{"id":108499,"date":"2022-10-26T09:15:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T09:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/age-of-empires-2-and-4-coming-to-xbox-consoles-and-xcloud-next-year\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T09:15:13","slug":"age-of-empires-2-and-4-coming-to-xbox-consoles-and-xcloud-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/age-of-empires-2-and-4-coming-to-xbox-consoles-and-xcloud-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Age of Empires 2 and 4 coming to Xbox consoles and xCloud next year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a flurry of Age of Empires news announced during the series’ 25th anniversary livestream today, Microsoft revealed Age of Empires 2 and 4 are heading to Xbox consoles next year, and that an Age of Mythology Definitive Edition is in the works for PC.\n<\/p>\n

Whispers of an Xbox appearance for Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition first emerged earlier today, after a new console listing was spotted on the PEGI ratings database. However, it didn’t take long for Microsoft to make it official, confirming that both it and Age of Empires 4 are heading to Xbox and xCloud in 2023.\n<\/p>\n

More specifically, Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition comes to Xbox on 31st January, while Age of Empires 4 is expected to arrive “later in the year”.\n<\/p>\n

Age of Empires is Coming to Xbox Consoles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Our team has been listening to you when you’ve been asking us to bring these globally beloved RTS titles to Xbox,” Age of Empires developer World’s Edge wrote in a blog post accompanying the news. “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.”\n<\/p>\n

To that end, Age of Empires 2 and 4 on Xbox will include a new tutorial designed specifically for controller input, a new user experience, and a new game AI intended to make resource management “efficient and intuitive”. Additionally, there’s keyboard and mouse support, as well as optional crossplay between Xbox and PC.\n<\/p>\n

Age of Mythology: Retold \u2013 Announce Trailer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As for the newly announced Definitive Edition of fantasy themed RTS spin-off Age of Mythology – which Microsoft is calling Age of Mythology Retold – it’ll feature the likes of updated graphics and gameplay when it eventually arrives on PC.\n<\/p>\n

You’ll find a little more Age of Empires news – including very early word of a new Age of Empires mobile game for iOS and Android – in Microsoft’s livestream recap.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n