{"id":11614,"date":"2011-05-06T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"age-of-empires-online-beta-sign-ups-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/11614-age-of-empires-online-beta-sign-ups-open","title":{"rendered":"Age of Empires Online beta sign-ups open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gas Powered Games has announced that sign-ups for the ongoing free-to-play pseudo-MMORTS Age of Empires Online beta have been opened up for a limited time. Interested gamers have until Saturday to grab their copy of the beta from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesforwindows.com\/en-GB\/Games\/aoe-online---beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Games for Windows Live Marketplace\">Games for Windows Live Marketplace<\/a>. Obtaining the beta is a simple matter of adding it to your existing Games for Windows LIVE\/Xbox LIVE account.<\/p>\n<p>The final product is scheduled for release sometime this year. It will be free-to-play, supported through a system of micro-transaction revenue channels &ndash; Premium Civilisation Packs, Boosters, and Vanity Packs. A further explanation of how these transactions will work is provided here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/9643-Age-Empires-Online-pricing-model-revealed.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Age of Empires Online pricing model revealed\">Age of Empires Online pricing model revealed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/age_of_empires_online_924804662.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/13134-Quick!-Sign-up-for-the-Age-of-Empires-Online-beta\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Age of Empires Online beta sign-ups open\"><strong>Age of Empires Online beta sign-ups open<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/p>\n<p><strong>System requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>System Memory: 1 GB for Windows XP SP 3\/Windows Vista Home; 1.5 GB for Windows Vista Premium\/Windows Vista Ultimate\/Windows 7 (32 bit); 2.5 GB for Windows 7 (64 bit)<\/p>\n<p>Operating System: Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista or Windows 7<\/p>\n<p>CPU: 2 GHz Dual Core or higher<\/p>\n<p>Video Memory: 128 MB Shader 2 supported card or higher<\/p>\n<p>Internet: Broadband connection required<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a limited time you can secure your AoE Online beta spot <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}