Age of Empires II is the sequel to the critically acclaimed and bestselling strategy game: Age of Empire. Age of Empires challenges you to build a civilisation into a mighty empire and allows you to achieve victory in different ways. Whether it is through combat, or economic domination, or by building and protecting a wonder of the world. Age of Empires II was developed by the highly regarded developer Ensemble Studios and features the expertise of Bruce Shelley, co-designer of the hit game Civilisation.