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Nearly 20 years ago, the makers of Age of Empires tried to make a Halo MMO, and then the studio closed: 'I still feel like no-one has really done the action MMO I see in my mind'
News The audacious quest ended all the way back in 2008 after five years of development.
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The sound of this one specific bird from Age of Empires keeps haunting me through pop songs, movies, and across other games
Loony It's like the Wilhelm Scream of birdsong.
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Doom designer Sandy Petersen alleges former Xbox boss Don Mattrick killed Ensemble Studios and its Halo MMO to protect his personal stock bonus: 'Don started as an EA hatchet man so what would you expect?'
news A BFG blast of a tweet.
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Former Age of Empires 2 dev claims Microsoft demanded its first expansion should have a Korean faction, because 'StarCraft sold 3 million copies in Korea'
News "Once someone simply repeats a previous argument, it's clear they are no longer functioning from logic or intelligence."
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Age of Empires 2 in first-person? Sure why not
news Overreign lets you play skirmish mode and PvP in a whole new way.
Age of Empires developer confirms the game is mostly written in low-level Assembly code because 'we could scroll the screen and fill it with sprites as fast or faster' than competitors like Starcraft 'even though we had twice as many pixels'
news "I guess I can clarify this, since I wrote all the assembly code used in Age of Empires and Age of Kings."
Age of Empires' most beloved spin-off is getting a definitive edition
News Age of Mythology replaces kings and queens with gods and monsters.
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