

For details on these, we caught up with lead designer Sandy Petersen of developer Ensemble Studios. Existing European civilizations will also get new units, but even more exciting are some of the gameplay additions, such as the trade monopoly victory condition. Now you'll be able to play as the Native Americans against the European civilizations, or battle other Native American tribes.


This expansion to last year's popular real-time strategy game adds a slew of new features and content, not the least of which are three new Native American tribes. Age of Empires III will get a bit bigger next month when Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs is released.
