We'd like to congratulate Big Huge's very own Sang Han and Sean Andrew Murray for their winning entries in the Dominance War III game art competition.

Sang finished in the top 50 with Psionic Bomb and Sean took home 11th place with Cardinal Birmbauer of the Holy Order of Robotic Cleansing.

Way to go guys!

In its May/June 2008 feature article "Design on the Verge," Style Magazine offers "a decidedly capacious take on cutting-edge design in Baltimore." In discussing video game design, Style Magazine speaks with Big Huge Games.

Click here for the full article. Search for the subheading "Blast From the Past."

THQ Inc. today announced plans to acquire Big Huge Games, a leading development studio focused on the Role-Playing-Game (RPG) genre, a $1.3 billion market segment.

"The talent at Big Huge Games has an outstanding history of developing top-selling quality games and we look forward to their creation of many exciting new owned franchises for THQ."

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• Gamershell.com - THQ to Acquire Leading Developer Big Huge Games
• Kotaku.com - THQ Snap Up Rise of Nations Devs
• Gamasutra.com - THQ Acquires Rise of Nations, Catan Developer Big Huge Games
• Baltimore Business Journal - Calif. gaming firm buying Timonium's Big Huge Games
• Next Generation - THQ Makes Big Huge Buy
• Forbes.com - THQ to acquire Big Huge Games for undisclosed sum
• Slashdot - THQ Acquires Big Huge Games
• Joystiq - THQ acquires Rise of Nations developer Big Huge Games

GameSpy gives Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties a 4 1/2 out of 5 stars, notes a great multiplayer factor, and slaps us with a well deserved editor's choice award.

"With three new Asian civilizations and a whole mess of Far East locations, Asian Dynasties turns this series global and goony, abandoning all pretense of staid historical stuffiness in favor of a wide-open free-for-all of East meeting West and thoroughly upstaging it with some clever and funky innovations. History? Bah. This is gameplay."

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Games For Windows: The Official Magazine reviews Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties!

"Columbus may have made a few small errors while trying to find his way to the East Indies, but it's apparent that Big Huge Games did not. In The Asian Dynasties series, developer Ensemble partners up with the folks from Big Huge, trusting that its Rise of Nations roots - along with creative director Brian Reynolds' design legacy - would do justice to the Age franchise. It's in good hands."

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Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties has officially been released!

"From renowned real-time strategy developers Big Huge Games and Ensemble Studios, Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties introduces gamers to Asian civilizations and a host of new gameplay features including new ways of winning and trading, random map styles that feature remixes of classic Age of Empires game styles, and the return of Wonders - a favorite gameplay element in Age of Empires II."

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