Age of Empires
Age of Empires is a series of historical real-time strategy video games, originally developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The first title of the series was "Age of Empires", released in 1997. Seven titles and three spin-offs have been released.
Age of Mythology
Ensemble Studios began work on their first fully 3D engine at the same time as their development of "". Named the BANG! Engine, this was announced in January 2001, for use in a new game, codenamed "RTSIII". "RTSIII" was eventually revealed as "Age of Mythology". In developing "Age of Mythology", Ensemble Studios decided to move away from the center of the "Age of Empires" series history, to avoid becoming stale and repetitive. This allowed them to work with new ideas and concepts.