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I learned there will be eight civilizations in the game and four campaigns upon release, each of which will focus on the rise of a specific civilization. But it won't just be a remake, as 'it will be familiar but also unexpected.' More on that later.Р”Р‡irstly, it felt clear that the Age of Empires IV team is putting a lot of emphasis on teaching players bits of history while they're playing. Game Director Quinn Duffy later added: 'Age of Empires IV is the spiritual successor to Age of Empires II'. Philippe Boule, Narrative Lead at Relic Entertainment, explained that they chose the Middle Ages, because it offers 'a wealth of civilizations' to pick from that people today aren't very familiar with. The reveal trailer already showed that Age of Empires IV (AoE IV) will take players back to the Middle Ages.

Ahead of the Age of Empires fan preview event today, Microsoft invited me to attend a preview session to learn more about the upcoming Age of Empires game currently being developed by Relic entertainment. The older games have been reworked into Definitive Editions recently, but this will be the first new Age of Empires game since Age of Empires III was released back in 2005.

#Age of empires iii age of empires iv series#

We've known for some time now that the Age of Empires series is getting an entirely new installment.