fewer pay walls and more ways for players to experience this legendary franchise,' explained founder and CEO of Gas Powered Games, Chris Taylor. 'With Empire Points and this true free-to-play business model, we are giving players what they have repeatedly asked for. Now all content is available either through in-game purchases or Steam micro-transactions. 'We probably turned off a lot of players who would've kept playing had they been given the option to earn a Premium Civilization,' explained systems design lead Eric Williamson in an interview with PC Gamer. Previously the game was only 'free to try.' The base game didn't cost anything to sample, but most of the higher tier content couldn't be attained purely through play. Age of Empires Online is now entirely free-to-play, developer Gas Powered Games has announced.
