Game Groups > Age of Empires series

Age of Empires is a real-time strategy (RTS) franchise originally developed by Ensemble Studios, briefly picked up by Hidden Path Entertainment and Skybox Labs, and further handled by Forgotten Empires and World's Edge.

The games in this series have a relatively slower pace to most other RTS titles, with detailed economic and technology systems (including the concept of advancing to the next age with newer and better units and upgrades). While the first two titles, and later the fourth, are based on historical figures, the third used fictional characters in historical settings. The Age of Mythology spin-off maintained largely the same gameplay, but used a mythological setting of multiple classical civilizations.