Comments on: What Will Happen to the “Age of…” Game Franchise? http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:23:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Can Social Games Make More Money? | Tech Newz http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-961226 Can Social Games Make More Money? | Tech Newz Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:43:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-961226 <p>[...] Rise of Nations, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, and an installment of Age of Empires (one of Om’s personal favorites), is widely admired by gamers for making challenging and complex strategy titles like those. [...]</p> [...] Rise of Nations, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, and an installment of Age of Empires (one of Om’s personal favorites), is widely admired by gamers for making challenging and complex strategy titles like those. [...]

]]> By: Can Veteran Designer Brian Reynolds Make Social Games More Money? http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-961025 Can Veteran Designer Brian Reynolds Make Social Games More Money? Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:29:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-961025 <p>[...] Rise of Nations, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, and an installment of Age of Empires (one of Om’s personal favorites), is widely admired by gamers for making challenging and complex strategy titles like those. [...]</p> [...] Rise of Nations, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, and an installment of Age of Empires (one of Om’s personal favorites), is widely admired by gamers for making challenging and complex strategy titles like those. [...]

]]> By: Dakota Moore http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-940199 Dakota Moore Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:04:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-940199 <p>What a shame, I was always playing these games and still do I am going to miss it. Unless a differnt company buys it and continues the series.</p> What a shame, I was always playing these games and still do I am going to miss it. Unless a differnt company buys it and continues the series.

]]> By: Holiday Games: The GigaOM Gift Guide - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-914405 Holiday Games: The GigaOM Gift Guide - GigaOM Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:00:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-914405 <p>[...] Available Platforms: Nintendo DS MSRP: $29.99 The beloved resource-management strategy franchise (one of Om’s favorites!) is a turn-based strategy title for Nintendo’s handheld, with Egyptian, Greek and Norse [...]</p> [...] Available Platforms: Nintendo DS MSRP: $29.99 The beloved resource-management strategy franchise (one of Om’s favorites!) is a turn-based strategy title for Nintendo’s handheld, with Egyptian, Greek and Norse [...]

]]> By: Nick http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-902656 Nick Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:10:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-902656 <p>The news of Ensemble's closure hit me hard, and now I too am waiting with bated breath to hear word of the fate of the AoE series. The sequels were all great in their own way, but the original AoE and its Rise of Rome expansion hold a very special place in my heart. I wasn't much older than 10 when I first played it, so there's a lot of nostalgia packed into those pixels. This was this game that got me interested in ancient history, an interest which endures to this day.</p> <p>My friends and I still regularly fire up a good long game of the original AoE at our LAN parties, and we still have a blast playing it. It's a mark of a true classic when a game is still played regularly at LANs more than a decade after its release.</p> <p>It’s tragic that the developer of such a classic game - the first in a series with over 20 million sales to its credit - has ended up a casualty of Microsoft’s corporate agenda.</p> <p>R.I.P. Ensemble.</p> The news of Ensemble’s closure hit me hard, and now I too am waiting with bated breath to hear word of the fate of the AoE series. The sequels were all great in their own way, but the original AoE and its Rise of Rome expansion hold a very special place in my heart. I wasn’t much older than 10 when I first played it, so there’s a lot of nostalgia packed into those pixels. This was this game that got me interested in ancient history, an interest which endures to this day.

My friends and I still regularly fire up a good long game of the original AoE at our LAN parties, and we still have a blast playing it. It’s a mark of a true classic when a game is still played regularly at LANs more than a decade after its release.

It’s tragic that the developer of such a classic game – the first in a series with over 20 million sales to its credit – has ended up a casualty of Microsoft’s corporate agenda.

R.I.P. Ensemble.

]]> By: Tony Sena http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-899138 Tony Sena Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:27:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-899138 <p>What a shame! I love Age of Empires! I lost so much sleep when I was younger staying up all night playing online getting my butt kicked :) I might have to pull it out and play a game just for old time sakes!</p> What a shame! I love Age of Empires! I lost so much sleep when I was younger staying up all night playing online getting my butt kicked :) I might have to pull it out and play a game just for old time sakes!

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-899126 Om Malik Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-899126 <p>@David</p> <p>Well now i can tell you - our secret is no longer the secret. haha! i played the game this weekend. it was so much fun. we should do an online play sometime. I might go and buy a PC for this.</p> @David

Well now i can tell you – our secret is no longer the secret. haha! i played the game this weekend. it was so much fun. we should do an online play sometime. I might go and buy a PC for this.

]]> By: David Churbuck http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-899124 David Churbuck Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:24:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-899124 <p>Om, Wow. That brings back some memories. We were utter pimps against DeWayne and Nathan -- undefeated if I recall correctly. My favorite AOE set up was to play Byzantine on islands, go Naval early, and pound the stuffing out of the land defenses with waterborne projectiles.</p> <p>Our secret, if I recall correctly, was one of us went offensive, while the other super fortified and built a Wonder of the World.</p> Om, Wow. That brings back some memories. We were utter pimps against DeWayne and Nathan — undefeated if I recall correctly. My favorite AOE set up was to play Byzantine on islands, go Naval early, and pound the stuffing out of the land defenses with waterborne projectiles.

Our secret, if I recall correctly, was one of us went offensive, while the other super fortified and built a Wonder of the World.

]]> By: Alexander Marktl http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-899042 Alexander Marktl Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:08:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-899042 <p>My all time favourite game list:</p> <ol> <li>Civilization</li> <li>Half-Life 2</li> <li>Age of Empires 2</li> </ol> <p>I never liked Age of Mythology and always hoped for a AOE2 successor...</p> My all time favourite game list:

  1. Civilization
  2. Half-Life 2
  3. Age of Empires 2

I never liked Age of Mythology and always hoped for a AOE2 successor…

]]> By: Wolf- http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-898953 Wolf- Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:42:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-898953 <p>Wow, 11 years. And it still runs. It is still fun. Little kids can lean about economics. We had a LAN party back in the spring here, and we played AoE w/ and w/o mods. Was a great weekend.</p> Wow, 11 years. And it still runs. It is still fun. Little kids can lean about economics. We had a LAN party back in the spring here, and we played AoE w/ and w/o mods. Was a great weekend.

]]> By: Andy Gongea http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-898944 Andy Gongea Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:22:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-898944 <p>Hey OM, the picture for this post looks like Pharaoh and not Age of Empires.</p> Hey OM, the picture for this post looks like Pharaoh and not Age of Empires.

]]> By: Andy Gongea http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-898943 Andy Gongea Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:21:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-898943 <p>So - what civilization was better - I loved the Teutons Knight and the Brits with their long bow. Also the Spanish mounted troops with guns were good. Age of Empires 2 was one of the best games EVER.</p> So – what civilization was better – I loved the Teutons Knight and the Brits with their long bow. Also the Spanish mounted troops with guns were good. Age of Empires 2 was one of the best games EVER.

]]> By: piers http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-898909 piers Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:03:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-898909 <p>This saddens me; I too remember long drawn out age of empires poundings after hours. Good times!</p> This saddens me; I too remember long drawn out age of empires poundings after hours. Good times!

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-898880 Om Malik Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:45:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-898880 <p>@ianthethird. thanks for correcting my mistake. deeply appreciate it. I have posted the site to reflect that.</p> @ianthethird. thanks for correcting my mistake. deeply appreciate it. I have posted the site to reflect that.

]]> By: stone http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-898869 stone Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:03:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-898869 <p>Bombshell. You have described my love for Age of Empires series. It's the only game I've ever been happily addicted to. What a damn shame.</p> Bombshell. You have described my love for Age of Empires series. It’s the only game I’ve ever been happily addicted to. What a damn shame.

]]> By: ianthethird http://gigaom.com/2008/09/10/what-will-happen-to-age-of-game-franchise/#comment-898860 ianthethird Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:17:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20645#comment-898860 <p>(Civilisation is a turn-based strategy game, not real time).</p> (Civilisation is a turn-based strategy game, not real time).

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