History VideoGame / AgeOfEmpires

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYwZ6GZXWhA On August 21, 2017, Microsoft announced the much awaited and anticipated fourth installment in the series.]]

** ''Age of Mythology Retold'' -- TBA

** ''Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon'' -- 2016

* CapRaiser: Building Houses, Manors, and Villages increases the total amount of units that you can build.
** The various economic technologies in ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresI'' increase both resource gathering rate and carrying capacity for wood, gold, and stone.
** ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'': The Wheelbarrow and Hand Cart technologies boost Villager carrying capacity in addition to boosting their movement speed. The Aztecs can carry more resources per trip as a civilization bonus, while the Goths add +10 to their overall unit cap. The Chinese and Incas have Town Centers and Houses that provide additional population space, while the Huns start out with the maximum population space available without the need or ability to build Houses.
** ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'': Both the Chinese and the Russians can go over the standard population cap of 200 to a max of 220, and the former can build Villages that provide more space than Houses and can be further upgraded to provide even more space. The Lakota, like the Huns in the previous game, start out at max population space and don't need to build Houses.
** ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'': Most civilizations can only sustain a maximum of 100 Faith at any given time. Followers of Zeus boost this limit to 200, double the usual amount.

* [[/index]]''Age of Empires: The Age of Kings'' -- 2006 -- A Turn-Based Strategy spin-off for c/NintendoDS.[[index]]

* [[/index]]''Age of Empires: The Age of Kings'' -- 2006 -- A Turn-Based Strategy spin-off for UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.[[index]]

* GameBreakingBug: ''Age of Empires: The Age of Kings'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS is notorious for its amount of bugs. A major bug can lead to the bricking of the game cartridge, if the player's profile name has less that four letters, or if they save the game after turn 40.

On January 3, 2013, it was announced on the official blog that ''Online'' would have no further content added, though support will be continued for the game. ''Online'' was shut down on July 1, 2014. Before that date, it was widely believed that Microsoft would shut down the Games for Windows -- Live service (which ''Online'' relied upon) that same day, but the company later announced in June 2014 that only ''[=AoEO=]'' is shutting down that day, [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/30/microsoft-confirms-games-for-windows-live-will-continue not the entire GFWL service.]] In between the closure and the announcement, no new players could join nor could the premium currency be purchased with real money, though it could still be earned in-game by players already present. However, in 2017, an independent group of developers, using Microsoft's publicly-released development kit under a non-commercial license from Microsoft, revived ''[=AoEO=]'' in the form of ''[[https://projectceleste.com/ Project Celeste]]'', a server emulator that features all the content and online features that was released in the game's official lifespan, with the team adding the unreleased Roman civilization based on what was provided before the shutdown on March 14, 2021. ''Project Celeste'' [[https://www.projectceleste.com/install can be installed]] using either the old UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} installation for ''[=AoEO=]'' or a standalone version.

* LowTechSpears: Stone Age Villagers hunt wild animals by throwing spears at them and likewise use fishing spears. Note that these are the only times spears are used before the Bronze Age in-game.

** ''Age of Mythology Retold'' -- 2023

** ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIV: The Sultans Ascend'' -- 2023

On January 3, 2013, it was announced on the official blog that ''Online'' would have no further content added, though support will be continued for the game. ''Online'' was shut down on July 1, 2014. Before that date, it was widely believed that Microsoft would shut down the Games for Windows -- Live service (which ''Online'' relied upon) that same day, but the company later announced in June 2014 that only ''[=AoEO=]'' is shutting down that day, [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/30/microsoft-confirms-games-for-windows-live-will-continue not the entire GFWL service.]] In between the closure and the announcement, no new players could join nor could the premium currency be purchased with real money, though it could still be earned in-game by players already present. However, in 2017, an independent group of developers, using Microsoft's publicly-released development kit under a non-commercial license from Microsoft, revived ''[=AoEO=]'' in the form of ''[[https://projectceleste.com/ Project Celeste]]'', a server emulator that features all the content and online features that was released in the game's official lifespan, with the team planning to add the unreleased Roman civilization based on what was provided before the shutdown. ''Project Celeste'' [[https://www.projectceleste.com/install can be installed]] using either the old UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} installation for ''[=AoEO=]'' or a standalone version.