Age of Empires: The Age of Kings

Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
Developer(s)Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s)Majesco Entertainment
Designer(s)Tyler Sigman, Eric Emery
Composer(s)Chris Rezanson
SeriesAge of Empires
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • NA: February 14, 2006
  • EU: November 10, 2006
  • AU: November 16, 2006
Genre(s)Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Age of Empires: The Age of Kings is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by Majesco Entertainment for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It is a spin-off of Microsoft's Age of Empires series.

The Age of Kings allows the player to command any one of five historical civilizations: the Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens and Japanese. It has a single-player campaign and scenario mode, as well as a multiplayer wireless and hotseat mode.