New Game Network: "For many, Age of Empires has long stood as one of the hallmarks of not only the real-time strategy genre but as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all time. In Age of Empires: Online, the series makes the jump from AAA retail title to downloadable, free-to-play RTSMMO (what a mouthful). At the time, I was wary at the time of its announcement last year and worried that we would get nothing more than a glorified Facebook game riddled with over-priced micro-transactions. Thankfully, I couldn’t have been more incorrect."
Game Tangents | In the news this week, EA is found having released deceptive ads in England, and a Finnish game tournament reverses its ban on female competitors. Also, we talk a little more Wii U games as Wii U month continues.
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.
I like AOE and I like this new minimalist look games have taken on lately for simplicity I think its a nice change
AOE is dead.