after Ensemble closed its doors In February 2009, the support in place at Robot was similar to the support offered at Ensemble. Microsoft [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: January 3, 2011, 9:43 pm
    Microsoft to take over Age Community
    Unfortunately, the time as come for Robot Entertainment so sign off on Age Community and hand over day to day support for community operations to Microsoft Games Studios. The transition starts today, with Ryz0n taking the reins as community support moderator. Ryzon commented: The folks here at MGS are transitioning into supporting the AOE community.  Along [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: December 22, 2010, 8:59 pm
    Are you a Vintage AgeCommer?
    Have you been a member on Age Community before February 2009 when Robot Entertainment took over the reigns? Well if you were you can now get your very own "Vintage" badge on the Robot Entertainment forums.
    Author: Dean
    Posted: September 10, 2010, 10:09 pm
    Rob Fermier blogs about Age of Empires programming history
      Hot on the heels of Ian Fischer’s blog about AOE-O design and Dave Kubalak’s blog about the vision behind the new Age of Empires game, long time Age of programmer come lead programmer at Robot Entertainment, Rob Fermier talks us through the history of the Bang engine which has powered each Age game since 3D graphics [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: September 10, 2010, 6:45 pm
    Age of Empires Online Beta wave 2 out today!
    If you’ve signed up for the Age of Empires Online Beta and haven’t got in yet, well now is the time to start checking your emails as CosyGOODkNIGHT of the new Age of Empires Online forum announces: I’m pleased to announce that we’re sending out another wave of Beta invites today!  Please keep in mind that [...]
    Author: Dean
    Posted: September 9, 2010, 11:00 pm

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