Age Of Empires Online
Age of Empires Online is now entirely free-to-play, developer Gas Powered Games has announced.
Previously the game was only 'free to try.' The base game didn't cost anything to sample, but most of the higher tier content couldn't be attained purely through play.
'We probably turned off a lot of players who would've kept playing had they been given the option to earn a Premium Civilization,' explained systems design lead Eric Williamson in an interview with PC Gamer.
Now all content is available either through in-game purchases or Steam micro-transactions.
'With Empire Points and this true free-to-play business model, we are giving players what they have repeatedly asked for... fewer pay walls and more ways for players to experience this legendary franchise,' explained founder and CEO of Gas Powered Games, Chris Taylor.
In addition to the more inviting payment model, Gas Powered Games has released a new team-based multiplayer mode for level 40 players called Alliance Wars.
- Age of Empires Online is now entirely free-to-play, developer Gas Powered Games has announced. Previously the game was only 'free to try.' The base game didn't cost anything to sample, but most of.
- Jun 27, 2012 Age of Empires Online is now entirely free-to-play, developer Gas Powered Games has announced. Previously the game was only 'free to try.' The base game didn't cost anything to sample, but most of.
- Age of Empires Online is the next chapter in the best-selling Age of Empires PC game franchise. The game features some of the greatest ancient civilizations including the Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, and Celts, with more being introduced all the time, and offers more than hundreds of hours of gameplay for free!
As an added bonus, current players have been given 500 Empire Points - the game's currency - as a gift, while new accounts are allotted 100.
“Age of Empires Online” will invite players to With more than 20 million copies sold worldwide, the “Age of Empires” series redefined real-time strategy games for Windows-based PC players. Now, the timeless franchise once again invites players to experience its rich storyline in new ways. Age of Empires Online is a multiplayer online real-time strategy game developed by Robot Entertainment and Gas Powered Games, which released on August 16, 2011. Based upon the gameplay of the Age of Empires series, it was originally developed by Robot Entertainment, but on February 24, 2011, Gas Powered Games, took over production.
Eurogamer's Rich Stanton gave Age of Empires Online a 7/10 in his review stating, 'although its new structure spreads it a little thin, there's still a fine strategy game underneath it all.'
| Type | Rating | Lobby Name | Location | Server | Status |
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| Rank | Elo | Country | Name | Games | Wins | Drops |
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| Rank | Rating | Name | Games | Streak | Wins | Win % | Last Match (ended) |
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| Leaderboard | Rank | Rating | Highest Rating | Games | Streak | Longest Streak | Wins | Losses | Drops |
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It is always great to see what people are able to do with data. Currently testing an API to share the data collected by aoe2.net for anyone to use with their projects.
Strings
Request a list of strings used by the API.
- Endpoint
- /api/strings
Request Parameters
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- game (Required)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:HD=aoe2hd, Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- language (Optional, defaults to en)
- Language (en, de, el, es, es-MX, fr, hi, it, ja, ko, ms, nl, pt, ru, tr, vi, zh, zh-TW)
Example Request
Leaderboard
Request the current leaderboards
- Endpoint
- /api/leaderboard
Request Parameters
- game (Required)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- leaderboard_id (Required)
- Leaderboard ID (Unranked=0, 1v1 Deathmatch=1, Team Deathmatch=2, 1v1 Random Map=3, Team Random Map=4)
- start (Required)
- Starting rank (Ignored if search, steam_id, or profile_id are defined)
- count (Required)
- Number of leaderboard entries to get (Must be 10000 or less))
- search (Optional)
- Name Search
- steam_id (Optional)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (Optional)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)
Example Request
Lobbies
Request all open lobbies
- Endpoint
- /api/lobbies
Request Parameters
- game (Optional, defaults to aoe2de)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:HD=aoe2hd, Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
Example Request
Player Last Match
Request the last match the player started playing, this will be the current match if they are still in game
- Endpoint
- /api/player/lastmatch
Request Parameters
- game (Required)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- steam_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)
Example Request
Player Match History
Request the match history for a player
- Endpoint
- /api/player/matches
Request Parameters
- game (Required)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- start (Required)
- Starting match (0 is the most recent match)
- count (Required)
- Number of matches to get (Must be 1000 or less))
- steam_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)
- steam_ids (steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910,76561198449406083)
- profile_ids (steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658,199325)
Example Request
Player Rating History
Request the rating history for a player
- Endpoint
- /api/player/ratinghistory
Request Parameters
- game (Required)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- leaderboard_id (Required)
- Leaderboard ID (Unranked=0, 1v1 Deathmatch=1, Team Deathmatch=2, 1v1 Random Map=3, Team Random Map=4)
- start (Required)
- Starting match (0 is the most recent match)
- count (Required)
- Number of matches to get (Must be 10000 or less))
- steam_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)
Example Request
Matches
Request matches after a specific time
- Endpoint
- /api/matches
Request Parameters
- game
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- count (Required)
- Number of matches to get (Must be 1000 or less))
- since (Optional)
- Only show matches starting after timestamp (epoch)
Example Request
Match
Request details about a match
- Endpoint
- /api/match
Request Parameters
- game (Required)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- uuid (uuid or match_id Required)
- Match UUID
- match_id (uuid or match_id Required)
- Match ID
Example Request
Number of Players Online
Number of players in game and an estimate of the number current playing multiplayer
- Endpoint
- /api/stats/players
Request Parameters
- game (Required)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:HD=aoe2hd, Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
Example Request
Rank
Request rank details about a player
Request Parameters
- game (Optional, defaults to aoe2de)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- leaderboard_id (Optional, defaults to 3)
- Leaderboard ID (Unranked=0, 1v1 Deathmatch=1, Team Deathmatch=2, 1v1 Random Map=3, Team Random Map=4)
- language (Optional, defaults to en) - not fully translated
- Language (en, de, el, es, es-MX, fr, hi, it, ja, ko, ms, nl, pt, ru, tr, vi, zh, zh-TW)
- flag (Optional, defaults to true)
- Show player flag
- search (search, steam_id or profile_id required)
- Name Search, returns the highest rated player
- steam_id (search, steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (search, steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)
Example Command
Example Responses
Opponent
Request rank details about a players most recent opponent (1v1 only)
Request Parameters
- game (Optional, defaults to aoe2de)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- leaderboard_id (Optional, defaults to 3)
- Leaderboard ID is used when search is defined, will find the highest rated player matching the search term (Unranked=0, 1v1 Deathmatch=1, Team Deathmatch=2, 1v1 Random Map=3, Team Random Map=4)
- language (Optional, defaults to en) - not fully translated
- Language (en, de, el, es, es-MX, fr, hi, it, ja, ko, ms, nl, pt, ru, tr, vi, zh, zh-TW)
- flag (Optional, defaults to true)
- Show player flag
- search (search, steam_id or profile_id required)
- Name Search, returns the highest rated player
- steam_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)
Example Command
Example Responses
Match
Request details about the current or last match
Request Parameters
- game (Optional, defaults to aoe2de)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- leaderboard_id (Optional, defaults to 3)
- Leaderboard ID is used when search is defined, will find the highest rated player matching the search term (Unranked=0, 1v1 Deathmatch=1, Team Deathmatch=2, 1v1 Random Map=3, Team Random Map=4)
- language (Optional, defaults to en) - not fully translated
- Language (en, de, el, es, es-MX, fr, hi, it, ja, ko, ms, nl, pt, ru, tr, vi, zh, zh-TW)
- color (Optional, defaults to true)
- Show player colors
- flag (Optional, defaults to false)
- Show player flag
- search (search, steam_id or profile_id required)
- Name Search, returns the highest rated player
- steam_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)
Example Command
Example Responses
Civs
Request civs from the current or last match
Request Parameters
- game (Optional, defaults to aoe2de)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- leaderboard_id (Optional, defaults to 3)
- Leaderboard ID is used when search is defined, will find the highest rated player matching the search term (Unranked=0, 1v1 Deathmatch=1, Team Deathmatch=2, 1v1 Random Map=3, Team Random Map=4)
- language (Optional, defaults to en) - not fully translated
- Language (en, de, el, es, es-MX, fr, hi, it, ja, ko, ms, nl, pt, ru, tr, vi, zh, zh-TW)
- search (search, steam_id or profile_id required)
- Name Search, returns the highest rated player
- steam_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)
Example Command
Example Responses
Map
Request the current map name
Request Parameters
Age Of Empires
- game (Optional, defaults to aoe2de)
- Game (Age of Empires 2:Definitive Edition=aoe2de)
- leaderboard_id (Optional, defaults to 3)
- Leaderboard ID is used when search is defined, will find the highest rated player matching the search term (Unranked=0, 1v1 Deathmatch=1, Team Deathmatch=2, 1v1 Random Map=3, Team Random Map=4)
- language (Optional, defaults to en) - not fully translated
- Language (en, de, el, es, es-MX, fr, hi, it, ja, ko, ms, nl, pt, ru, tr, vi, zh, zh-TW)
- search (search, steam_id or profile_id required)
- Name Search, returns the highest rated player
- steam_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- steamID64 (ex: 76561199003184910)
- profile_id (steam_id or profile_id required)
- Profile ID (ex: 459658)