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Age of Empires is a series of historical real-time strategy video games originally developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The first game, Age of Empires, was released in 1997 and the series has spanned five major titles and several spin-offs, selling over 20 million copies to date.
Main series[edit | edit source]
The original Age of Empires series
All main series titles are PC-exclusive and were originally developed by Ensemble Studios until its closure in 2009. The upcoming Age of Empires IV is being developed by Relic Entertainment.
- Age of Empires (1997)
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999)
- Age of Mythology (2002)
- Age of Mythology: The Titans (2003)
- Age of Empires III (2005)
- Age of Empires IV (upcoming — TBA)
Re-releases[edit | edit source]
Age of Empires II: HD Edition was developed by Hidden Path Entertainment. All following remasters and expansion packs were developed by SkyBox Labs, with the assistance of Forgotten Empires. For the Definitive Edition remasters, Forgotten Empires have handled development with studios Tantalus Media and Wicked Witch.
- Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013)
- Age of Mythology: Extended Edition (2014)
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (2017)
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019)
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (upcoming — 2020)
Other games[edit | edit source]
- Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (2006, Nintendo DS — Backbone Entertainment)
- Age of Empires: Mythologies (2008, Nintendo DS — Griptonite Games)
- Age of Empires Online (2011-2014, PC — Robot Entertainment & Gas Powered Games) (2017-present, Project Celeste team)
- Age of Empires: Castle Siege (2014-2019, PC/Android/iOS — Smoking Gun Interactive)
Mobile games[edit | edit source]
- Age of Empires II Mobile (2005, J2ME — In-Fusio)
- Age of Empires II Mobile Deluxe (2006, J2ME — In-Fusio)
- Age of Empires III Mobile (2007, J2ME — Glu Mobile)
- Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Mobile (2010, J2ME — Glu Mobile)
- Age of Empires: World Domination (2015-2016, Android/iOS — KLab Games)
Tabletop games[edit | edit source]
- Age of Empires: Expandable Card Game (2000)
- Age of Mythology: The Boardgame (2003)
- Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery (2007)
- Glenn Drover's Empires: The Age of Discovery (2011 redesign)
Soundtracks[edit | edit source]
- Music From the Ages (1999)
- Age of Empires Compilation Sountrack (2000)
- More Music From the Ages (2000)
- Age of Mythology Original Soundtrack (2002)
- Age of Empires III: Original soundtrack (2006)
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Soundtrack (2017)
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Soundtrack (2019)
