It was released on Steam on November 7, 2013.Īnother official expansion, Age of Empires II: The African Kingdoms, was released on November 5, 2015, with the Berbers, Malians, Ethiopians, and Portuguese as new civilizations. With the release of the HD edition of the original game, Forgotten Empires was turned into an official expansion, entitled Age of Empires II: The Forgotten. New features introduced in this installment are unique units and technologies per civilization (further distinguishing them), the ability to check the civilization's tech tree and features in-game, and a formation system for military ground units allowing them to march in patterns.Ī 2012 Fan Expansion named Forgotten Empires features another five new civilizations (Incas, Indians, Italians, Magyars and Slavs), six new campaigns (Alaric, Bari note only campaign named after a city, rather than a historical character, and one of two campaigns to depict a civilization which was introduced in a previous installment (Byzantines), the other being Alaric, a leader of the Goths, Dracula, El Dorado, Prithiviraj and (Francesco) Sforza) and more historical battles, as well as improved AI, upgrades, and balance fixes. As players advance throughout the ages, more powerful units and technologies become available. In order to do so, they need to gather resources (gold, stone, food and wood) using worker units, mainly villagers, which can also construct buildings which are used to expand the population limit, research technologies and train units. The game retains most of the mechanics and features of Age of Empires: players must build a civilization starting from the initial Dark Age, and progress through the Feudal Age, Castle Age and the Imperial Age. It was developed by Ensemble Studios and released by Microsoft in 1999 for Microsoft Windows. Age of Empires II (full name: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings) is the second installment of the Age of Empires series.
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