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YOUR BID! AGE OF EMPIRES: THE COLLECTOR’S EDITION CHARITY AUCTION NOW UNDERWAY Proceeds
To Benefit Toys For Tots Foundation Microsoft
today announced that its auction to benefit the Marine Toys For Tots
Foundation is now underway at Amazon.com. Up for auction are the first five
numbered, limited-edition copies of Age of Empires: The Collector’s Edition,
signed by the legendary Bruce Shelley, senior designer of the Age of Empires
series, and members of the development team at Ensemble Studios. The auction
will run through Tuesday, December 12, 2000. The Marine Toys for Tots
Foundation distributes gifts to underprivileged children throughout the U.S.,
bringing the joy of Christmas to millions of kids each year. To
place a bid, please visit http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/promotion-glance/A3QOPOTFKVQJ7A/. Age
of Empires: The Collector’s Edition is a special, limited-edition bundle that
includes Age of Empires, Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion, Age of
Empires II: The Age of Kings, and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion.
In addition, The Collector’s Edition comes with an exclusive music CD,
containing musical scores from the games, and Age of Empires promotional and
teaser trading cards. Only 75,000 copies of The Collector’s Edition were
created for distribution in North America. Age
of Empires is one of the most successful strategy game franchises in history,
having sold over 5 million units worldwide since its inception. The original
Age of Empires spans 10,000 years following the last Ice Age, challenging
players to be the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes.
Starting with minimal resources, players are tasked with building their tribes
into great civilizations. The Rise of Rome Expansion begins where Age of
Empires left off, allowing gamers to play an active role in directing the
ascension of the infamous Roman Empire. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
spans a thousand years, from the Dark Ages through the Imperial Age. The
recently released Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion, challenges
gamers to wage war on an epic scale with all-new civilizations, unique units
and technologies, and campaigns based on infamous conquerors, such as Attila
the Hun, El Cid and Montezuma. More
information is available on the game’s official Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/games/agecollectors/,
or on the Ensemble Studios Web site at http://www.ensemblestudios.com/. For
more information on the Marine Toys For Tots Foundation, go to: http://www.toysfortots.org/ *
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