Have you heard? Age of Empires Online is now on sale for the STEAM SUMMER SALE!

The Summer Sale Bundle includes: The Pen of Herodotus, Extra Storage, Exotic Vanity Gear, and 'Heroic Aid' Consumables all for $4.99. That’s 50% off!

Don’t wait, this sale ends on July 23rd !

Enjoy!

Firstly apologies for the AoEOH server problems over the weekend, these have been resolved and we are back up and running.

On to the weeks news:

Firstly a new German moderator has appeared at the official AoEO site, and the German forums have now opened: {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/newgermanmod

Kotaku have found some concept artwork for the AoEO launch trailer: {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-Biernacki

And finally, the item dupe that has been plaguing the game recently has been fixed: {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-dupefix

2 Week update this time.

Firstly we have been told about the upcoming legendary mode and gear as well as planned fixes and tweaks including approximate release dates for some of teh upcoming content - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-futurefixes

We have revamped our store list to make it easier to find what you want, and it can now be found here: http://aoeo.heavengames.com/city-building/store-list/

There have also been new Persian screenshots released: {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-7septscreen

And MGS lead designer Ian Vogel has also commented on PvP and Gear including proposed future PvP game modes - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-pvpandgear

Finally we have been updating our guides section, and have added a number of Greek walthrough for levels 15-20 - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-greekquests and a beginners guide to get people started with their capitol city - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-beginnersguide

A little late this week, but:

Strategy are giving away some AoEO codes for Premium Egyptian Civilisation, Premium Greek Civilisation, Glorious Gardening Empire Extra and Bountiful Bushes Empire Extra Code - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-SIgiveaway

Kotaku have posted a short guide of 13 easy steps to succeed in AoEO - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-kotaku13steps

MGS' CosyGOODkNIGHT has posted a short guide to avoid being caught out by trade scammers in AoEO - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-howtoavoidscammers

We have also added more walkthroughs to our strategy section for the Greek level 1-15 quests - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeoh-greekquests

Age of Empires released on the 16th of August, and is now available to play for free.

We have opened our AoEO player directory, so head over and post your details - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeohdirectory

We have also opened up 2 new sections of the sire, our Strategy section - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeohstrategy - containing Guides, Quest Walkthroughs and PvP strategies, and our City Builder section - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/aoeohcitybuilder - containing guides for building your Capitol City.

As well as this AoE Village are also giving away 2 Premium Civs - {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/ogSpyn

We also have a new poll up on the main page, we want to know, what if any AoEO content you have purchased.