
Upgrading buildings was needed in order to generate resources faster, hold more resources, defend the castle against enemy attacks more efficiently, and unlock new technologies. The trained troops were used to attack other players' castles in order to loot their resources and to earn crowns, the game's scorekeeping mechanism. In Age of Empires: Castle Siege, the player maintained and developed a castle that produced resources, which could be used to train and upgrade buildings and troops, as well as research new technologies. On November 13, 2018, Microsoft Studios announced that it would close the game on May 13, 2019, and since then, it is presently not working. Castle Siege was made available on iOS in 2015 and Android in 2017. Unlike any preceding Age of Empires game, Castle Siege takes the form of a tower defense game. It was developed by Smoking Gun Interactive and Microsoft Studios, and was formally announced on August 26, 2014. Released in 2014, the app featured micro-transactions to aid in rapid development of a castle and to improve defensive and attacking capabilities.

Massively multiplayer online tower defenseĪge of Empires: Castle Siege was a free-to-play medieval massively multiplayer online tower defense game in the form of a Windows app, designed for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone.

SHIFT+F1 – Individual Help (Like the ? Button)į5 – Debug Mode (Displays debug information in the top bar where the resource counters are normally)į11 – Displays Elapsed Time and Game speed (1.0 = Normal, 1.5 = Fast, 2.2014 video game Age of Empires: Castle Siege SHIFT+TAB – Cycle through units backwards, displays previous unit in a selection (Opposite direction of TAB) SHIFT (while telling a unit where to go) – You can set waypoints (a path) for unit(s) to follow by shift-clicking on the map where you want the waypoint to be. Works for all buildings but the Town Center. SHIFT (while selecting a place to build) – Build multiple buildings by shift-click on the map where you want the buildings to be. Select multiple units by dragging a selection box around them or shift-clicking individual units in turn. SHIFT (while selecting units) – Add this unit to the selection already made. Cycle through selected units and buildings.

TAB – Display next unit or building if multiple units or buildings are selected. ENTER – Enter chat mode or send chat message (Cheat mode as well)ĮSC – Unselect a unit or building, cancel an order
