Age of Empires III second expansion unveiled

PC News | Set to expand to Asia.

Microsoft has announced the second expansion for 2005’s Age of Empires III, entitled Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. The new expansion, which will be developed by Big Huge Games (Rise of Nations, Catan), is currently scheduled for a Q3, 2007 release.

The expansion will enable players to experience the historical influences of Asia firsthand. In addition, the game will include remixed versions of classic Age of Empires maps and game modes, new winning and trading features, and 15 new Asian “wonders”. The expansion will also support Windows Vista.

The first screenshot from the game can be found in the Media Panel.

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8 Comments

Tom101007

5 years ago

wow after such a long time im surprised they didnt just make age of empires 4 for vista!, i might have a look at this one , microsoft, you have my attention, dont dissapoint

Passa

5 years ago

I'm interested as to how Asian culture is going to mix in with the colonization of the United States (though admittedly I don't know much about the subject). Is this possibly a move to make the game appeal more to AoEII fans? (all those Asian civs..)

But regardless, any content is good content I suppose. Still won't make it better than AoEII imho.

donovan515

5 years ago

Passa wrote

The setting is entirely different, won't mix with the New World setting at all. Dunno what the time period is though.

BTW "colonisation" is the correct way

Passa

5 years ago

donovan515 wrote

The setting is entirely different, won't mix with the New World setting at all. Dunno what the time period is though.

But.. its not going to be like a separate bunch of civs. You'll be able to pit Asian nations against European ones/Native American indians.. and thats just weird.

donovan515 wrote

BTW "colonisation" is the correct way

Perils of the Firefox American dictionary. My typing is atrocious, I just right click every word underlined in red and click on the first spelling suggestion without even looking

.. I even installed the Australian Firefox dictionary.. didn't do anything.

donovan515

5 years ago

Are you sure that the Asian civs are playable with the European ones?

From what I've seen the time eras are different.

Passa

5 years ago

donovan515 wrote

Are you sure that the Asian civs are playable with the European ones?

That seems like a crummy idea to me.. doubt thats the case.

donovan515

5 years ago

Why are you contradicting what you said before?

Most likely this expansion takes place totally away from the previous setting.

Passa

5 years ago

donovan515 wrote

Why are you contradicting what you said before?

Most likely this expansion takes place totally away from the previous setting.

*brain implodes*

Well.. imho I agree with my first opinion. Really.. more is good, just doesn't make much sense for a historical RTS and all. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties

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Australian Release Date:
  1/11/2007 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $29.95 AU
Publisher:
  Microsoft
Genre:
  Strategy
Year Made:
  2007
System Requirements:
1.4 Ghz CPU
256 MB of RAM
2.0 GB HDD space
32x CD-ROM drive
64 MB video card
Sound card
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
56 K Dial-up Internet access (or better Modem) or LAN for online use and/or to play multiplayer
DirectX 9.0c or above

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