Microsoft will provide an update on 'Age of Empires 4' later this year

Age of Empire 4

Microsoft had quite a show at the Electronic Amusement Expo (E3) this year, talking up Project Ruby for the next generation of Xbox consoles and showing off trailers for Halo Infinite and Gears v.

What was missing from the show, however, was Historic period of Empires 4, the next installment in the series initially announced way dorsum in Baronial 2017. The game is currently beingness developed by Vancouver-based Relic Entertainment.

For those who aren't familiar with the game, Age of Empires is a series of historical real-time strategy games adult by Microsoft. It covered historical periods from the Stone Age (Historic period of Empires, 1997), through the Medievals (Age of Empires Two, 1999), until the Industrial Revolution (Age of Empire Iii, 2005).

Co-ordinate to a recent PC Gamer interview with Phil Spencer, executive vice president of gaming at Microsoft, we are able to get an update on the progress for Age of Empires 4.

"Nosotros'll talk most information technology more this year. Relic'south great as a studio, we're making practiced progress with it," says Spencer. "One of the things I loved about our show [June 9th] is the things that we didn't prove." Spencer said that Microsoft doesn't desire to throw all the surprises at once during E3. Many of the projects are kept for time to come announcements.

Spencer didn't provide more detail regarding the gameplay of Age of Empires 4, but he did talk almost the development of the game.

"We've been incredibly impressed by Relic's adequacy," says Spencer. "We are learning a lot revisiting Age 1 and Age two. As those communities grow once more, every bit those communities keep to exist, they have big player bases, and there's a lot of feedback. So we're really getting good insight."

The Redmond-based visitor is giving Age of Empires fans a care for while they look for the side by side installment with Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition, which supports 4K resolution, new graphics and remastered audio. Information technology will also have a new campaign chosen The Last Khans.

While Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates was hosting a Q&A session on Reddit for his foundation in 2016, a user begged Gates for another Age of Empires game. Gates responded by saying "I volition wait into this. How many empires do you need?" One year subsequently, Microsoft surprised players around the globe by announcing Historic period of Empires 4 at Gamescon 2017.

Source: PC Gamer