Age of Empires: Castle Siege

Age of Empires: Castle Siege was a free-to-play medieval massively multiplayer online tower defense game in the form of a Windows app, designed for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone. Released in 2014, the app featured micro-transactions to aid in rapid development of a castle and to improve defensive and attacking capabilities. It was developed by Smoking Gun Interactive and Microsoft Studios, and was formally announced on August 26, 2014. Unlike any preceding Age of Empires game, Castle Siege takes the form of a tower defense game.[1] Castle Siege was made available on iOS in 2015[3] and Android in 2017.[4][5]

Age of Empires: Castle Siege
Developer(s)Smoking Gun Interactive
Publisher(s)Microsoft Studios
SeriesAge of Empires
EngineAutodesk
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Windows Phone
iOS
Android
ReleaseSeptember 17, 2014 (Windows)[1]
May 20, 2015 (iOS)[2][3]
April 6, 2017 (Android)[4][5]
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online tower defense
Mode(s)Multiplayer

On November 13, 2018, Microsoft Studios announced that it would close the game on May 13, 2019, and since then, it is presently not working.[6]

References
  1. Saleem, Hammad (17 Sep 2014). "Age of Empire Castle Siege now available for Windows Phone and Windows 8.1". WinBeta. Retrieved 21 Sep 2014.
  2. Vasile, Cosmin (20 May 2015). "Microsoft Soft Launches Age of Empires: Castle Siege on iOS". Softpedia. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. "Microsoft Soft Launches Age of Empires: Castle Siege on iOS". Microsoft News. 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. "Age of Empires: Castle Siege finally makes its way to Android". Android Authority. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  5. "Welcome to Android Players!". Age of Empires: Castle Siege official website. April 6, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  6. "Age of Empires: Castle Siege Shuts Down in May 2019". trueachievements.com. November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
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