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Age of Empires Online has gone free-to-play, Gas Powered Games has announced. Previously only free-to-try, all content is now available through in-game purchased or microtransactions.
Age of Empires Online is now entirely free-to-play, developer Gas Powered Games has announced. Previously the game was only "free to try." The base game didn't cost anything to sample, ...
Age of Empires 2 team continues to cook while delivering 'legendarily long' 8,000-word patch notes about 'the biggest updates' the 26-year-old game has ever had ...
A new age is dawning in the video game business, and Microsoft wants to be part of it. Today, Microsoft is formally launching its Age of Empires Online game as a free-to-play online-only title.
Age of Empires Online is a free-to-play game that is played via the Games for Windows Live platform. It will have a persistent capital city that lives and grows even when you are offline.
Age of Empires Online no longer in active development. Development on free-to-play RTS "no longer cost-effective" says Microsoft. Jan 4, 2013 3:25am ...
Microsoft's attempt to reinvigorate its aging Age of Empires game franchise most recently resulted in a free-to-play game distributed on the company's (now shuttered) Games for Windows Live service.
Age of Empires Online is free to play — and isn’t saddled with a subscription fee. If you aren’t too wary of Games for Windows Live, give it a shot — doubly so, if you’ve never tried the ...
Age of Empires Online is another departure from the original formula. Instead of focusing on a single-player experience, this particular entry establishes an online multiplayer component .
We sat down with some of the guys at Gas Powered Games to discuss some big changes coming to in Age of Empires Online's summer update. In the first part of the interview, they discussed moving ...
When you visit the official Age of Empires Online website, a big, shiny red button invites you to play the game for free. If you take this button up on its generous offer, you'll find that once ...
But player beware: though Age of Empires masquerades under the free-to-play moniker, many of its features (including the ability to build certain structures, and equip all but the worst gear) are ...