The first patch for Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties is now available on FileShack, updating the strategy game expansion pack to version 1.01.

The 15mb download offers a wide variety of balancing changes for a number of the civilizations found in the game.... Read more

New at FiringSquad today is this Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties Q&A. Big Huge Games founder Brian Reynolds answers questions about this new expansion pack.

Now available at FileShack is the Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties demo. The 612mb download includes the Japanese and British civilizations, the random map Honshu and the King of the Hill game type.

Developed by Big Huge Games, the second expansion pack for Ensemble Studios' 2005 real-time strategy game is due out October 23.

The second expansion pack for Ensemble Studios' 2005 PC RTS Age of Empires III has gone gold and will hit North American stores October 23.

Announced this past May and co-developed by Rise of Nations creator Big Huge Games, The Asian Dynasties adds playable Asian civilizations, random map styles, 15 Asian "Wonders," and new gameplay elements, including additional ways of winning and trading. It will retail for $29.99 and requires the original Age of Empires III.

A new patch for Age of Empires 3 patch is now available, updating the real-time strategy game to v1.12. There's also a patch updating the WarChiefs expansion pack to v1.04.

Both patches offer balancing changes, add support for custom online scenarios for multiplayer games, and take care of some more game bugs.

There's a preview of the new Age of Empires 3 expansion pack The Asian Dynasties on GameSpot, offering hands-on impressions.

GameSpot has been updated with another Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Q&A. This one features info on the China faction.

New at GameSpot this evening is another Q&A on the Age of Empires 3 expansion pack The Asian Dynasties. Big Huge Games CEO Brian Reynolds is asked about the India faction in this one.

There's an Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties Q&A on GameSpot this evening, asking Brian Reynolds of Big Huge Games about the Japanese nation found in the expansion pack.

Over at IGN you can find an Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasty Q&A. Includes new screenshots from the Big Huge Games developed expansion pack.

Also on GameSpy (since yesterday, thanks to Blues News for noticing it) is this Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties Q&A. Big Huge Games' Brian Reynolds is asked why his team is working on this instead of Ensemble, collaboration between the two companies, new campaigns and civilizations, gameplay additions and new home cities.

Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties Exclusive Q&A on GameSpot asks Big Huge Games CEO Brian Reynolds what we can expect from the newly announced expansion pack. Includes an additional screenshot.

Microsoft Game Studios today announced the development of Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, a second expansion pack for Ensemble Studios' 2005 hit strategy game.

Developed by Big Huge Games (Rise of Nations), Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties will add playable Asian civilizations, new gameplay elements including additional ways of winning and trading, random map styles, as well ... Read more

New patches for Age of Empires 3 and its WarChiefs expansion pack are now available. There are client fixes and balance changes for both, and the WarChiefs expansion also gets a new random map. Thanks Blues News.

New patches for Age Empires 3 are now available, updating the original game to version 1.10 and the WarChiefs expansion pack to version 1.02. The patches offer balance tweaks, multiplayer fixes and more. Thanks 3D Gamers.

The first Age of Empires 3: The WarChiefs patch is now available, updating the expansion pack to v1.01. It offers a few balancing changes and bug fixes.

The Age of Empires 3 website has been updated with a new developer blog, written by senior game designer Bruce Shelley. Shelley talks about the WarChiefs launch party, the localization of the expansion pack, and games with levels of difficulty among other things.

A demo for the Age of Empires 3 expansion pack The WarChiefs is now available, allowing you to play two singleplayer missions as either the Germans or the Iroquois Confederation. Age of Empires 3: The WarChiefs will be in stores October 17. Thanks GameSpot.

Also headed to manufacturing is the Age of Empires 3 expansion pack The WarChiefs. It will be in stores October 20th.

The Age of Empires 3 community site notes that a 1.09 patch for the game is now available through the auto-updater. The patch features Home City experience changes among other things. Update: available as stand-alone downloads.