Talk:Deathmatch/@comment-27274076-20160315182726

No, they don't.

They start in the Dark Age, like any other game.

Some hosts just set it up that way.

A question: The game type is called 'Death Match' in AoEII. Is it called 'Deathmatch' in AoEIII? Because if it's not, the name of this article needs to be changed.