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Age of Empires II beta pulls 160,000 entries

Microsoft says that it received more than 160,000 entries to become one of 300 beta testers for the real-time strategy game, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings.

Microsoft has the latest July 1999 move: Age of Empires II beta pulls 160,000 entries. Microsoft says that it received more than 160,000 entries to become one of 300 beta testers for the real-time strategy game, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. Sign-ups were offered at 30 online gaming sites, representing eight countries. Only ten gamers per site will participate in the Beta 2 phase of testing.