Age of Empires Online

Seems at some point I signed up for the beta, and just got an email saying I was in.

Age of Empires is my favorite rts series of all time. Hope this is good. No idea how they blend it with mmo features though. Downloading now, so we shall see.

Being made by the same guys who did Supreme Commander, which rocks.

It's very cartoony looking.
Plays a lot more like the first 2 games than AoE3 did.
My only fear is that this is basically Age of Empires with the added grind fest of MMO's tacked on. And that worries me, because at heart it seems a very good Age of Empires game.