Age of Empires III has made several innovations in the series, in particular with the addition of the ' Home City', which combines real-time strategy and role-playing game features. There are eight European civilizations to play within the game. The game portrays the European colonization of the Americas, between approximately 14 AD (expanded in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs to 1876). It is the third game of the Age of Empires series and the sequel to Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. N-Gage version of the game developed by Glu Mobile was released on AprilĢ8, 2009. Novemin North America and Septemin Europe. Novemin Europe, while the Mac version was released on The PC version was released on Octoin North America and The Mac version was ported over and developed and published by Destineer's MacSoft Games. Age of Empires III is a real-time strategy video game developed by Microsoft Corporation's Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios.