Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Platform: Microsoft WindowsGenres: Genres · Strategy / tactics · Diagonal-down · Free camera · Isometric · Real-time · Real-time strategy (RTS) · Multiple units/characters control · Point and select · Africa
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is a remastered version of the 1997 real-time strategy Age of Empires and its expansion pack, The Rise of Rome. For the first and only time in the series, the exclusive distribution platform of choice was the...
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- Tom Crago· CEO
- Joss Ellis· Director of Development
- David Giles· Senior Producer
- Huy Hoang Tran· Design
- Graeme Webb· Lead Programming
- Aidan Lee· Programming
- Elizabeth Rowlands· Programming
- Michelle Hughes· Programming
- Resmi Hasankolli· Programming
- Parot Dhiraputra· Art
- David Doe· Lead QA
- Crystal Htay· QA
- Emily Duggan· QA
- Harley Giles· QA
- Simon Newport· QA
- Andrew Arthur· Art
- Oberon Bradford· Art
- Vincent Ying· Art
- Matt Pritchard· Technical Director
- Bert Beeckman· Project Lead
- Alexander Flegler· Creative Director
- Barry Irvine· Engineering
- Emil Marinov· Engineering, Quality Assurance & Playtesting
- Jake Simpson· Engineering
- Michael Chilton· Engineering
- Mikko Tapio Partonen· Engineering
- Péter Tengg· Engineering
- Raymi Mario Klingers· Engineering
- Rebecca Ann Heineman· Engineering
- Richard Geldreich· Engineering
- Alexander Boerner· Art
- Alexander Rotter· Art
- Amy Winkler· Art
- Andrey Andreev· Art
- Andy De Pooter· Art
- Chris Morton· Art
- Jorge Ageitos· Art
- Sebastian Bretthauer· Art
- Vanessa Flegler· Art
- Yanislav Andreev· Art
- Marius Beck· AI, Quality Assurance & Playtesting
- Peter Piepenburg· UI Design
- Vitalis Eirich· Sound & Music, Composer
- Cédric Van de Sande· Campaigne & Scenarios
- Ramsey Abdulrahim· Campaigne & Scenarios
- Sam Levin· Campaigne & Scenarios
- Ryan T. Shepherd· Business Management
- Eva Navarrete· Localization
- Aerin Kim Yost· Localization
- Daniel Pereira· Localization
- Duy Huynh· Localization
- Filippo Gemmellaro· Localization
- Harman Singh· Localization
- Manuel Fernandez· Localization
- Martin Entenmann· Localization
- Mo Na· Localization
- Natsuko Kudo· Localization
- Neelima Samaiya· Localization
- Pierre Houzé· Localization
- Stepan Obraztsov· Localization, Quality Assurance & Playtesting
- Charlie Harbord· Quality Assurance & Playtesting
- Ivan Kirichenko· Quality Assurance & Playtesting
- Nathan Pritchard· Special Thanks to
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- Jennifer Pritchard· Special Thanks to
- Jefferson Davis· Special Thanks to
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- Ravish Khanna· Special Thanks to
- Bill Kamal Khanna· Special Thanks to
- Andrew Young· Engineering Lead
- Kent Wang· Engineering
- David Beleznay· Engineering
- Connor Bartol· Engineering
- Carson Farrell· Engineering
- Jae Lee· Engineering
- Adrien Seibert· Engineering
- Daniel Vezina· Engineering
- Nada Kourkmas· Engineering Intern
- Earnest Yuen· Executive Producer
- Tim C. Fritz· Senior Producer
- Justin Robey· Senior Producer
- Russell Almond· Principal Software Engineer
- Andrea Schiel· Software Engineers
- Kelly Wilson· Software Engineers
- Todd Heckel· Software Engineers
- Andrew Schnickel· Additional Software Engineers
- Arun Rao· Additional Software Engineers
- Jeffrey S. Blazier· Additional Software Engineers
- Joel Pritchett· Additional Software Engineers
- Adam P. Isgreen· Design Director
- Noble Smith· Senior Narrative Designer
- Han Randhawa· Senior Art Director
- Royal Winchester· Technical Art Director
- Todd Masten· Audio Director, Composer
- Deborah Hendersen· Senior User Researcher
- Todd Kelley· User Researcher
- Yumiko Murphy· Localization Program Manager
- Jennifer Paige· Community Strategy Lead
- Joe Homes· Community Managers
- Jennifer Godwin· Community Managers
- Shannon Loftis· General Manager
- Jörg Neumann· Head of Production
- Ken Lobb· Creative Director
- Joseph Staten· Creative Director
- Brian Stone· Director of Technology
- Paul Amer· Head of Art
- Kristofor Mellroth· Head of Audio
- Julie DiRamio· Director of Business Operations
- Torrie Dorrell· Global Head of Consumer Engagement
- John Dongelmans· Global Marketing Directors
- Bryan Koski· Global Marketing Directors
- Lisa Humphries· Senior Global Product Manager
- Steven M. Dodson· Senior Marketing Manager
- Regan O'Leary· Communications Director, Microsoft Studios
- Shon Damron· Senior Communications Manager, Microsoft Studios
- thierry nguyen· Assembly PR for Microsoft Studios
- Ken Zhang· Assembly PR for Microsoft Studios
- Will McCahill· Business Manager
- Michael Schauble· Business Development Manager
- Erin Schauble· Release Managers
- James Pekola· Release Managers
- Kevin Carberry· Release Managers
- Jeffrey R. Stephens· Microsoft Test Lead
- Gavin Kennedy· Director, Game Testing Service
- Brian Canning· Sr. Test Manager, Microsoft Studios thanks
- Chris Cromwell· Sr. Test Manager
- Jay Piette· Sr. Test Manager
- Jay Menconi· Test Lead
- John Garren· Test Lead
- Michael Wade· Test Lead
- Lyndon H. Moore III· SDET Lead
- Adam Carrillo· Software Test Engineer
- Alex J. Xavier· Software Test Engineer
- Andre Maestas· Software Test Engineer
- Brian Rider· Software Test Engineer
- Brooke Chapman· Software Test Engineer
- Ivan Fix· Software Test Engineer
- Jack A. E. Wilson· Software Test Engineer
- Joshua Ngo· Software Test Engineer
- Kirby H. Yazzie· Software Test Engineer
- Ray Laubach· Software Test Engineer
- Risë J. Lugo· Software Test Engineer
- Robert DeArcos· Software Test Engineer
- Ronny Yoon· Software Test Engineer
- Timothy Ollivant· Software Test Engineer
- Tom Nesler· Software Test Engineer
- Arklan Uth Oslin· Test Associates
- Bailey Lanier· Test Associates
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- Brad Chapin· Test Associates
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- Yasmine Nelson· Localization Operations Manager
- Sarah Huschle· International Project Manager
- Michael Jennings· International Project Engineer
- Camille Janinet· Localization Project Manager
- Adam T. Croft· Localization Audio Producer
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- Justin Hartsfield· Localization QA Project Manager
- Konrad Lesiak· Localization Test Project Manager
- Filippo Colombo· Test Associate (Italian)
- Bartlomiej Jesionkiewicz· Test Associate (German)
- Lu Mengkun· Test Associate (Chinese Simplified)
- Gabriel Gliwic· Test Associate (Portuguese Brazilian)
- Miguel A. Barragán Castro· Test Associate (Spanish Mexican)
- Diego Fernández Rodríguez· Test Associate (Spanish)
- Luc Maffre· Test Associate (French)
- Masaki Saito· Test Associate (Japanese)
- Si-Cai Lin· Test Associate (Chinese Traditional)
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- Vikash Kumar· Test Associate (Hindi)
- Bao Ngoc Doan· Test Associate (Vietnamese)
- Paul H. Gradwohl· Program Manager
- Vince Loughney· Lab Manager
- Dallas Holmstead· Lab Technician
- Alex Hunte· Multiplayer Lead
- Mimi Guarino· Configuration Lead
- Chris Carleson· Photosensitivity & Epilepsy Lead
- Matt Igaz· First Party Devices Lead
- rob brown· Research & Development Lead
- Nicholas Starner· R&D Engineer
- David Hendrickson· Technical Testers
- Greg Hernandez· Technical Testers
- Jake Anderson· Technical Testers
- Michael Quiban· Technical Testers
- Miles Cooper· Technical Testers
- Pedro Rosario-Valentin· Technical Testers
- Ryan Zalewski· Technical Testers
- sarah baker· Technical Testers
- Sean Taylor· Technical Testers
- Taylor Simmons· Technical Testers
- Thomas Allen· Technical Testers
- Nick Morgan· Senior Attorney
- Carla Woo· Senior Paralegal
- Zak Belisle· Finance Manager
- Brian Weiss· Release Managers
- Ben Robinson· Release Managers
- Aaron Greenberg· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Ada Duan· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Adam Young· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Barb Espejo· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Bartolomé Malagón Ramírez· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Clayton Vaught· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Deanne Adams· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Diego A. Garzon· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Ferdinand Schober· Microsoft Studios thanks
- James Cadd· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Jeremiah Armstrong· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Jimmy Bischoff· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Laura Hamilton· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Karl Stricker· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Kyle Miller· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Michael Mann· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Noah P. Musler· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Pamela Wang· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Phil Spencer· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Rick Lockyear· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Scott Dell'Osso· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Tim Stuart· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Aaron Brindell· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Ahmad Javed Chohan· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Andrew Franklin· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Ben Farley· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Carol Stearns· Microsoft Studios thanks
- David Eddy· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Frank Criscione· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Jake Gomez· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Julie Loucks· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Kevin Finck· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Mark Medlock· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Muthuvalli Chockalingam· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Stephen VanWambeck· Microsoft Studios thanks
- Tom Dieterich· Microsoft Studios thanks
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