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Age of Empires III(AOE III) is areal-time strategy(RTS) game developed by Microsoft Corporation'sEnsemble Studiosand published byMicrosoft Game Studios. Released on October 18, 2005 inNorth Americaand November 4, 2005 inEurope, it is the third game of theAge of Empiresseries and the sequel toAge of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The game portrays theEuropean colonization of the Americas, between approximately 1492 and 1850AD(expanded inAge of Empires III: The WarChiefsto 1876). Eight European civilizations are playable.Age of Empires IIIhas made several innovations in the series, in particular with the addition of the "Home City", which combines real-time strategy androle-playing gamefeatures. Twoexpansion packshave been released: the first,Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, was released on October 17, 2006, and introduced threeNative Americancivilizations; the second,Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, was released on October 23, 2007, and included threeAsiancivilizations.Age of Empires IIIhas sold over 2 million copies as of May 2008. As well as achieving favorablereviews, it has received awards, includingGameSpy's "Best RTS game of 2005", and was one of thebest-selling gamesof 2005.[2]In 2007,Age of Empires IIIwas the seventh best-selling computer game, with over 313,000 copies sold that year.[3]AnN-Gageversion of the game developed byGlu Mobilewas released on April 28, 2009.