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Theoretically it might be possible, but it's very unlikely you'd get a license for that. Also, there's tons of free mods out there, I very much doubt a paid one would see any success

Originally posted by Jineapple:

Theoretically it might be possible, but it's very unlikely you'd get a license for that. Also, there's tons of free mods out there, I very much doubt a paid one would see any success

https://www.amazon.de/Age-Empires-Kimbern-Teutonen-Add/dp/B00005A95E

this is a "kinda sorta" example of that, im uncertain if those guys did or did not get the license back then, but thats a german only expansion disk that was once sold over here in stores, nowadays one can find them on amazon, and ive seen the content of the disk made public someplace else but thats grey area at best (if the product itself was illegal and unlicensed) and piracy at worst


anyway for those curious and unable to read german, its essentially 4 new campaigns, id say quality level between the forgotten empires (the dlc ones, not the later differently named dlcs by said company) and the original or newer dlc campaigns, not bad, but not exactly standout quality either; but i think they WERE voiced so theres that

or i think it was german only, i couldnt get it to work in english like the rest of my game (personal preference, i dont like translated games, they tend to have translation errors even nowadays)