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Age of Empires 4 is free to play this week on Steam

By Andy Chalk published 24 August 22

news Relic is celebrating Age of Empires' 25 anniversary with some free playtime, a sale, and a free "anniversary update" coming in October.

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US Navy claims it was 'hacked' after someone streams Age of Empires on USS Kidd's Facebook page

By Andy Chalk published 8 October 21

news The situation was not quite what it seemed.

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Here's how to watch the Age of Empires 4 fan event on Saturday

By Wes Fenlon published 10 April 21

News It'll be our first real look at AOE4 since 2019.

Sheep scout is king of scouts.

New Age of Empires merch celebrates the series' true heroes: sheep

By Rich Stanton published 21 January 21

news Priests get a shout-out too.

Microsoft has a brand new studio dedicated to Age of Empires

By Shaun Prescott published 9 June 19

News It'll be headed by Xbox Game Studios GM Shannon Loftis.

Which demo did you play to death?

By PC Gamer published 3 February 18

PCG Q&A Five minutes to twenty minutes, one hundred times.

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition could come to Steam eventually

By Andy Chalk published 29 January 18

news Microsoft says other storefronts 'need to fully support Windows 10' first.

Age of Empires Definitive Edition set for October, AoE 2 and 3 remasters are coming too

By Andy Chalk published 21 August 17

news It's a big day for Age of Empires fans.

The original Age of Empires is being remastered in the Definitive Edition

By Christopher Livingston published 12 June 17

News It's got 4K graphics and a remastered soundtrack, new zoom levels, and improved gameplay. Beta sign-ups now available.

The forgotten joys of turtling in strategy games

By Jody Macgregor published 26 January 17

Turtle power Wall mazes. Tesla coils. Those little gates you could open and close. Turtling used to be the *best.*

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Bill Gates grilled over the future of Age of Empires

By Angus Morrison published 9 March 16

Yes, Bill Gates. That Microsoft chap with all the money.

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Age of Empires: Castle Siege announced, will use microtransactions to "accelerate gameplay"

By Andy Chalk published 26 August 14

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Microsoft Game Studios hiring for "AAA strategy game in a well-loved franchise"

By Emanuel Maiberg published 9 May 14

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Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson starts new indie studio Mohawk Games

By Ian Birnbaum published 5 November 13

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Age of Empires 2 HD patch fixes framerates on higher-end systems

By Len Hafer published 18 April 13

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Let's Reboot... Age Of Empires

By Richard Cobbett published 23 March 13

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Age of Empires 2 HD won't have LAN play

By Len Hafer published 20 March 13

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Age of Empires 2 might be coming to Steam

By Len Hafer published 1 March 13

The dataminers at steamdb.info have made a potentially exciting discovery for classic RTS fans: the unreleased entity currently known only as "ValveTestApp221380" is probably Age of Empires II.

Age of Empires Online interview: Becoming "really" free to play instead of "free to try"

By PCGamer published 18 May 12

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