Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Refined civilization asymmetry and economy management into an RTS still played competitively today.

Released 1999 Developer Ensemble Studios Publisher Microsoft Platform PC Genre RTS Era The 3D rupture Website microsoft.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Bundled Level Editor ~~1983~~Real-Time Base and Unit Production ~~1992~~Fog of War ~~1992~~Internet Client-Server Play ~~1996~~

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1997

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1999

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