| Alternative title(s) | |
| Antiquity game | EAG |
| Release | Oct 30, 2002 |
| Publisher | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Developer | Ensemble Studios |
| Platform(s) | OS X, Windows |
| Mode | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Genre | Strategy game; empire-building |
| Setting | A mythologically inspired version of Ancient Greece (including places like Troy, Ioklos (= Iolcus), Erebus, Tartarus and AtlantisDLC), Egypt, Scandinavia and ChinaDLC |
| Notable charactersB | Agamemnon, Ajax, Odysseus, Chiron, Athena, Kronos, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Circe, Bellerophon, Heracles, Jason, Atalanta, Hippolyta, Polyphemus, Theseus, Achilles, Hippocrates, Cerberus, Pegasus, Minotaur, Medusa, Hydra, Scylla, Hermes, Ares, Apollo, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Hera, Hephaestus, Artemis, PrometheusDLC, GaiaDLC, ArgusDLC |
| DLC | The Titans (2003), Tale of the Dragon (2016) |
On May 8, 2014, remastered versions of Age of Mythology and The Titans were released together in the Age of Mythology: Extended Edition (OS X, Windows).
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Additional keywords
turn-based, gods, myth, heroes, monsters
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