Age of Empires 2 Gold Edition for PC

Overview
Age of Empires II Gold Edition unites the exciting game play of both Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion, plus additional content, for one compelling gaming experience!

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
The sequel to the award-winning, best-selling real-time strategy game Age of Empires.

Age of Empires II spans a thousand years, from the fall of Rome through the Middle Ages in which players lead one of 13 civilizations into greatness.

The game keeps the epic scope of Age of Empires' game play while evolving the combat and economic features.

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
This expansion will challenge veterans and novices to wage war on an epic scale with all-new civilizations, unique units and technologies, and campaigns based on infamous conquerors such as Attila the Hun, El Cid and Montezuma.

Combined Features
Developed by Ensemble Studios, Age of Empires II features the expertise of Bruce Shelley, co designer of Age of Empires and the hit strategy game Civilization.

Internet play for up to eight players via the MSN Gaming Zone, over a LAN or modem to modem. A market-based economy gives new options for players to buy, sell, and speculate on resources.

Gamers command one of 13 mighty civilizations. These include the Franks, Japanese, Byzantines, Vikings, Mongols and Celts civilizations.

Each civilization has unique attributes, buildings and technologies as well as a unique combat unit based on its historical counterpart.

The William Wallace learning campaign makes it incredibly easy for new users to get started. Choose one of several ways to achieve world domination and ultimate victory.

Age of Empires II lets gamers choose from numerous technological paths to help lead their civilization to greatness.

From an economic path of farming and craftsmanship to a military route of siege and naval warfare, the game comes with a technology tree that has more than 100 nodes, larger than one player could possibly complete in just one game.