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GAME INFO publisher: Microsoft developer: Ensemble studios genre: Strategy MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS n/a	ESRB rating: n/a homepage: n/a release date: Sep 30, 97 (released)

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»	Sep 10, 2008 Ensemble to Close, New Studio Opening Microsoft confirmed that well-known developer Ensemble Studios -- creators of games such as the class RTS, Age of Empires -- will be shut down after completing the X360-exclusive real-time strategy Halo Wars. » MORE

»	Aug 25, 2008 WoW & The Sims Outsold by Nancy Drew Nancy Drew is back on atop the throne, as the best-selling PC game... well, for the moment anyway. Check out the latest top-sellers from NPD, revealing US sales during the month of... » MORE

»	Jun 10, 2008 Halo Wars With Co-op Halo Wars will be the first time we see a real-time strategy take place in the Halo universe. We've seen a few recent screenshots from the game, showing that the developers are steadily making progress. » MORE

»	Apr 17, 2008 US PC Best-Sellers For March NPD releases the US chart for best-selling PC games during the month of March. So, here's what US PC gamers are into these days: 1. The Sims 2 Free Time Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts 2. » MORE

»	Feb 27, 2008 Folks Love Their Sims Bath Interior Design Because we know how much you like seeing the various combinations of The Sims and World of Warcraft populating the list. Let's start with the all-formats list first, however: *Indicates Pre-order 01. » MORE

»	Jan 24, 2008 Top Selling PC Games in 2007 See if you can spot any familiar games on the latest NPD chart, which covers the best selling PC games last year: 1. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard – 2. » MORE

»	Jan 11, 2008 Empire Earth Creator Working on New Game The guy behind the original Empire Earth (which was a rather good game), Rick Goodman, "is now working with a new start up developer and a new game but at the moment that's all he wishes to reveal. » MORE

»	Dec 11, 2007 US and UK Best Sellers The latest best-selling charts from Amazon are just in. Wii and DS titles are obviously dominating game sales, but CoD 4 also appears to be doing good. » MORE

Nov 16, 2007

Hellgate and Orange Box Conquer PC October Charts
As much as I try to avoid posting about some of these sales charts, it's always interesting, sometimes even amusing to see what people buy the most. Okay, so October sales, for instance, show that Hellgate: London is right up there with the top-selling Orange Box from Valve.

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»	Oct 01, 2007 Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties Gold MS reveals that Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties, the second add-on for well-known RTS game, has reached gold status and is going to ship to stores on Oct. » MORE

»	Sep 26, 2007 Sims Still Rule PC Charts NPD Group released yet another chart for the top 10 best selling PC games in the US (for the week ending Sept. 15): 1. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage - Electronic Arts 2. » MORE

»	Aug 07, 2007 Best Selling PC Games I know how much you love these charts, so here, go nuts! NPD compiled the top-10 best selling PC games (July 22nd - July 28th): 1. Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword Expansion Pack 2. » MORE

»	Jun 19, 2007 WoW Still Rules All! This just in. It's NPD's top 20 best selling PC games in the US, for May 2007. Here they are, in all their glory: 1. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack - Vivendi $37 2. » MORE

»	May 21, 2007 Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties Shot Here's a little something for AoE fans. MS and Bug Huge Games released a nice snapshot from their upcoming add-on, Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties. » MORE

»	Mar 20, 2007 WoW Still Bested by Sims Once again, NPD treats us to a top 10 best selling PC games chart, this time covering sales in the US for the week ending on March 10: 1. The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts - $27 2. » MORE

»	Mar 12, 2007 Sims Outselling Burning Crusade It's a dead race between the Sims and Warcraft. It's like time has frozen still since, well, quite a few years ago now. This is for the week ending March 3. » MORE

»	Feb 27, 2007 Top 10 Best Selling PC Games (US) NPD releases a top-10 best selling PC games chart (for the US territory) for the week of February 11 - 17, 2007. Check it out: 1. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack - Vivendi $38 2. » MORE

Nov 22, 2006

So Gears of War PC NOT Confirmed?
Microsoft has gone on the record by not confirming Gears of War for the PC. Eventually, Gears of War PC is certainly going to happen, but not before MS has milked it for all its worth on the Xbox 360, and if the current sales figures are any indication, that may take a while.

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»	Nov 14, 2006 October's Best Selling PC Games! Oh boy! Oh boy! There's another list of the top twenty best selling games! This time for the whole month of October! Wow! I'm so fucking excited, let's take a look at the list! 1. » MORE

»	Nov 01, 2006 Americans Love Pets and Flight Simulators So what are PC gamers playing in the US at the moment? We have NPD Group to tell us, of course, as they release the latest list of the top 10 best selling PC games stateside for the week ending Oct. » MORE

»	Oct 04, 2006 Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs Demo The folks from Ensemble and Microsoft have released a 517MB demo of Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs, the upcoming expansion pack to the popular RTS sequel. » MORE

»	Oct 02, 2006 Top Ten Best Selling PC Games - Oh Boy! Oh, the latest top ten best selling PC games list has been released. And oh boy, it is a doozy! 1. The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff (Electronic Arts) 2. » MORE

Sep 27, 2006

News Pour Out of Microsoft X06 Event
All kinds of announcements of exclusives and semi-exclusives are pouring out of the Microsoft X06 event, held today in Barcelona, Spain. The company is teaming up with New Zealand director Peter Jackson to create two new game series for the 360.

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»	Sep 12, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US NPD Techworld once again lets everyone know what the weekly top-selling PC games are. World of Warcraft and The Sims are duking it out. I think I've read somewhere that WOW has already earned over a billion dollars in revenue. » MORE

Jul 21, 2006

'World of Warcraft the Biggest Problem for PC Retail Games'
In a chat with Gamasutra, Age of Empires co-creator Brian Sullivan, who now heads Iron Lore Entertainment (makers of the recently-released action RPG Titan Quest), suggests that World of Warcraft might be to blame for the declining sales of retail PC games.

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»	Jul 18, 2006 Best-selling PC Games of June Thanks to VE3D.com for this rather interesting data: As you know, these lists of top-selling games don't mean much without some insight into the actual number of units sold. » MORE

»	Jun 28, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US The latest list of top-selling PC games in the US for the week ending June 17 is goddamn hilarious: 1. Cars - THQ 2. Half-Life 2: Episode 1 - Valve 3. » MORE

»	Jun 27, 2006 Titan Quest Ships The folks at Ironlore and THQ announce that their action RPG Titan Quest has shipped to stores across the NA continent. Expect our review in the next few days. » MORE

»	Jun 26, 2006 New ATI CATALYST Drivers ATI has released new CATALYST drivers, v6.6. These ones improve performance in F.E.A.R. and Far Cry and also fix issues with City of Heroes, Quake 4, and Age of Empires 3. » MORE

»	Jun 12, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in May And here are some of the culprits for the drop in sales, so to speak. The top 20 best-selling PC games for the month of May: 1. Guild Wars Factions-NCSoft 2. » MORE

»	Jun 06, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US The gang at NPD Techworld sounds off with the list of the top 10 best-selling games in the US for the week ending May 27: 1. Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - 2K Games 2. » MORE

»	May 23, 2006 Age of Empires III Patch Today's a day for game patches. The latest one comes from Ensemble Studios. They've patched Age of Empires III, bringing the game to version 1.07. You can check out the patch notes here. » MORE

May 22, 2006

Age of Empires III Patch Plans
Another Age of Empires III patch is under way. The Unknown is Coming... Patch 1.07 is in final testing and will be available in a matter of days. Included in the patch will be a new random map called the Unknown, which long time Age fans will remember as a custom random map that we released for the Age of Kings expansion pack many years ago.

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»	Apr 18, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US Bethesda retains the top spot with Oblivion for the third week in the row: 1. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games) 2. World of Warcraft (Blizzard) 3. » MORE

»	Apr 12, 2006 Oblivion Tops the Weekly Chart Here we go again. The list of the top 10 best-selling games in the US. Surprised to see WoW doing so well. November 2004 was a long time ago. As expected, Elder Scrolls IV is the best selling PC game in the US. » MORE

»	Apr 03, 2006 Ensemble Bans AoE III Cheaters Ensemble Studios has banned a bunch of Age of Empires III players: Today we have banned a batch of players from ESO for a variety of cheats, including hacked decks, point trading, as well as for racist chat channels and comments. » MORE

Mar 18, 2006

Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs
The Age of Empires III expansion pack has gotten a title, The Warchiefs. You can find out more info about the add-on here. Early on we considered adding other civilizations but felt they wouldn't play as different as what we believe we can do with the Native Americans.

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»	Mar 15, 2006 Top-selling PC Games Here's the list of the top-selling PC games for the week ending March 4th. Everyone's favorite game is back at the top: 1. Sims 2: Open For Business - Electronic Arts 2. » MORE

Mar 08, 2006

Age of Empires III Expansion Shots
IGN has some screenshots from the upcoming Age of Empires III expansion pack. Check them out. I always love posting shots from expansion packs. There is something strangely gratifying about convincing people they look any different from the original game.

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»	Mar 07, 2006 Age of Empires III Expansion Announced The game was a sales hit (it was good, but not as good as to justify the stellar sales), so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that MS and Ensemble would dish out an expansion at some point. » MORE

»	Feb 28, 2006 Age of Empires 3 Patch Plans A patch is planned for Ensemble Studios' popular RTS, Age of Empires 3. The upcoming patch (version 1.05) corrects certain out-of-sync problems that prevent two players from being able to see each other in the game. » MORE

»	Feb 13, 2006 Best Selling PC Titles Here's the best selling PC games for the week ending on february fourth. 1. World of Warcraft (Blizzard) 2. Age of Empires III (Microsoft) 3. Civilization IV (2K Games) 4. » MORE

»	Jan 25, 2006 US Top 10 (PC) According to NPD Group, here are the 10 best selling PC titles in the US, for the week ending Jan 14. 1. World Of Warcraft - VU Games 2. The Sims 2 - Electronic Arts 3. » MORE

»	Jan 20, 2006 AoE III Update The official Age of Empires III web site reveals that the 1.04 version of Microsoft's latest RTS is now available. You can snatch the new version via the game's auto-update system. » MORE

»	Jan 19, 2006 Last Year's Best Selling PC Titles According to market research conducted by NPD Group, 2005 U.S. retail sales of PC game software reached $953 million, as opposed to $1.1 billion in 2004 (which is actually, a 14% decrease). » MORE

»	Jan 11, 2006 Sims 2 Tops the Charts The NPD Group has released the latest list of the top-selling PC games in the US for the week ending December 31. Holiday shoppers ruin New Year: 1. The Sims 2 - Electronic Arts 2. » MORE

»	Jan 04, 2006 Top selling PC Games in the US Something you've all anxiously been waiting for. The list of the top-selling PC games in the US for the week of 12/17/05 (courtesy of NPD Techworld). Thanks, VE3D. » MORE

»	Dec 21, 2005 That's Four 'Sims' Titles Too Many Ah, no news update would be complete without NPD's precious best-seller lists. Here we go: the top 10 best selling PC games in the US for the week ending Dec. » MORE

Dec 20, 2005

PC Gaming Not Dead Yet Says Former PCG EIC
Former EIC of PC Gamer proclaims in an article on Next-Generation that "PC Gaming's Not Dead Yet." So that's 5 million people paying $15 dollars a month to play World of Warcraft and 362,000 Xbox 360s sold? Thanks for stating the obvious, Dan.

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»	Dec 14, 2005 Age of Empires III Bonus Map Ensemble is taking the Blizzard route by starting to (hopefully) routinely support their game Age of Empires III with bonus maps. You can download the map here. » MORE

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