lots of strategic thinking. If you think other are standing idylly by, you're wrong. It's going to be rough and nasty. Crush your enemies with devastating cannons, rifled, infantry, and your naval fleet. Build a thriving empire with a booming economy. Form strategic alliances with Native Americans. UNIVERSAL BINARY - Works with both Intel and PowerPC Macs GameSpy Top 5 Game of the Year 2005 award System Requirements (tentative) - Macintosh computer with a G4/G5 or Intel processor running at 1.4GHz or faster, Mac OS X v10.3.9 or higher, 512MB RAM, 64 MB Video Card (with support for hardware T&L). 56K dial-up Internet access or LAN for online play  (less)

epic warfare in the Americas, where they will lead proud, playable native civilizations to expand their empire and fight for control of the Americas. Features:  (less)

and fight for control of the Americas. Lead the proud, playable native civilizations to expand their empire and fight to rule two continents.  (less)

the competition heats up, you will recruit specialists (Merchant, Soldier, Captain, and Missionary) to help you gain an edge over your opponents, declare wars, and build capital buildings that give your nation unique advantages.Ages 10 and Up - 2 to 5 Players  (less)

strategies, motivations, and personalities-and more than 4,000 audio taunts at their disposal New lighting and shadow effects, in a game world designed to have real physics and depth -- you'll almost feel like you're there The first 3D iteration of the series uses bump- and tone-mapping to render realistic water and shadows Havok engine's cause-and-effect physics bring battles to lurid life  (less)

Empires 3! "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" is the second expansion pack for the massively popular "Age of Empires III" from Ensemble Studios and Microsoft Game Studios, which has sold over 2.5 million copies to date. Engaging gamers of all ages and types in epic warfare in the Eastern world, "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" will lead Japanese, Chinese and Indian civilizations to expand their empires. "Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties" is the latest installment in the award-winning "Age of Empires" franchise, developed collaboratively by Big Huge Games and Ensemble Studios for the Games for Windows platform.  (less)