Microsoft Game Studios and Ensemble Studios released the next chapter in the highly successful real-time strategy game Age Of Empire 3.

Age of Empires III offers gamers the next level of realism, with advanced battle physics and great visual detail. The new game picks up where Age of Empires II: Age of Kings left off, placing gamers in the position of a European power determined to explore, colonize and conquer the New World. This time period features stunning scenes, from towering European cathedrals to courageous tribes of Native Americans, and spectacular combat with Industrial Age units like rifled infantry, cavalry and tall ships bristling with cannons.

Age of Empires III It introduces all-new gameplay elements, new civilizations to discover, random maps to conquer and a single-player campaign. A.I. opponents are well-developed characters with deep strategies, motivations, and personalities-and more than 4,000 audio taunts at their disposal New lighting and shadow effects, in a game world designed to have real physics and depth.