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Age of Empires 4 announced, made by Relic (Dawn of War/Homeworld/Company of Heroes)

Eolz

Eolz

Member
Fucking awesome!
So is that another partnership with Sega after Creative Assembly did Halo Wars 2?
 
CuNi

CuNi

Member
Damn! Bout time!
If this trend continues, maybe, we'll get a C&C reboot in 5-10 years too!

*if you plan on destroying my bubble, move along, nothing for you to see here!*
 
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spons

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We are thrilled to continue growing the empire, and excited to share that we are working with Relic Entertainment on a brand-new title for the Age of Empires franchise – Age of Empires IV. Relic Entertainment has a wealth of experience in creating high-quality RTS games, making them the ideal partner to develop Age of Empires IV. We are thrilled to be working with them and can't wait for fans to see their unique and exciting contribution to the Age of Empires franchise. For all of you who have remained faithful fans of the Age of Empires franchise for the last 20 years, we say thank you – we cannot wait to bring you the next chapter of history. We'll have more to share in the future, so stay tuned to AgeOfEmpires.com!
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That's about it I guess.

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Tagyhag

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I'm not surprised it's Relic.

If this does follow that picture's format it's going to be WW1 or 2 and Company of Heroes was fantastic.

I just hope that they can keep AOE's identity somehow.
 
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Pooya

Member
Relic surely is not going to try and 'modernize' it like their last few turds right?

Trailer pretty much hinted that it will be 20th century or something like that.
 
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Zedox

Member
Syf said:
That's a good thing for an RTS.

But I can't get too excited about this after DoW 3. Gotta see some gameplay.
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I'm pretty sure he was waiting for KB/M ability on XBO...

Good on MS giving what the fans wanted. I guess the next time we hear about it will be E3 2018.
 
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jem0208

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Durante said:
I feel like it would be a pretty big departure for Relic to make the kind of RTS I want AoE to be (that is, huge focus on base building and large amounts of units).

I hope they can manage.
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Creative Assembly went from making Total War games to Halo Wars 2 on the Xbox.

I'm pretty sure the jump from Relic's games to AoE won't be too hard.
 
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whyman

Member
Relic did really well with COH. If they can bring back that magic then this will be gold. I am super happy, have been waiting for this for soooooo long.
 
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Jonnax

Member
I'm really excited but at the same time cynical.

Modern gaming is lootboxes and other paid bollocks. This may just shit on the legacy of Age of Empires.
 
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Zaru

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manfestival said:
After dawn of war 3 ... not sure if I can trust relic
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I associate all Relic games since Dawn of War 1 with "those RTS games that favor control points over base building", and that's really not my jam.
I mean, they're not gonna turn Age of Empires into "Company of War: Historic edition", but it doesn't seem to be their strong point.

Cautiously optimistic.
 
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LuuKyK

Member
Never played anything Relic made but I sure hope they stay true to AoE's mechanics and dont try and change it completely.
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Fezan said:
So do Sega gets any benfits from these deals ?
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Presumably a 30-40% cut of the money made while not having to spend any of their own money.

It's a bad idea if you think your studios will make hits when you fund their games, and a good idea if you think their games will bomb when you fund them.

Dawn of War 3 has only sold about 280,000 copies, so that was probably a major loss for Sega, whereas this will make them money regardless, or at least not lose them money.
 
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Jrs3000

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Im psyched but wish they would say how long before more info. What period? Possible x1x with keyboard/mouse support? So many questions.
 
manfestival

manfestival

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Zaru said:
I associate all Relic games since Dawn of War 1 with "those RTS games that favor control points over base building", and that's really not my jam.
I mean, they're not gonna turn Age of Empires into "Company of War: Historic edition", but it doesn't seem to be their strong point.

Cautiously optimistic.
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fyi dawn of war 3 is shifting to moba over control point/basebuilding
 
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Akoi

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Relic is a good dev, not many great RTS devs around anymore... (RIP Ensemble Studios, Stainless Steel Studios, Big Huge Games)

Looks like Big Huge Games is a thing again but no games in Development...
 
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Madrugador

Member
Holy fucking shit, best news ever!!!

I don't care if this uses Windows Store or Games for Windows Live, I'm buying it day one!
Please put it on Steam.
 
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