Hidden in the cave-like demo area of the Microsoft booth at CES 2011 were kiosks giving a lucky few their first look at AOE Online, and verily it was good!
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With the recent closure of Age of Empires Online, the future of the Age of Empires franchise doesn't look good as no game in the series has been announced.
But why is this happening? Microsoft said that PC gaming was important to them yet one of their most important IP's seems to be stopped
I am sure PC Gamers can understand that Microsoft has got their hands full with trying to keep the Xbox One from not dieing a painful death.
But PC division is still under Microsoft Games Studio.
It's getting the love it deserves. The re release of 2 HD is a sign of Age of Empires 4 in development.
I'm hoping for it, and can't wait.
I do, but I honestly miss a lot Age of Empires. A fourth entry in the series wouldn't hurt to anyone.
I don't want anybody except Ensemble Studios Making a New Age of Empires game.
They don't exist anymore though.
If you could get a core group of original people from Ensemble I'd be all for it.
Age of Empires 1 HD complete remake needs to happen.
Like rebuilt from the ground up.
After AOE Online, I don't think anyone is holding out for AOE to "win PC gaming back"
Age of Empires is a great IP and when Microsoft released the MMO version in August 2011, many players played it. But Age of Empires Online turned out to be unsuccessful because of the poor business model it used at launch. Today at GDC, Executive Producer Kevin Perry looked back the original F2P model of the game and explained how they fixed it.
AOE2 was a classic, thousands still play this legendary game (myself included).
This looks pretty good though, but AOE isnt AOE without ensemble :(
Interesting read. Though very little actual information about the game is talked about, article should be "i went to the microsoft booth, and they had AOEO there."
Cartoon graphics looks awesome
Apparently theres an alpha/beta test.
I wouldn't know that its really fun and I'm really enjoying it because its got an NDA
*shifty eyes*
I'm in the beta, it's an alright game.