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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

GameZone is sporting a Q&A with the Ensemble guys who recently announced that Age of Mythology has gone gold. I saw some drunk dudes at IHOP late at night the other day so it's pretty certain they are celebrating :)

According to the Ensemble Studios website, their newest "Age of.." game Age of Mythology, has gone gold. The 3D strategy game will ship to stores October 31st in North America.

Using familiar elements of classical mythology, Age of Mythology casts players as one of nine unique civilizations from ancient Greek, Norse and Egyptian mythologies. Players can reinforce their armies with mythological creatures like Cyclopes and Medusas or call upon the mighty powers of gods such as Zeus to rain down lightning bolts on unsuspecting enemies. Age of Mythology also incorporates Ensemble Studios' trademark features from previous Age of Empires games, including a compelling economic model, a massive army and battle system, unequaled artificial intelligence, random maps, intuitive gameplay and extreme attention to detail.

Another Age of Mythology article on PC.IGN, this time looking at the maps in the game. Ensemble's 3D RTS game will be shipping later this year.

GameSpot has posted their last Age of Mythology showcase article, taking a look a the final major god in this 3D RTS, Loki. Once again there are plenty of Ensemble people quotes and descriptions and unit overviews and what not, along with twenty-six new screenshots.

PC.IGN newest Age of Mythology article is written by programmer Bellal Khan. He writes about the balancing of god powers in Ensemble's upcoming 3D strategy game.

XGR has a batch of screenshots of Age of Mythology being worked on by Ensemble Studios. Speaking of which they are actually wrapping up that big beta test period on the game today if that tells ya anything.

Of Men, Monsters and Machines is an article on PC.IGN, in which Ensemble Studios designer Greg Street writes about ship strategies in the upcoming Age of Mythlogy. The 3D RTS will ship later this year.

The Ensemble Studios website has been updated with three additional Age of Mythology screenshots. This 3D RTS will be out later this year.