Age of Empires is coming for your Xbox

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The classic real-time strategy franchise Age of Empires, released by Microsoft considering that its launching 25 years earlier, will certainly involve Xbox for the very first time at the end of January. Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, a 2019 remaster of the 1999 game, will certainly introduce Jan. 31 by means of Xbox Game Pass, and also the even more modern Age of Empires 4 will certainly obtain a console launch “later in the year,” Microsoft stated on Tuesday.

The news didn’t define which Xbox gaming consoles would certainly obtain the brand-new variations, past stating both games will certainly be offered by means of the Microsoft Store, Xbox Game Pass, and also Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The console variations will certainly still sustain key-board and also computer mouse inputs, as well as additionally be usable with a controller.

Age of Empires 4 — and all its trebuchets — launched Oct. 28, 2021, and also on PC Game Pass the exact same day.

“We knew that bringing the complexity of RTS to Xbox consoles was a massive task and one we had to approach carefully and thoughtfully,” co-developer World’s Edge stated in Tuesday’s declaration. “The team has been working hard to bring an experience that not only feels great using a controller, but also teaches players how to play on Xbox.”

Age of Empire’s controller inputs can be a little bit difficult considering that the game includes great deals of clicking about on numerous systems and also scrolling around the map. The Xbox variations will certainly include a tutorial that will certainly reveal brand-new individuals just how to play the game, in addition to the controller-specific inputs. The designers additionally included a game AI to aid make source administration “efficient and intuitive.”

Age of Empires 2 and also Age of Empires 4 will certainly sustain cross-platform play, enabling console individuals to play together with Windows computer professionals. So we’ll see later on just how it the Xbox variations gauge up versus mouse-and-keyboard competitors.

 

Source: Polygon