age of empires 2 rise of rajas

A 17 year old game can’t get a new expansion? You might think so, but you’ll be wrong, so wrong. Age of Empires II, Microsoft’s age old strategy game where you build and destroy civilizations got an expansion last year, 16 years after its release. Agreed, the expansion was for the HD version released on Steam, but it’s still good to see there’s demand for new content for a game that originally came out almost two decades ago. This year will see another expansion for the RTS, called Rise of the Rajas. The latest DLC adds four new civilisations: the Burmese, Khmer, Malay and Vietnamese; and four fully-voiced campaigns. New generic units take the form of Battle Elephants and Imperial Skirmishers, while “massive” rainforests, “treacherous” ...