Age of Empires: Castle Siege
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Microsoft unveils Age of Empires: Castle Siege for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft announced in a blog post today that it will launch Age of Empires: Castle Siege for Windows 8 PCs and Windows Phone 8 mobile devices in September.

The title is a touchscreen-oriented game that makes some trade-offs compared to past Age of Empires titles. This one lets you choose from six civilizations including Britons, Teutons, and Kievan Rus. You get to fortify one castle and a surrounding city. Then you train armies and attack other players’ castles.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.