The start of a new year is always exciting, filled with opportunities to reset, evaluate, and plan for the future. And for the Age of Empires team, 2024 is shaping up to be a big year. Rather than create a single blog post with all the news, the team has …

After years of waiting, Age of Empires came back with a bang last week. Not only did Age of Empires IV launch to great reviews, but the game also quickly garnered a sizeable player count on Steam, with even more players getting the game through Xbox Game Pass.  On Steam …

Not long ago, Age of Empires was a dormant franchise, forgotten and left behind as Microsoft shifted its focus to Xbox. The last mainline game, Age of Empires III, released back in 2005 and for well over a decade, it looked like we would never get a sequel. That changed back in 2017, with Microsoft partnering with Relic Entertainment to modernise the series and deliver Age of Empires IV. Now, this long-awaited sequel has finally arrived – was it worth the wait?

Earlier this year, during a fan preview event, Microsoft began showing off brand new gameplay for Age of Empires IV and promised a 2021 release date. Now during E3, a late October release date was officially announced. Age of Empires IV is releasing on the 28th of October, complete with …

Microsoft's Age of Empires Fan Preview event took place over the weekend and sure enough, we got plenty of new information about Age of Empires IV. The long-awaited sequel has been in the works for a few years and now, we finally have a release window – with the game …

Age of Empires IV was announced all the way back in 2017 and since then, we've seen very little of the game. That is changing next month, with Microsoft announcing a preview event, during which we'll get a good look at Age of Empires IV gameplay.  The Age of Empires: …

Microsoft has been working on reviving the Age of Empires series for several years now. The journey began with re-releases for the original trilogy, then in 2019, Age of Empires IV was officially announced. We haven't had an update on the long-awaited sequel since then, but that changed this week. …

During XO19, Microsoft finally put Age of Empires IV back in the spotlight with a brand new trailer and a few new details. Now, additional interviews from XO19 are starting to make their way out, giving us more information on some of the newly shown games. Notably, we know a …

Over the last few weeks, Microsoft has been ramping up the hype machine for XO19, promising announcements from first-party Xbox Game Studios, new titles for Game Pass and more in the ‘biggest Inside Xbox episode ever'. There were indeed quite a few big announcements, including new IP from Obsidian and …

It has been a long time since Microsoft first announced its plans to bring back Age of Empires. At the time, we had announcements for remasters of the original trilogy, as well as confirmation of Age of Empires IV, which is being handled by Relic Entertainment. Now, it looks like …

Microsoft has been keeping Age of Empires alive for a couple of years now. We have seen new expansions for Age of Empires II, the original game recently received a ‘definitive edition’ and now, after many years, we are finally getting a full-blown sequel. At Gamescom last night, Microsoft officially …