Thrones and Patriots expanded on a variety of features in the original game, such as new monuments (called ' Wonders'), nations, governments, and campaigns. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition was released on Steam on Jand includes both the original game and Thrones and Patriots with updated graphics and Steamworks integration for multiplayer. Thrones and Patriots had its premiere release for Microsoft Windows on Apin North America, and was later bundled up with Rise of Nations as the Gold Edition, which was released for Windows on October 28, 2004, and for Mac OS X in November 2004. The game is the second in a series of Rise of Nations games by Big Huge Games.
Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots is the official expansion pack to the real-time strategy video game Rise of Nations.
