Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs

Background

The new expansion pack builds off of the real-time-strategy gameplay of the original, providing players with the ability to lead one of three proud Native American civilizations, including the Iroquois Confederation, to expand their empire and fight for control of the Americas.

Gameplay

The new expansion pack builds off of the real-time-strategy gameplay of the original, providing players with the ability to lead one of three proud Native American civilizations, including the Iroquois Confederation, to expand their empire and fight for control of the Americas. The game provides new ways to play and win, introducing new gameplay elements and content including new civilizations, a new single player campaign, Home City enhancements and additional maps and units. Additional content is also added to all existing European civilizations as well.

Features

• Playable Native American civilizations. Lead one of three proud Native American civilizations, including the Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux Nation, to expand their empires and fight for control of the Americas. Each Native American civilization will have its own unique units, led by the powerful WarChief unit, buildings reflecting each culture’s architectural style, and a distinct approach to their Home City feature.
  
• Gripping new single-player campaign. Age of Empires: The WarChiefs will introduce a new single-player campaign that continues the saga from Age of Empires III. Play through 15 new missions with a rich story and a cast of characters that interact with real historic figures and events.
  
• Enhancements to European civilizations. The expansion pack will also provide exciting additions to existing European civilizations, with new Home City content, new units including new mercenaries, and new ways to look at your card deck.
  
• Extended gameplay. Gamers will experience more of everything, including new random maps in unique locations in the Americas not featured in the original Age of Empires III, additional native allies and units, more statistics tracking, and new ways to play.

Hardware Requirements

Minimum Requirements:
<li type="square">Requires Age of Empires III to play
<li type="square">Microsoft Windows XP or higher
<li type="square">PC with 1.4 GHz equivalent or higher processor
<li type="square">256 MB of system RAM
<li type="square">2 GB available hard disk space
<li type="square">32x speed or faster CD-ROM drive
<li type="square">64 MB video card with support for hardware
<li type="square">DirectX 9.0 or later
<li type="square">56K dial-up Internet Access or LAN required for online/multiplayer
<li type="square">Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio

International release dates:
Europe: Oct 20, 06

Official URL

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