Age.Of.Empires.III-RELOADED

Well not soon after the Age of Empires III became gold and ES sent it to the press, seems like a 3CD cracked version of AOE III started populating the web. I think this is bad since the official release should be tommorrow and the cracked version was first spotted on October 8th, 2005, so more than a week ago. Seems a group called RELOADED released it, here is the NFO:


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Age Of Empires III (c) Microsoft


10/2005 :..... RELEASE.DATE .. PROTECTION .......: SmartE/Serial
3 :.......... DISC(S) .. GAME.TYPE ........: Simulation



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In this highly anticipated next installment in the Age of Empires franchise
from Ensemble Studios, Age of Empires III places players in the time period
of roughly 1500û1850, picking up where Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
left off. As players work to establish their empire, they take on the role
of a European power struggling to explore, colonize, and conquer North and
South America.

Age of Empires III introduces exciting new gameplay elements, including the
all-new Home City and an incredible combat system. Players have new
civilizations to discover, random maps to conquer, and a single-player
campaign unlike any other. Players also find stunning graphics as a result
of a revolutionary graphics engine that pushes the limits of PC graphics
technology in an entirely new way.


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1. Unrar.
2. Burn or mount with daemon tools.
3. Install the game, when prompted for a serial enter the following:

XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

4. Copy the cracked executable from the /crack dir on CD1 to your
installation directory.
5. Play the game.

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Age of Empires III in the press

Age of Empires III is getting some media coverage, but I think things are about to get more exiting as the official release date approaches.



Here are some of the media mentions for Age of Empires III:

GamesFirst
Microsoft Game Studios revitalized the real-time strategy genre with the original Age of Empires. The series has consistently worked to push the genre in new and exciting directions.

Games are fun talks about our website
“Ensemble Studios, the developer, has really gone against the grain with this one, because this site isn't boring.”

Game Spot
Age of Empires III continues to look like a solid and visually attractive game that will offer plenty of depth in the form of its persistent home cities.

Voodoo Extreme
Coolest looking real-time-strategy game - Age of Empires 3 -- Actually seeing how the physics were built into the gameplay was pretty neato and the game engine itself was rather inspired.

CorpNews
Age of Empires 3 is going to be your RTS daddy.

GameSpy
Age of Empires III is beyond comparison -- I felt bad for all the other real-time strategy games on the floor.

Computer Gaming World
"Developer Ensemble Studios is pulling out all the stops here, leading the next generation of RTS games with what many consider to be the biggest name in the genre."

PCWorld
“Age of Empires III: The latest entry in one of the most popular real-time strategy series ever produced…”

The Mercury News
“Microsoft's Ensemble Studios proved that there is life after ``Half-Life 2'' for graphics fans. The mesmerizing look of Ensemble's upcoming ``Age of Empires 3'' shows that it's possible to push 3-D graphics in new directions.”

Pocket Factory
“AOE III takes the series to a whole new level, and offers a completely new graphical environment. The graphics are simply amazing! If the finished product looks this good, Microsoft has another hit on its hands.”

Joystiq
“Scores of soldiers blasted 30 feet into the air by a cannonball. Clock towers getting their top blown off. The environments are the richest ever done for an RTS, and perhaps any genre.”

Yahoo Games
“We all knew it was coming, now Age of Empires is going to conquer the New World...”

IGN
“The screenshots we've seen look too good to be true.”

GameSpy
“Simply by virtue of its announcement, Age of Empires III instantly became one of the most anticipated PC games of 2005.”

PCGamer
“Ensemble has single-handedly introduced a fresh style to the RTS genre…”

If you know more media mentions about Age of Empires III, send them in to spuby2000[at]gmail[dot]com.