Developer Gas Powered Games will have no new content to develop for the free playable Age of Empires Online. The game continues to be playable and publisher Microsoft will continue to offer support for the game, which in August 2011 on the market appeared.
In the words of community manager, Trajan let Microsoft know that it stops the development of Age of Empires Online. Microsoft tries to make money at Age of Empires Online through microtransacties. That is going less well than planned.
With the release of the game in 2011 were two civilizations, playable; the Greek and the Egyptian. There are now the Persians, Celts, Babylonians and Norse added. When Age of Empires Online in march 2012 made its debut on Steam, the prices of several items reduced. In addition, changed Microsoft the intent of the game. It is now possible to use Empire points to all content in the game to purchase. Empire points can Microsoft be bought, but also be earned by playing the game. Since the release on Steam is all the content so to obtain without paying for them.
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