Age of Empires series are a computer video games developed by :

1. Ensemble Studios
2. Big Huge Games

and published by:

1. Microsoft Game Studios

first published in 1997, sine then seven titles and three spin-offs have been released

The Age of Empires series has been a commercial success, selling over 20 million copies, the popularity and quality of the games has earned Ensemble Studios a strong reputation in real-time strategy gaming

Age of Empires places you on a map in an unexplored world, provides a few starting units, and lets you begin building an empire each game unfolds the same way. You begin with a town center and some villagers, the villagers are the basic laborers, and the town center enables you to build more of them and expand your settlement, the villagers are central to AOE: they gather resources, build structures, and repair units and buildings. Resources come in four forms: wood, food, stone, and gold a certain amount of each is consumed to build various units and buildings, research new technology, and advance a civ to the next age