Yet now, players have finally been graced with its presence. The Age of Empires series has seen HD remakes and Definitive Editions in the past, but never for Age of Empires 3. A whopping 15 years later and publisher Xbox Game Studios, alongside developers Tantalus Media and Forgotten Empires, has released Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition. It’s a cherished title and has seen a devoted player base since its release. It’s since received a score of 81 on Metacritic. Six years after that game’s release, Age of Empires 3 was then released to PC in October of 2005.

As a result, strategy games have held a special place in my heart, and it’s a genre that I’ll always find time for.

Yes, the amazing AOE 2 was basically a free game. The first real-time strategy game I played was Age of Empires 2, and that was because it came as a free game in a cereal box.