Age of Empires III Q&A - Technology Overview  After seeing the
stunning first screenshots of Age of Empires III, we had to know
about the technology behind the game, so we caught up with lead
programmer Dave Pottinger.   Simply by virtue of its
announcement, Age of Empires III instantly became one of the
most anticipated PC games of 2005. It's no secret that the first
Age of Empires games are two of the most successful and popular
real-time strategy games ever made. However, Age of Empires II
is almost 6 years old at this point, an eternity in computing
terms. While developer Ensemble Studios released the successful
Age of Mythology in 2002, fans still yearned for a return to the
Age of Empires series. And with Age of Empires III, they'll get
it, as the first screenshots of the game to be released so far
are nothing less than astounding. For the details on the
impressive technology behind Age of Empires III, we caught up
with Dave Pottinger, the lead programmer of the game and the
director of technology at En