Empire Earth
In 2001, Stainless Steel, under Goodman, created "Empire Earth". The game, which was published by Sierra Entertainment, offered many new features, including a 3D view of the world, impressive zoom-in and zoom-out features, and a timeline that spanned from pre-history to the twenty-second century (over 500,000 years). The game won the GameSpy PC "Game-of-the-Year 2001" Award. According to some, "Empire Earth" was what Goodman wanted "Age of Empires" to be. PC Gamer said in an article about "Empire Earth" that it feels like it's the gold edition of the "entire" AoE-series (which is all the AoE games, including the unreal games such as an AoE IV and V).