May 30, 1998 2:15PM PST – Palmyran Heaven has some information on the new Palmyran civ that will be included in AOE: Rise of Rome.
Thanks to Tek for this information. – Argent_Knight 9:45AM PST – Expansion Pack Extra!!
Oh boy! Are we overloaded with news lately? It seems it will never ends. Go read Doug Radcliffe’s article about the expansion pack. – Omnivac 12:35AM PST – Expansion Pack
Thanks Computer Games Online for this great interview with Bruce Shelly. Go here to see the full interview. – Argent_Knight May 29, 1998 4:00PM PST – AOE on Playstation
See the full report on this subject here. Another Report from Angel Deepwater
I just love the fact that garrisons will be in the game. It will really add more realism to the game, but from the looks of the screenshots it looks like they got the realism covered very well. I can’t wait for his next update. – Argent_Knight 11:35AM PST – AOE Designer Forms New Game Company May 28, 1998 11:30PM PST – BIG News Today has been another great day for AOK. Heaven @ E3 has everything you need to know. One of the biggest suprises is that the last age has been renamed to Imperial Age. There has been so much information that I don’t have enough room to post it all. So go see the entire message from DeepWater here. – Argent_Knight 10:15PM PST – Another Award for AoE
Congrats to the fine folks at ES who are apparently treating Alexander I and DeepWater like family. Be sure to check out the Heaven @E3 page for Alex’s account from Day 1 at the largest gaming convention in the world! Much much more to come so keep your mouse pointer on the refresh button! – Vidguy 4:30PM PST – Angels Arrive at E3 Microsoft Sound System May 27, 1998 11:59PM CST – Retired Angel Hemlock in the News Heaven Forums Exploding with Discussions dabestgolfer Hosting Tourney Cloud News 6:30PM PST – Argent Knight Comes Forth AOKH is Full of News Speculation on Expansion Pack Heaven @ E3 Page 8:00PM CST – New Format for the News Apology May 26, 1998 9:00PM CST – AoE Expansion Pack! Age of Kings Heaven??? Cool info on Priests
Pics from Heaven vs Zone Sysops
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Headlines – May 25, 1998 AoE Expansion Pack? Contest Scenarios Posted and Rated Cloud News |
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AoE Expansion Pack? “Age of Empires to Get Expansion? Sounds like the game will boast a whole new look by Christmas. We can’t wait to see what ES has in store for us! – SpineMan Contest Scenarios Posted and Rated Cloud News |
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Headlines – May 23, 1998 SpineMan and Argent Knight take over the news! Heaven vs. Zone Sysops |
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SpineMan and Argent_Knight take over the news! Heaven vs Zone Sysops!
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Headlines – May 20, 1998 Scenario Design Contest New shadow over Heaven |
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Scenario Design Contest Many could have claimed the top spot, but only one could emerge as the winner in each category at the end. Included here are the winners of each category, as well as the three runners-up for you to download. Look in the Granary during the next few days for all the entries of the contest to be available for download, their descriptions and the reviews of the judges. – Omnivac ~Best Singleplayer Gameplay~
~Best Map Design~
New shadow over Heaven Or maybe, in the words of zx75 from Medieval Age of Empires, Heaven was in need of a good Yamato cav rusher. hehe! – Omnivac
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Headlines – May 19, 1998 The boss with his head in the clouds The Plague Angel Infymus’ Cloud |
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The boss with his head in the clouds The Plague
I agree that for a change, pre-made maps are really fun. I have played almost all of them, some more than once, as well as some multiplayer maps from fans. The random factor is eliminated, and the presence of cliffs makes all the difference from random maps. Usually, what we do is send the map via ICQ, if not everybody has it. IF some players hasn’t played it, we simply turn reveal map on to be fair to everyone. Sometimes, we start the game like 10 mins later and everybody go take a look in the scenario builder, and we play with reveal map off after. Some maps are really good (Cutthroat, Gold Rush or Border Patrol) and make for a nice change. Another interesting factor is the special victory condition sometime, like in Border Patrol where you have to get your Artifact in a flagged area in the enemies’ territory. I will still play mostly the old random maps. I like too much the exploring and the random factor, but pre-made scenarios is really something to look into if you haven’t done so yet. – Omnivac Angel Infymus’s Cloud
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Headlines – May 16, 1998 Heaven is one year old Beta Signup!!! Cometh another Angel |
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Heaven is one year old Beta Signup!!!
GameStats will go live with the link to the signup form on Wednesday the 20th 11:00 am Pacific Standard Time. Don’t miss your chance to be a beta-tester for Urban Assault. An innovative combination of real time strategy and first person action. – Omnivac Cometh another Angel
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Headlines – May 14, 1998 New Heavenly Cloud Scenario Design Contest |
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New Heavenly Cloud Scenario Design Contest Given the success of the contest and feedbacks received, another contest might well be underway. If you have any ideas about this, you can send your suggestions to SpineMan and Grenadier. They’ll be happy to hear what you have to say. – Omnivac
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Headlines – May 13, 1998 ES has a new look! New AOE Mailing List Wired mentions AOE in passing |
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ES has a new look! New AOE Mailing List To subscribe send an e-mail to requests@lists.expand.com with the words: subscribe AoE <YourFullName> in the BODY of the message. This list curently has a low volume of mailings, and is maintained by Josh Monson. Subscribe today and start discussing your favorite topics. – Omnivac Wired mentions AOE in passing
A good article to read that raise many questions. For my part, I don’t think online gaming sucks at all. I went to the page of Dani Bunten Berry and read it all. Well, all the points about Good Multiplayer Game Elements, are all present in AOE. One could argue about the “Strategies need wiggle room” point, but would perfect balance ever be achieved? I think it’s more the skills of players that makes a difference in the end. I mean, from this point of view, even chess is unbalanced. Kasparov would simply knight rush me or whatever and win. Go read it, and tell me what you think. – Omnivac |
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Headlines – May 12, 1998 Confusion almost caused a Riot A new Cloud in the sky |
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Confusion almost caused a Riot The final version of Age of Empires is 1.0b, and an official announcement has been made that there will be no 2.0 version. That is, no enhancements or new features. The Age of Empires we know presently is the final product, UNLESS something major occurs that warrants another patch, something like the woodbug. Age of Empires 2 will see the day, don’t worry at all. Just have to be careful when you read, and see the subtle difference between Age of Empires v2.0 and Age of Empires 2, which will be at first something along Age of Empires 2 v1.0. Confused yet? <grin> Sorry to have almost caused several heart attacks. hehe – Omnivac A new Cloud in the sky |