Age of Empires III Gold Edition bundles the exciting Age of Empires III and its respective expansion pack, Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, for one compelling gaming experience at a great value.Age of Empires III gives players the opportunity to pick up where Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings left off, placing them in the time period of roughly 1500-1850. As players work to establish their empire, they will take on the role of a European power struggling to explore, colonize and conquer North and South America. In addition, players will also have the chance to engage in epic warfare in the Americas with "Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs," where they will lead proud, playable native civilizations to expand their empire and fight for control of the Americas.

Features:

• Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs: Play as one of three new civilizations - Aztec, Iroquois, or Sioux - each with unique units, buildings and abilities that will test your strategic mettle.
• Full 3-D Graphics, Destructible Environments and More: The goal of our Age of Empires III team here at Ensemble Studios wasn't just to build the best-looking graphics ever in an RTS game. It was to build the best-looking graphics in any game. Period.
• It's the Dawn of a New Age in Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Games: A brave New World is rising - a hostile yet beautiful world, filled with innovative gameplay, new strategic scenarios, eye-searing graphics and much more. Welcome to a world called Age of Empires III.
• New Feature - Home Cities: Players have access to their own European Home City for economic, technological and military support. Your Home City's success depends on you, with your city's improvements retained between games.

Requirements:

• Processor: 1.4 GHz
• Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista
•  Hard Disk: 2 GB
•  Memory: 256 MB RAM
•  DirectX 9.0c or later
• Sound card, mouse or compatible device, CD-ROM, speakers