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 platfor  (less)

devastating war elephant troops and build powerful wonders. Features Playable Asian civilizations. Lead one of three unique Asian civilizations--Japan, China and India--to expand their empires and fight for control in the Eastern world. Each Asian civilization, led by powerful leaders, will have unique groups, armies and wonders, as well as buildings that reflect the culture?s architectural style. New gameplay elements. Extending upon the innovative gameplay of Age of Empires III, Age of Empires: The Asian Dynasties introduces ways of winning and trading, random map styles that feature remixes of classic Age of Empires game styles, and 15 new Asian Wonders. Exciting new single-player campaign. Returning to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, gamers will enjoy the solo experience a chance to engage in strategic combat with Japan, China or India through several engrossing scenarios. This second expansion pack will also ship as a Games for Windows title with easier installation, reliability standards and support for key features of Windows Vista, including the Games Explorer and Parental Controls.  (less)

devastating war elephant troops and build powerful wonders. Features Playable Asian civilizations. Lead one of three unique Asian civilizations--Japan, China and India--to expand their empires and fight for control in the Eastern world. Each Asian civilization, led by powerful leaders, will have unique groups, armies and wonders, as well as buildings that reflect the culture?s architectural style. New gameplay elements. Extending upon the innovative gameplay of Age of Empires III, Age of Empires: The Asian Dynasties introduces ways of winning and trading, random map styles that feature remixes of classic Age of Empires game styles, and 15 new Asian Wonders. Exciting new single-player campaign. Returning to the historical, civilization-based single-player campaigns, gamers will enjoy the solo experience a chance to engage in strategic combat with Japan, China or India through several engrossing scenarios. This second expansion pack will also ship as a Games for Windows title with easier installation, reliability standards and support for key features of Windows Vista, including the Games Explorer and Parental Controls.  (less)

and whispering vocals for film, TV, and game composers as well as songwriters, new age artists, and zen horticulturists. Note these voices aren't meant to replace a live singer in your studio, but rather enhance the musical atmosphere you've created.Voices of Passion features 5 stunning female artists singing vowels, words, morphing vowels, effects, phrases, calls, whispers, and breath noises. This virtual instrument/sample library was created specifically for use in the film/TV/game genre as well as music with ambient or new age music. All the singers were recorded with a Telefunken Elam 251 and a RCA 44 ribbon mic for tonal variation. The collection features true legato intervals (American and Wales only), and the Middle Eastern and Indian phrases are presented in a construction kit format allowing you to create very long, consistent performances. There's even a mod-wheel to control the entry point on ethnic phrases.PLAY Powered by EastWest's PLAY 64-bit (and 32-bit) Advanced Sample Engine with built-in Network Control (plug-in or standalone), this virtual instrument combines intuitive handling with excellent sound quality, and functions as a plug-in instrument, without the need for a sampler. It includes impulses from the same hall the producers used to record Symphonic Orchestra and Symphonic Choirs so the pianos can blend smoothly with those collections.Load more thanks to 64-bit support 64-bit support allows you to load many more instruments and voices, limited only by your system RAM (32-bit support is included also) While most high-end computers will support 16GB, a very small set of high-performance enterprise computers (with Microsoft Vista Ultimate) can already use 128GB of RAM. As hardware develops, the theoretical limit is 17,179,869,184 gigabytes = 16 exabytes, or 17 billion gigabytes.Networking Support If you still need more power, the built-in NETWORK CONTROL allows you to load instruments on other machines controlled from your host computer. This means no more trips back and forth between computers, or KVM switching when loading projects. This also means there's no need to buy additional software. The PLAY system is a professional, fully integrated solution for those with the most demanding production requirements.All instruments are listed in one browser The easy-to-use browser displays all of your instruments with a Favorites section to group the instruments you use most, and a way to preview your instrument of choice in an easy-to-use column viewer. Load instruments into one instance to take advantage of your sequencer's instrument tracks, or several if you so desire. The interface automatically changes to display current instrument.Articulations Forget  (less)

for the words or phrases. Written in clear and concise English. Top 100 Billionaires of 2007. 1. Bill Gates $56 billion, US (Microsoft). 2. Warren Buffett $52 billion, US (Berkshire Hathaway). 3. Carlos Slim Helú $49 billion, Mexico, Lebanon (Telmex, Telcel, America Movil). 4. Ingvar Kamprad $33 billion, Sweden (IKEA). 5. Lakshmi Mittal $32 billion, UK, India (Mittal Steel Company). 6. Sheldon Adelson $26.5 billion, US (Las Vegas Sands). 7. Bernard Arnault $26 billion, France (Louis Vuitton). 8. Amancio Ortega $24 billion, Spain (Inditex Group). 9. Li Ka-shing $23 billion, Hong Kong (Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa). 10. David Thomson & family $22 billion, Canada (Thomson Corporation). 11. Lawrence Ellison $21.5 billion, US (Oracle Corporation). 12. Liliane Bettencourt $20.7 billion, France (L''Oreal). 13. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.3 billion, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon (Kingdom Holding Company). 14. Mukesh Ambani $20.1 billion, India (Reliance Industries). 15. Karl Albrecht $20 billion, Germany (ALDI). 16. Roman Abramovich $18.7 billion, Russia (Millhouse Capital). 17. Stefan Persson $18.4 billion, Sweden (Hennes & Mauritz). 18. Anil Ambani $18.2 billion, India (Reliance Communications). 19. Paul Allen $18 billion, US (Microsoft). 20. Theo Albrecht $17.5 billion, Germany (ALDI). 21. Azim Premji $17.1 billion, India (Wipro Technologies). 22. Lee Shau Kee $17 billion, Hong Kong (Henderson Land Development). 23. Jim Walton $16.8 billion, US (Wal-Mart). 24. Christy Walton & family $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart). 24. S. Robson Walton $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart). 26. Sergey Brin $16.6 billion, US (Google). 26. Larry Page $16.6 billion, US (Google). 26. Alice Walton $16.6 billion, US (Wal-Mart). 29.  (less)