{"id":7811,"date":"2010-08-28T11:09:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-28T01:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=7811"},"modified":"2010-08-28T11:09:28","modified_gmt":"2010-08-28T01:09:28","slug":"ten-years-of-age-of-empires-ii-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=7811","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years of Age of Empires II Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten Years of Age of Empires II Online<\/p>\n<p>Perth, Western Australia &#8212; August 27, 2010 &#8212; Age of Empires II: The<br \/>\nConquerors had its 10th birthday this week, and to celebrate,<br \/>\nGameRanger is inviting everyone to a day of online gaming on Sunday,<br \/>\nAugust 29 from 9am PT \/ 12pm ET \/ 4pm GMT onwards.<\/p>\n<p>Gamers are encouraged to join in for a fun day of multiplayer battles.<br \/>\nWhether they&#8217;re new to the game or recall it fondly from years back,<br \/>\nGameRanger is a friendly place with a wide range of skill levels from<br \/>\ncomplete beginner to seasoned veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Even if they don&#8217;t own the game, or have lost the original disks,<br \/>\ngamers can still enjoy 4-player online multiplayer with the free demo<br \/>\nversions listed.<\/p>\n<p>Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (also known as Age of Conquerors and<br \/>\nAoC) was originally released August 24, 2000. Despite the passage of<br \/>\ntime it is still played online today, with over 1.1 million games<br \/>\nplayed on GameRanger just in the last month. Few games achieve this<br \/>\nkind of lasting community, and Age of Empires II holds a special place<br \/>\nin many gamers&#8217; hearts.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s Needed?<\/p>\n<p>Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo (47 MB):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/age2\/downloads.htm\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/age2\/downloads.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Demo (38 MB):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/conquerors\/downloads.aspx\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/conquerors\/downloads.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Age of Empires II: Age of Kings 2.0a Update (2.6 MB, for full game):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/age2\/downloads.htm#updates\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/age2\/downloads.htm#updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Age of Empires II: The Conquerors 1.0c Update (4 MB, for full game):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/conquerors\/downloads.aspx\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/conquerors\/downloads.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GameRanger runs on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and is available<br \/>\nas a free download from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameranger.com\/\">http:\/\/www.GameRanger.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GameRanger was the official multiplayer service for the Mac version of<br \/>\nAge of Empires II, and Microsoft now also officially recommends<br \/>\nGameRanger as a replacement for the original PC Age of Empires II<br \/>\nservice, MSN Gaming Zone, that closed down in June 2006.<\/p>\n<p>About GameRanger<\/p>\n<p>GameRanger is the longest running multiplayer online gaming service,<br \/>\nhaving originally opened to Mac gaming in 1999. In November 2008,<br \/>\nGameRanger expanded to PC gaming and now offers full lobby support for<br \/>\nover 600 games &#8212; significantly more than any other multiplayer<br \/>\nservice &#8212; and is rapidly becoming the preferred choice of gamers for<br \/>\nplaying their friends online. GameRanger Technologies is located in<br \/>\nPerth, Western Australia. For more information, visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameranger.com\/\">http:\/\/www.GameRanger.com<\/a> and follow on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GameRanger\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/GameRanger<\/a><br \/>\nand <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/GameRanger\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/GameRanger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten Years of Age of Empires II Online Perth, Western Australia &#8212; August 27, 2010 &#8212; Age of Empires II: The Conquerors had its 10th birthday this week, and to celebrate, GameRanger is inviting everyone to a day of online gaming on Sunday, August 29 from 9am PT \/ 12pm ET \/ 4pm GMT onwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=7811\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7812,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811\/revisions\/7812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}