anon_mastermind
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Oh wow I was just wishing I could play this again. Had so much fun with it back in the day.
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Age of Mythology coming to steam?
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cartoon_soldier
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sooo good
Cameron122
Member
Amazing! Insta-buy! So many fond memories.
Halo series plus Halo Wars next please
Halo series plus Halo Wars next please
Caayn
Member
Took me a second to realize what you meant.
I always feel slightly embarrassed to want Viva Pinata so badly. But Pokemon + Harvest Moon, who could turn that down.Give us more Microsoft!
doctorcdcs
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Just need that Close Combat trilogy in HD now MS!
Give us more Microsoft!
I would love a Rise of Nations remastered edition game was epic!
Just remembered, have we heard anything lately about the Homeworld 2 update?!
Nervous Sausage
Member
Nice, my favorite of the series. Loved the campaign and the emphasis on mythology.
Gearbox is still grinding away apparently.
http://segmentnext.com/2014/02/21/gearbox-overspent-homeworld-worth-pitchford/
Give us more Microsoft!
Gears of War and Halo, yet no Close Combat? Disappointing, to say the least.
YES
I'll gladly playthrough all of the excellent campaign again
Why there is no Rise of Legend there? D:
I'll gladly playthrough all of the excellent campaign again
Give us more Microsoft!
Why there is no Rise of Legend there? D:
infiniteheteroskdasticity
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I can't count the number of hours I wasted playing this on LAN with my classmates in grad school. Best game in the series imho. Loki norse FTW.
So as far as Rise of Nations goes, somebody seems to planning to do something with the games since that is the stuff that got bought from the 38 Studios IP Auction.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/38...doms-of-amalur-reckoning-sequel/1100-6416719/
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/38...doms-of-amalur-reckoning-sequel/1100-6416719/
The issue, as I've said, is that the buyer only bought the Rise of * IPs; the fact remains that whatever "portions" were owned by Microsoft when the games released are still owned by Microsoft. This is the reason why there are two distinct apps in the Steam registry for RoN Gold and neither went anywhere.
Syphon Filter
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Cant it take time though? For example FF 7 took forever to come.
Syphon Filter
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So there is not chance it can happen?
What if the buyer was Microsoft?
There's a chance, sure, but what it boils down to is, either:
1) Microsoft and RoN IP Owner agree on a revenue split, or,
2) RoN IP Owner buys out the "portions" Microsoft owns
Both are rather sticky situations. Similarly, Wolf09 hasn't returned to Steam despite publishing rights defaulting to Bethesda almost two years ago: either Acti and Bethesda agree on a revenue split, as the game was developed by Raven (an Acti-owned studio) and published by Acti, or Bethesda forks over enough cash to buy the game outright, the latter of which is a particularly bad road to take if Acti is demanding that Bethesda pay for whatever development/marketing costs sales failed to recoup during Acti's tenure.
That's a big "if" considering the auction was almost three months ago. Microsoft buying RoN would mean it owned everything pertaining to RoN and so there'd be no roadblocks. Both RoN Gold apps in the Steam regisry are as lifeless as ever.
Man, I remember playing this a lot, so many LAN wars with friends back in the day. IIRC I usually played as Zeus, Hades or Cronos. This thread kinda reminded me how I miss Ensemble and RTS games (are there good modern ones?).
As far as precedents for updated re-releases go, how is AoE II HD?
As far as precedents for updated re-releases go, how is AoE II HD?
There's a chance, sure, but what it boils down to is, either:
1) Microsoft and RoN IP Owner agree on a revenue split, or,
2) RoN IP Owner buys out the "portions" Microsoft owns
Both are rather sticky situations. Similarly, Wolf09 hasn't returned to Steam despite publishing rights defaulting to Bethesda almost two years ago: either Acti and Bethesda agree on a revenue split, as the game was developed by Raven (an Acti-owned studio) and published by Acti, or Bethesda forks over enough cash to buy the game outright, the latter of which is a particularly bad road to take if Acti is demanding that Bethesda pay for whatever development/marketing costs sales failed to recoup during Acti's tenure.
That's a big "if" considering the auction was almost three months ago. Microsoft buying RoN would mean it owned everything pertaining to RoN and so there'd be no roadblocks. Both RoN Gold apps in the Steam regisry are as lifeless as ever.
It is also these things take time.
Laieon
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It was alright at launch, but it's really good now.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
RE: Bethesda and rights, it took them a REALLY long time to restore Doom and Doom 2 to XBLA after they assumed the rights for those games, but they did get both done eventually. I think 15 months for Doom 1. Wolf 3d only took a few months between delisting and relisting though.
Haha, there's that, too, but there'd be discernible movement if a single party owned Rise outright.
The clock continues to tick vis-a-vis Fallout, too.
Edit: "The clock is continues to tick"? Me fail English?
Possibly but Rise of Nations could be also seeing some sort of new Super HD Extended Remix Gold Turbo edition which would warrant a new entry. Also, games can sit in the Steam Registry for ages before getting released or even an update. We saw this with Final Fantasy VII and VIII. All that is really known at this point is somebody wants to revive this IP and Big Huge Games in some fashion.
Well, in the absence of a smoking gun, I submit that it's possible MS did buy the Rise IP, but by the same token it stands to reason that Microsoft, assuming for the moment that it did purchase the IP, would maintain whichever of the two RoN Gold apps it submitted to Valve years ago. Time will tell. I suppose.
Indeed, also, the important thing to note about the IP Sales is that somebody paid good money to own the Rise and BGH IPs, If nobody wanted this revived all of that would still be on the shelf next to KoA and 38 Studios.
The cost of BHG's legacy IPs is something I'm rather curious about considering Amalur had a reserve price that every interested party failed to meet.
Cpt.Underpants
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Image on that twitch page:
Itsreallyhappening.gif? Or is that just a stock image?
OMGFG, Age of Empires online
crimsonheadGCN
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Image on that twitch page:
Itsreallyhappening.gif? Or is that just a stock image?
So does this imply anything? Like are all these getting a Steamworks edition?
OMGFG, Age of Empires online
There was a slight change in the Steam registry back in December that lead me to believe AoE Online would return:
MS Flight followed suit, with MS removing the "isfreeapp" flag and consequently breaking the game, which saw me assume that MS Flight is scheduled to return as a paid game inclusive of all DLC. Let's see how my crystal ball fairs.
Lone_Prodigy
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Never played the expansion but is Isis still OP? Every time I played against my brother he'd just turtle and resist all my god powers until he crushed me with War Elephants.
Fun fact, AoM was the first Internet forum I ever joined.
Fun fact, AoM was the first Internet forum I ever joined.
I loved this game so fucking god damn much. It was just awesome...
Is this just nostalgia though? Will the game still hold up? Or will it be shitty in this day and age?
sooo good
My exact reaction. HOLY SHIT I AM SO PUMPED FOR THIS