PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Age Of Empires 3 is the sequel to the critically-acclaimed strategy game. It introduces all-new gameplay elements, new civilizations to discover, random maps to conquer and a single-player campaign unlike any other. A.I. opponents are now well-developed characters with deep strategies, motivations, and personalities-and more than 4,000 audio taunts at their disposal New lighting and shadow effects, in a game world designed to have real physics and depth -- you'll almost feel like you're there The first 3D iteration of the series uses bump- and tone-mapping to render realistic water and shadows Havok engine's cause-and-effect physics bring battles to lurid life.

Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs is the new expansion pack for the best-selling real-time strategy title of 2005. Lead one of three proud Native American civilizations, including the Iroquois Confederacy, Sioux Nation and Aztecs, to expand their empires and fight for control of the Americas. Lead the proud, playable native civilizations to expand their empire and fight to rule two continents.

Japan, China, and India still wield significant power and influence over the world economy and thought in the 21st century. It's astounding to witness their evolution over millenia as powerful dynasties. Add this RTS to your version of Age of Empires 3! "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" is the second expansion pack for the massively popular "Age of Empires III" from Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Game Studios, which has sold over 2.5 million copies to date. Engaging gamers of all ages and types in epic warfare in the Eastern world, "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" will lead Japanese, Chinese and Indian civilizations to expand their empires. "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" is the latest installment in the award-winning "Age of Empires" franchise, developed collaboratively by Big Huge Games and Ensemble Studios for the Games for Windows platform.

FEATURES (Age Of Empires III)
 Start out playing as the British and begin with a solid economy, or lead the French into an easy alliance with Native Americans - 8 total civilizations to choose from.
 Work with Native Americans to your tactical advantage, for the first time ever.
 Develop your own Home City, and customize it make it wealthier and more powerful as you take over Europe.
 Explore the New World and create colonies while seeking out new resources and making alliances with the Native Americans.
 Recover buried treasure from the Caribbean, hunt bison on the Great Plains, compete for trade routes and fortify the coast of New England.

FEATURES (Age Of Empires III - War Chiefs)
 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.
 Play through 15 new missions with a rich story and a cast of characters that interact with real historic figures and events.
 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.
 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.

FEATURES (Age Of Empires III - The Asian Dynasties)
 Playable Asian civilizations. Lead one of three unique Asian civilizations ? Japan, China or India ? to expand its empire and fight for control in the Eastern world. Each Asian civilization, led by powerful leaders, will have unique groups, armies and wonders, as well as buildings that reflect the culture's architectural style.
 New gameplay elements. Extending the innovative gameplay of Age of Empires III, Age of Empires III - The Asian Dynasties will introduce new ways of winning and trading, random map styles that feature remixes of classic Age of Empires game styles, and 15 new Asian Wonders.
 Exciting new single-player campaign. Returning to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, Age of Empires III - The Asian Dynasties will offer gamers who enjoy the solo experience a chance to engage in strategic combat with Japan, China or India through several engrossing scenarios.
 Expanding a successful formula. Age of Empires III - The Asian Dynasties is the second expansion pack for the massively popular Age of Empires III, one of the fastest-selling titles in the franchise history, leading and innovating the real-time strategy genre through exciting and revolutionary gameplay features. Games for Windows franchise.
 This expansion pack will also ship as a Games for Windows title, offering easier installation, reliability standards and support for key features of Windows.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Age Of Empires 3 NOT needed it is included.
System - 1.4 GHz Pentium 4® or equivalent AMD® processor.
Memory - 256MB RAM.
DirectX - DirectX® 9.0c.
Video - 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card.
Software - Latest Gforce® ATI® video drivers, Codec drivers, Windows® Sevice Pack 2, visual c++ runtime..