While the other two predecessors of the game mostly focused on sprite-based 2D units but the Age of Empires III shifted its focus on 3D visuals.The game is available for Windows, macOS, N-Gage and Microsoft Mobile. After the game's release, it was able to become one of the bestselling PC games of its time and had old around 2million gamers in its first three years of release. The player also has to go through five 'Ages' which are tiered and with each new tier comes more powerful upgrades and units. The game follows a similar pattern as of Age of Empires II the player is given a small settlement which he/she has to develop into an Empire. Age of Empires II left off at the discovery of the New World. It continues the story of where its predecessor left off. The second one was released on 23 October 2007 namely The Asian Dynasties which had three new Asian Civilizations.Īge of Empire III is set at the beginning of the colonial period between the 1500s and 1800s. The game later got two expansion packs, the first one was released on 17 October 2006 and was called The War Chiefs, it came with three new Native American civilizations. It is published by Microsoft Game Studios and developed by Ensemble Studios. Age of Empires III is the third instalment in the Age of Empire (AoE) series and was released first for PC on 18 October 2005.
