Big Huge Games' Associate Designer John Hawkins takes IGN readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Age3: Asian Dynasties balance world..."Our design goal was for the Asians to be as good as the best civilizations already included in the game, but not better than them."

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Big Huge Games and Ensemble Studios are proud to announce the release of the DEMO for Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties. The trial version features the Japanese, a new random map (Honshu), and the chance to play King of the Hill, a new game type. You can also head here to download wallpapers and a fansite kit featuring game icons, screenshots, concept art, and more.

Big Huge Games' Associate Designer John Hawkins takes IGN readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Age3: Asian Dynasties development..." I would spend lots of time researching Asian history, through online research and reading books offline. One thing that kept cropping up about Japan was the fact that they didn't eat meat for over a millennium before the Meiji Restoration, which happened at the end of the timeframe of Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. In the back of my mind, I kept thinking that it would be cool if we could somehow implement this into the game."

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Big Huge Games' Design Lead Ike Ellis takes IGN readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Age3: Asian Dynasties development... "The idea was that you would be able to isolate your civilization from the rest of the world to change how your economy and military worked. After many attempts at making this fun, Sequester evolved into the new resource, Export, and the new building, the Consulate."

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"One amusing anecdote has already arisen from this collaborative effort: Interestingly enough, The Asian Dynasties will not continue the single-player campaign stories from both AOE3 and first expansion The WarChiefs. No more trials and tribulations of Morgan Black and his descendants; instead, the single-player campaign will feature three separate stories (one per civilization, i.e. Indian, Chinese, and Japanese) with five scenarios apiece. Reynolds joked, "I think there were some signals crossed. We thought the Ensemble guys said, 'Don't continue the story,' and then when we showed them what we had planned, they asked, 'Hey, what happened to the story?'" It speaks of Ensemble's trust in BHG that it has allowed Reynolds' team to break away from AOE3's formula already."

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"In Age of Empires III, as well as its first expansion, The WarChiefs, you could control European and Native American civilizations in a battle for supremacy in the New World. With The Asian Dynasties, the second expansion, the focus will change to the other side of the world. However, this new expansion won't just offer up a new setting. The Asian Dynasties is being developed by Big Huge Games, the acclaimed creator of Rise of Nations, in cooperation with Ensemble Studios; thus, The Asian Dynasties is a merging of two strategy powerhouses, with Big Huge Games putting its own unique take on the series."

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The Big Huge art team would like to congratulate the winners of the Big Huge Art Challenge.

In the 3D competition Gavin Goulden took top honors with Donovan Keele taking second, and Ching Lau finishing 3rd. An interview with Gavin can be found here.

In the concept art competition top honors went to Marco Mazzoni with Brendan Keough taking 2nd, and David Mitchell finishing 3rd. An interview with Marco can be found here.

Microsoft Game Studios, Ensemble Studios, and Big Huge Games today unveiled the first details about Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, the second expansion pack for the top-selling Age of Empires III that arrives this fall. The expansion pack will introduce gamers to Asian civilizations, a host of new gameplay features, and a new developer (Big Huge Games) that will provide a unique spin to a classic favorite.

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FOX News Gamers Weekly interviews Brian Reynolds about Catan for the Xbox Live Arcade and shows off some great in-game video footage!

Check out both the review and interview clips here! Search for the subheadings XBOX Arcade Pick and Big Huge Interview.

Tycho at Penny Arcade has posted his first impressions of Catan, calling it a "deeply reverent execution of the original." We at Big Huge Games are honored by his kind words and high praise. Here's a great excerpt from the post: "I don't know how this happened, how a game of this type was greenlit all the way up the chain and then delivered on a mainstream entertainment device, but it's clearly the result of some divine act. I must remember to make the proper sacrifices."

Check out Penny Arcade to read the full post and to view the awesome comic.

THQ announced today that it has entered into a development agreement with Big Huge Games for a brand new RPG scheduled for release on the Xbox 360™, PLAYSTATION®3, and Windows PC.

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Big Huge Games is pleased to announce that Catan is now available for download on Xbox Live Arcade! Catan remains faithful to the original Settlers of Catan board game which sold over ten million copies worldwide, while also including robust AI, a beautifully rendered 3D "living world," a streamlined trading interface, a ranked matchmaking system, and is voice chat enabled for Xbox Live Arcade.

For more information and the latest on Catan, please visit the official website at www.catanlive.com.

The hit board game Catan soon arrives on the Xbox Live Arcade, and Big Huge Games shares all about the game and its features in an article at IGN.

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Check out the articles and what folks are saying about our upcoming game Catan for Xbox Live at Joystiq and Destructoid.

For more information and the latest on Catan, please visit the official website at www.catanlive.com.

Big Huge Games has teamed up with gameartisans.org, the creators of The Dominance War game competition, to bring you the Big Huge Art Challenge. The contest consists of two sections: one for 3D character creation and another for concept art. The prize pool includes an Xbox 360 ELITE, Wii, PSPs, Catan T-Shirts, Rise of Legends posters, cash, and more.

Full prize details here!