Today, when I once again opened Twitter to try and speak to the official Age of Empires account — to try and communicate, respectfully, about the desperate situation of Age of Empires III — I realized something shocking: I was blocked.
Yes. The World’s Edge — the very studio entrusted with managing this franchise — blocked me.
Why?
I can only assume it’s because I left too many comments mentioning Age of Empires III. Because I dared to speak for this community.
I don’t know if others in our community have had the same experience — but if you have, it wouldn’t surprise me.
Because this is how The World’s Edge treats us: with silence, with contempt, with disdain.
They lied to us.
They ignored us.
Now they silence us.
Maybe they even laugh at us behind the scenes.
I don’t know how long my account will last. I don’t know if I’ll be banned from the forums too. But honestly? I no longer care.
I paid for this game. I contributed to it.
I made mods for it.
When my work was stolen, they did nothing.
When I reported the thief, they didn’t lift a finger.
I was patient. I understood they were busy.
But when they abandoned the game,
when they declared it dead,
when they made no effort to fix bugs, balance gameplay, or give us even the tiniest updates,
when they shut down communication,
when they made a mockery of our loyalty — I had enough.
I call on all AoE3 players to stand up.
If you’re posting here, you can post anywhere.
Let them see us. Let them remember we are still here.
And if they continue to ignore us?
That’s on them.
From this day forward, I will never buy another piece of AoE content again — no more DLCs, no matter how tempting.
Because this is what they’ve shown us:
That Age of Empires II, IV, and Mythology get esports events, updates, trailers, developer support…
But AoE3?
Nothing.
Why?
Because the game looks too good? Because it threatens to outshine the others?
We are punished for the game’s excellence.
And now, The World’s Edge dares to silence us.
They’ve already refused to show AoE3 in any official spotlight.
Now they remove us entirely from the conversation.
Fine.
I will never buy anything from The World’s Edge again.
I will never support another Microsoft game if this is how they treat part of their loyal community.
I have a PS5. I don’t own an Xbox — and I never will.
Yes, I’m just one person.
But this is my line in the sand.
This is where my support ends.
They’ve gone too far.
They’ve silenced us because we speak the truth.
They’ve made it clear:
They hate this game.
They hate that we still care about it.
Well — now I know.
Now we all know.
And let’s talk about what this really means. I was blocked by the official Age of Empires account—not some private individual, not a community member, but the official representation of this legendary franchise. Why? Simply because I spoke up about Age of Empires III. Because I refused to stay silent. Because I dared to remind them that this game exists and has a living, breathing community behind it.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t just about one account being blocked. It’s about a studio silencing a community. It’s about a franchise trying to erase one of its own titles from public discourse. This is the official Age of Empires account—and yet we, the AoE3 players, are not allowed to mention our game? What does that tell us?
It tells us they are ashamed of AoE3.
It tells us they want to hide it.
It tells us that The World’s Edge is actively shaping the narrative to exclude us, to deny our legitimacy, to pretend we don’t exist.
And why? Because AoE3 is beautiful? Because it’s different? Because it threatens their narrow vision of what the franchise should be? Instead of celebrating its diversity, they suppress it. Instead of engaging with its community, they wall it off.
This is not just censorship. This is cowardice.
This is prejudice against a community that has done nothing but love and support a game they abandoned.
They do not want to hear us—because our presence is a reminder of their failure.
But we will not be erased.
We will not be silent.
The more they try to shut us down, the louder we’ll become.
Let them keep blocking us.
Let them keep silencing every voice that dares to speak for Age of Empires III.
Let them try to erase every single one of us.
Do they really think they can block us all?
Every time they block one of us, they extinguish one more light in their community.
Every time they silence a player, they create another person who sees through their lies.
Another person who resents The World’s Edge.
Another person who begins to question this entire franchise.
Another person who might walk away from Xbox, from Microsoft, from everything they touch—because this is how they treat loyalty, how they treat passion, how they treat their own players.
They are not just hurting us.
They are hurting themselves.
They are turning their own franchise into a joke—through arrogance, cowardice, and ignorance.
We may not have famous YouTubers.
We may not have major influencers.
But we have something else: dignity.
And that’s why we will keep speaking.
Because in the face of lies, betrayal, and humiliation, we still choose to defend the game we love.
And if they succeed in silencing every last one of us—if one day no one can mention Age of Empires III without being blocked—I will still stand by what I believe.
Age of Empires III is a great game.
They are fools.
They are the ones who killed it with their own hands.
And they will be remembered, at least by us, on the wall of shame.
