He left Valve in January 2012.
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Age of Empires 2 is coming to Steam? [Update: Evidence continues to mount, 4-pack]
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He left Valve in January 2012.
Read through the forum posts on that AOE forum. He left Valve to work for Hidden Path which was working on CS:GO at the time. Nobody seems to know where he has ended up currently. Some of his last posts were encouraging that good news was on the way, but that was a while ago so who knows if he is still associated with it.
You're right.
On his LinkedIn, he has himself employed at both hidden path and Valve at the same time.
Starting at Valve in 2008 and Hidden Path in 2011. With the overlap where he works for both starting in 2011.
Both employments seem to end in January 2012.
Terra Firma
Banned
I'm hoping for higher resolution sprites. After all, they probably did have higher resolution models of the sprites as evidenced by the various press images of units they released around the launch period of the game and I really hope that they still have that data somewhere.
Call Me Maybe
Banned
Has any MGS game been released on GOG yet?
This is a possibility.
If they created high resolution assets initially, but held them for space or performance concerns they could include them.
Neither is an issue now.
The Age of Empires facebook page has been posting a lot of AoE II stuff lately.
Today: http://www.facebook.com/ageofempires/posts/423453561081063
Yesterday: http://www.facebook.com/ageofempires/posts/496003077103770
March 2nd: http://www.facebook.com/ageofempires/posts/433125076767748
Today: http://www.facebook.com/ageofempires/posts/423453561081063
Yesterday: http://www.facebook.com/ageofempires/posts/496003077103770
March 2nd: http://www.facebook.com/ageofempires/posts/433125076767748
ClovingWestbrook
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From the Facebook account
Paul Shaddick so how will the new age of empires HD work on steam? how will players join etc? if theres no lobby, will it have a matchmaking system? and more importantly when is it due for release
8 hours ago · Like · 1
Age of Empires Paul Shaddick: If we have any information to share about potential releases, we will make sure to let you know through our social channels.
And I would say this as well: https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/563273_496026700434741_1071194257_n.png
Lol, not even being subtle with this leadup.
Couldn't find anything else on their social media that was related.
Press Edit, type double post.
Can you link directly to this one? I couldn't find it on their facebook or twitter.
Press Edit, type double post.
From the Facebook account
Paul Shaddick so how will the new age of empires HD work on steam? how will players join etc? if theres no lobby, will it have a matchmaking system? and more importantly when is it due for release
8 hours ago · Like · 1
Age of Empires Paul Shaddick: If we have any information to share about potential releases, we will make sure to let you know through our social channels.
Can you link directly to this one? I couldn't find it on their facebook or twitter.
It's just the comments on your first link.
Thanks guys.
Can't believe I didn't notice that when I was looking through their page.
Looks like they fixed one of their loopholes.
They took down the achievements they had listed, its not just a blank page:
http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamU...evementPercentagesForApp/v0002/?gameid=221380
Its a good thing I have them all written down:
They took down the achievements they had listed, its not just a blank page:
http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamU...evementPercentagesForApp/v0002/?gameid=221380
Its a good thing I have them all written down:
So it looks like they updated the data base entry about an hour ago.
They took away achievements and changed the official name from 'Age of Empires II HD' to 'Age of Empires II.'
http://steamdb.info/sub/26117/
http://steamdb.info/sub/19338/
http://steamdb.info/sub/19339/
They took away achievements and changed the official name from 'Age of Empires II HD' to 'Age of Empires II.'
http://steamdb.info/sub/26117/
http://steamdb.info/sub/19338/
http://steamdb.info/sub/19339/
GFWL confirmed. Run for your lives!
It just won't die
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh god, GFWL. It's fucking strange - AoE3 didn't get GFWL.
I take it the HD-ing is similar to Majesty HD?
I take it the HD-ing is similar to Majesty HD?
Ffs. I thought that malware was dead already.GFWL confirmed. Run for your lives!
He's being sarcastic.
There is a possibility that someone from Microsoft or Ensemble saw this thread or other similar ones across the internet.
They may have plugged part of the leak by clearing the publicly visible achievement list.
But that wouldn't explain the change from Age of Empires II HD to Age of Empires II. If they were trying to cover it up you would think they would change it to a code name, or hide it entirely.
Last-minute indecision over how to market it, perhaps?
Syphon Filter
Member
gfwl is dead,trust me.
Possible confusion between their marketing team. They have been stuck on consoles for so long after all.
The 'HD' moniker doesn't make sense on PC, we can run any game at high resolution. If you have a copy of the original AoE II right now you can run it at any resolution with a fan patch.
Its Microsoft.
They have traditionally published games under GFWL.
Their last 4 games on PC have been Steamworks.
We don't know whether this is purely coincidence or a policy shift.
That game
JaseC sarcastically said that the removal of achievements was proof of GFWL.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Oh this will be sweet.
Want to play Black Forest and Islands again!
Want to play Black Forest and Islands again!
Oh I see, I saw the other people taking it seriously and was confused.
Well it didn't help that someone posted a link citing this thread as the source of the rumors on their Facebook page, right after that guy asked for details about AOEII coming to Steam. The HD moniker was probably causing confusion and unfounded speculation that the game assets were updated.
Maybe he's working back at Microsoft...
KittyKittyBangBang
Member
I really with I had the number of hours sunk into both AoE2 an AoM, its has to be at least 500 or so. Im pretty sure I still have the Age of Mythology disc somewhere
EatinOlives
Member
In all my time of playing AoEII I never once played it online. It's a horrible shame because regular online is dead now and the only people playing it online through hacks are the crazy-pro types.
Terra Firma
Banned
No, not really. And there aren't really hacks that allow you to play online, just third party software.
There's Gameranger and there's Voobly. Voobly is more secure but it takes longer to get games going and people on Voobly tend to be skilled. On Gameranger, it isn't as secure, so you get people who cheat during the game (but that is still rare) and the skill level is also quite low.
I recently installed the game to see what was up and now they have new rules, such as "no rush 50" (nr50) where you cannot rush until the 50 minute mark... so basically, this forces people to stagnate in terms of their skills. This is usually for newbies.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So anyway gonna ask again - is the HD graphics similar to what Majesty HD have?
We know nothing of the release other than the information derived from its registry listing. That said, visually it's is all but assured to be nothing more than the original games with native high-res/widescreen support.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ahh I see, I thought they'd "change" some sprites lol
My love for AoE2 came from the Star Wars reskin game! Forgot the name tho
My love for AoE2 came from the Star Wars reskin game! Forgot the name tho
BetterWorldz
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Gully State
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Steam workshop support? cot damn...no GFWL involved if it's steam exclusive right????
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