{"id":7316,"date":"2010-08-27T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"celebrate-ten-years-of-age-of-empires-ii-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/7316-celebrate-ten-years-of-age-of-empires-ii-online","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate ten years of Age of Empires II online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 6pm CAT onwards.<\/p>\n<p> Gamers are encouraged to join in for a fun day of multiplayer battles.  Whether they&#8217;re new to the game or recall it fondly from years back,  GameRanger is a friendly place with a wide range of skill levels from  complete beginner to seasoned veteran.<\/p>\n<p> Even if they don&#8217;t own the game, or have lost the original disks, gamers  can still enjoy 4-player online multiplayer with the free demo versions  listed.<\/p>\n<p> Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (also known as Age of Conquerors and  AoC) was originally released August 24, 2000. Despite the passage of  time it is still played online today, with over 1.1 million games played  on GameRanger just in the last month. Few games achieve this kind of  lasting community, and Age of Empires II holds a special place in many  gamers&#8217; hearts.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>What&#8217;s Needed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo (47 MB):<br \/> http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/age2\/downloads.htm<\/p>\n<p> Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Demo (38 MB):<br \/> http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/conquerors\/downloads.aspx<\/p>\n<p> Age of Empires II: Age of Kings 2.0a Update (2.6 MB, for full game):<br \/> http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/age2\/downloads.htm#updates<\/p>\n<p> Age of Empires II: The Conquerors 1.0c Update (4 MB, for full game):<br \/> http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/games\/conquerors\/downloads.aspx<\/p>\n<p> GameRanger runs on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and is available as a free download from http:\/\/www.GameRanger.com<\/p>\n<p> GameRanger was the official multiplayer service for the Mac version of  Age of Empires II, and Microsoft now also officially recommends  GameRanger as a replacement for the original PC Age of Empires II  service, MSN Gaming Zone, that closed down in June 2006.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>About GameRanger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> GameRanger is the longest running multiplayer online gaming service,  having originally opened to Mac gaming in 1999. In November 2008,  GameRanger expanded to PC gaming and now offers full lobby support for  over 600 games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/7774-Ten-years-of-Age-of-Empires-II-celebrate-online\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Age of Empires II 0nline discussion\">Discuss ten years of Age of Empires II online<\/a> in our forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online multiplayer day is planned to celebrate Age of Empires 10th anniversary<\/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-7316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316","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=7316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}