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Age Of Empires 2 Devs Were Forced To Make A Korea Faction Because StarCraft Sold 3 Million Copies In The Country
The Korean faction in The Conquerors expansion for Age of Empires 2 was added based on StarCraft's success in Korea. Microsoft's insistence on the Korean faction caused historical inaccuracies and ...
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"StarCraft was impossible to topple from its Korean throne" — Why an extra civ was added to Age of Empires 2 at the last minute
In 1999, I was assigned to design the expansion pack to Age of Empires 2. I chose The Conquerors as the theme, and wishing to have 4 civs (as we had on Rise of Rome), I chose the Spanish, the ...
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Microsoft forced to add Koreans to Age of Empires 2 — and it cost their employee his freedom
That’s exactly what happened to the Ensemble Studios team in 1999 while developing Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors. Game designer Sandy Petersen at X (Twitter) told how Microsoft forced him to make ...
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Age of Empires 2 shares “legendarily long” patch notes for enormous new update
Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition continues to plow on over five years on from its launch, still flying the flag for the classic 1999 strategy game. We know that another new DLC is on its way ...