The Age of Empires series created back on October 15th 1997, since then it gained an ever growing and strong community of loyal supporters and fans of the Age of Empires series. Sept 9th 2008 Ensemble Studios announced it would be closing since then after selling the Age series to Robot Entertainment our once great community has been ignored and left to deteriorate. The Age of Empires Community was possibly one of the strongest and most successful gaming communities on the web. Please sign this petition and show your support for the Age of Empires series before they shut us down for good. Thanks