Age of Empires: Definitive Edition delayed to early 2018, closed beta prolonged

That’s fairly disappointing information for Age of Empires followers.

Just a little underneath one week earlier than it was set to launch, Age of Empires: Definite Edition has been delayed.

The sport was announced at E3 2017 through the PC Gaming Show, and given an October 19 launch date throughout gamescom again in August.

Yesterday, the Age of Empires improvement crew said the sport want extra time within the oven. To that finish, hundreds shall be invited to hitch those that’ve been testing the sport since the closed beta kicked off in August.

Players shall be invited between now and launch to permit for extra “in-depth testing across single-player campaign, multiplayer balance, fine-tuning the lobby.” If you need an opportunity to take part, you possibly can join the beta through the official Age of Empires website.

“When we set out to re-release the original Age of Empires, we had many debates over the extent of restoration that we should undertake,” reads the assertion. “The problem of re-releasing a basic is simply that: it’s a basic and it deserves to be handled with cautious reverence.

“At the same time, in a living, thriving genre, norms continually evolve, technology advances, and player expectations change. This is as true for RTS as for any other genre. So, the challenge is to recreate the experience not as it *actually* was but as we all remember it. How can we modernize the game while preserving the fun, discovery and magic of that first experience?”

A remaining launch date hasn’t been set, bit the goal is early 2018.

Definitive Editions for Age of Empires 2 and three are additionally a part of the event schedule alongside Age of Empires 4.

The latter is being developed by Relic Entertainment.

 
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