While it’s only slightly over one minute long, the first gameplay footage manages to strike all the right chords. One year later, Age of Empires 4 was announced and two years after that, we finally have a gameplay reveal. Just as hope was nearly depleted that the franchise would never again see a new, full-blown release, a Redditor asked Bill Gates in an AMA for another Age of Empires. This lead to expansions, sequels, and even remakes with modernized graphics. This isn’t because Microsoft was bullish about it, it’s because the game managed to pull off the real-time strategy genre so well that it inspired countless games after it. There have been a lot of Age of Empires releases since the game’s initial debut back in 1997. Age of Empires 4 sets out to reinvigorate the franchise Thanks to stunning gameplay footage, I (and likely many others) are more ecstatic than ever.
Until now, nobody really knew what to expect and just the thought of a new, full-blown Age of Empires was enough to excite fans (myself included).
One juicy tidbit that has flown largely under the radar is the official gameplay reveal for Age of Empire 4. From xCloud to Game Pass, we covered quite a bit of it. Microsoft announced many things at X019 yesterday.
