Today World’s Edge and Xbox Game Studios revealed news about the Age of Empires franchise in their ‘New Year, New Age’ event. There were announcements for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, Age of Empires IV, Age of Empires Mobile and Age of Mythology: Retold.
Over 50 million players across the franchise
At the start of the show Microsoft revealed that the Age of Empires franchise has had over 50 million players.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition & Age of Empires IV
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition will receive new content this year. It will include two new civilizations. The new civilizations were teased during the stream, with two flags shown. Our guess is the two additions are a Polish and Danish civilization. If you want to try Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition on PC, you can easily do so with the free trial the game is currently providing.
For Age of Empires IV new content was teased. It’s supposed to launch in Spring 2024 and will include an FFA gameplay mode for multiplayer as well as ranked team games for Xbox.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition DLC Victors and Vanquised
A new DLC for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has been announced. It’s called Victors and Vanquished. The Steam page has the following description: ”Embark on a thrilling journey with “Victors and Vanquished”! In nineteen epic scenarios, play as Ragnar Lothbrok, Oda Nobunaga, Charlemagne, and more. Your strategy and choices decide your fate: will you emerge as the ultimate victor, or fall as the vanquished?”
Age of Empires Mobile
Timi and World’s Edge have revealed the first gameplay trailer for Age of Empires Mobile. The game is set to release on iOS and Android. It will include base building, real-time strategy, destruction and more elements known to fans of the Age of Empires franchise. There will be both singleplayer and multiplayer content.
Age of Mythology: Retold
World’s Edge has revealed Age of Mythology: Retold is simultaneously launching on Xbox and PC in 2024. The Steam store page has gone live and includes screenshots from the game. No moving footage for the game was revealed during the show.
Steam sale
Besides all the new information on new releases, DLC and eSports a new Steam sale for the Age of Empires franchise has also gone live. You can get up to 50% off on Age of Empires games and content.
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So dumb question are things still being announced?
Cause the formatting leans to something being announced for aoe III and Iv…
But all I can find is the expansion for 3
Also stuff for AoE4. New season and DLC is coming Spring 2024. FFA and Xbox team ranked will be added.
Not much more was revealed.
Red Bull is also sponsoring a new AoE tournament
AoM screenshots:
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Looks really nice, I played loads of AoE when I was a kid but had never even heard of AoM until recently
Even the Mobile game looks good
https://x.com/klobrille/status/1761113820632612925?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ
Damn, an all out war.
Yes!!! Keep the console rts coming. I would be down for age 1 and 3 and rise of nations coming as well
Extremelly hyped for the future of the “Age of” franchises!! Hope they do more with retold like more civs and keep expand the game.