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AOM Titans Preview

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 27, 2003 8:24pm CST tags: Age of Mythology
GameSpot has a new preview of Age of Mythology: The Titans, taking a look at some of the new units offered by the Atlanteans faction. Sixteen new screenshots are included.
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Age of Mythology Expansion Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 18, 2003 8:49am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
New on HomeLAN Fed this morning is this Age of Mythology: The Titans Q&A with Ensemble Studios' Ian Fischer. The expansion pack will be released this fall.
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AOM Titans Screenshot

by Maarten Goldstein Jun 07, 2003 11:43am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
Ensemble's Age of Mythology: The Titans webpage has been updated showing a new screenshot from this upcoming expansion pack. A new shot will be released every other Friday.
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Age of Mythology 1.05 Patch

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 16, 2003 12:02pm CST tags: Age of Mythology
According to this update on the ESO site, a new 1.05 patch for Age of Mythology is now available through the auto updater. The patch fixes an armory tech research exploit, some localization bugs, a crash related to alt-tabbing and takes care of a bug related to god power triggers. A manual patch will be released soon. Thanks HomeLAN Fed.
"Egyptian is still too weak imho. Priests need to be stronger Camels need to be stronger and ..."5 Comments

AOM: The Titans Shots

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 16, 2003 8:39am CST tags: Age of Mythology
Here are the first few screenshots from The Titans, the recently announced expansion pack for Age of Mythology.

"repost from last night's ER The more I hear about the AoM expansion the more disappointed I ge..."21 Comments

Age of Mythology: The Titans Announced

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 14, 2003 12:09pm CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
Following Saturday's teaser image on the Ensemble Studios website, Microsoft today announced the first Age of Mythology expansion pack, The Titans. In this expansion pack you will be able to control the powers of gods such as Atlas and Cronus
Age of Mythology: The Titans adds a fourth culture, the Atlanteans, to the existing Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythologies. A new single-player campaign will add yet another chapter to the franchise's expansive folklore with the addition of 12 new scenarios. Atlantean players will be able to call upon the might of the Titan gods multiple times throughout the game, and may also upgrade human units to heroes. The expansion pack will introduce 12 new god powers, 18 new human units and 10 formidable myth units to the game. ...
The expansion will be in stores this fall.
"w00t tho i really hoped thered be an asian race with ninjas and stuff :("34 Comments

AOM Expansion Teaser

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 12, 2003 10:32am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
Planet Age of Mythology notes that the frontpage of the Ensemble Studios website is now offering a teaser screenshot from an Age of Mythology expansion pack. The screenshot shows a huge myth unit, like, bigger than Xbox.
"Bah. Anybody can make a big ass unit that takes up half the god damn screen.... hell, is that uni..."29 Comments

New AOM Campaign

by Maarten Goldstein Apr 07, 2003 2:37pm CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
Microsoft's Age of Mythology downloads page is offering a new campaign created by Ensemble Studios, The Golden Gift. This free addon campaign offers four scenarios where the player "follows the adventures of Brokk and Eitri, two dwarven brothers featured in the original Age of Mythology Fall of the Trident campaign". The 10mb download is mirrored on FileShack.
"This is the coolest thing ever. I wish more companies would do this like perhaps Blizzard."9 Comments

New Age of Mythology Patch

by Maarten Goldstein Feb 10, 2003 10:03pm CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
Ensemble Studios have released another patch for Age of Mythology, available through the auto updater. Patch 1.04 fixes an exploit, a scenario editor bug and a certain ESO issue.
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New Age of Mythology Patch

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 28, 2003 3:38pm CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
The Age of Mythology news page on the Ensemble Studios website has been updated with the readme of the 1.03 patch, which should be available through the auto updater right now or soon. There's a bunch of bug fixes along with unit balance adjustments. Thanks Blues News.
"Now if only it played a bit faster with a bit less emphasis on resourcing, it'd be damn near perf..."9 Comments

AOM Balance Plans

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 10, 2003 10:17am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
According to this post on the Planet Age of Empires forums, Ensemble Studios is currently testing a new patch which will improve some balancing issues. There's no ETA for this patch.
"i had no idea there were balancing issues. hmmm cool i guess"2 Comments

Age of Mythology Patch

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 18, 2002 1:45pm CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
According to this news update on the Ensemble Studios website, a new patch for Age of Mythology is now available through the game's auto-updater. There are several balance adjustments and network fixes.
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Age of Mythology Patch

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 18, 2002 10:14am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
Ensemble Studios has released a manual patch for Age of Mythology, for those who had problems using the game's auto updater. There are a few client fixes in the 2mb update. Thanks VE.
"I tried the demo and just could not get into this game. It is a great RTS but pales in compariso..."5 Comments

Age of Mythology Interview

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 02, 2002 10:04am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology, Interview
While other sites are already reviewing the final product, GameSpy instead opted to post another Age of Mythology interview. Bruce Shelley of Ensemble Studios answers questions about going from 2D to 3D and the use of mythologies.
"I'm at a lan and we have played this a few times, it kicks ass! AoM > *"3 Comments

Age of Mythology Demo

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 29, 2002 2:06pm CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology, Demo
A playable demo of Age of Mythology has been released, allowing you to try out Ensemble's new 3D RTS game. In the single-player demo you play as the Zeus civilization in three of the four ages. Dialup users will shed a few tears, as the demo is a 337mb download.

" I love the new AoM I have a P4 1.5Ghz w/ Geforce 4 4400 and it runs smoothly @ 1600x1200x32..."206 Comments

Age of Mythology Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 24, 2002 9:33am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
There is a new Age of Mythology Q&A on GameSpy this morning. Ensemble's Greg T. Street and Ian Fischer answer some more questions about the imminent 3D RTS game.
"wow, I'm actually pretty excited about this game. I'm looking forward to each civilization having..."1 Comment

Age of Mythology Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 20, 2002 11:12am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
GameSpy has posted an Age of Mythology Q&A, asking Ensemble Studios founder Tony Goodman about his company's latest RTS game. There's also a preview of the game on AOE2.com and some first impressions are up at Action Trip.
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Age of Mythology Movie

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 18, 2002 8:21am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
PC.IGN has a new movie trailer from Age of Mythology, Ensemble's imminent 3D RTS. Some of the latest previews can be found on UGO, Gaming Nexus and PC Arena.
"show GAME-PLAY. I've seen that cutscene in past trailers, I'll see it again in the intro I'm sure..."3 Comments

Age of Mythology Happenings

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 16, 2002 11:25am CST tags: Ensemble, Age of Mythology
Gamers Click and Gamers Hell are among the last sites to preview Age of Mythology, the 3D RTS game from Ensemble Studios which recently went gold. There's also an article on Games Domain which reports about their trip to the Ensemble Studios offices.
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Age of Mythology Shots

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 15, 2002 9:50am CST tags: Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology will be showing up in stores soon but if you want to look at a few more screenshots you can do so at Gamers Click. They have three of them there. There's also a preview of the game on Gamers Hell.
"I assume this is made by the same team that made AOE and AOK? Will this run on my laptop? (p3-800..."4 Comments
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