New “Age of Empires III” Expansion Pack- “The Asian Dynasties”: A second expansion pack to “Age of Empires III” has been in the works for many months now and was announced just recently. This “Y” pack (as opposed to an “X” for eXpansion pack) is being developed by Big Huge Games of Timonium, Maryland, the developers of “Rise of Nations” and “Rise ...

Age III On The Charts: Voodoo Extreme posted recently NPD’s list of 10 best selling PC games in the US for the last week of December. Age III was #8. WoW ($20) had reclaimed #1 followed by Sims2 and its xpacks. There were three RTS games on the list but only the one MMORPG and one shooter. More impressive to me is Yahoo’s list of the top ten PC ...

Age III Manual Receives Recognition: In early January we received notice that our manual and Quick Reference Card had received from the Puget Sound Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication a Distinguished Award for technical writing and editing. These game components are now eligible for national and international Academy Awards voted ...