Is this game still Alive??

[Praetorian]

Hey is age of empires online still alive?? do i need the orginal game to play??

[Garmonbozia81]

The game has been closed to new players and will shut down in July. See this blog for more information: http://ageofempiresonline.com/en/articles/blog-20130916-1
Nonetheless, people who joined the game after its removal from the PC Marketplace can still play the game until the shutdown, so there are still people playing the game.
You can only play AoEO through a GfWL or Steam download of AoEO.