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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022

Optic right now probably



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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022

Okay, that's definitely what Optic should be playing like lol. I didn't realize the Halo twitch streamers I watch, play for Optic lol



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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022

Is Relic handing the reigns of AoE IV to Forgotten Empires? Because I still don't have my Age of Mythology Definitive Edition god damn it!

I feel like Microsoft should go and just buy FE and place them under World's Edge as their own internal studio for AoE at this point.



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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022
Ryuu96 said:

Nah, Forgotten Empires assisted development on Age of Empires IV 

Age of Empires IV (2021) Windows credits - MobyGames

Would have made sense to acquire them but Forgotten Empires was acquired by Keywords Studios.

Gotcha! I wonder if they could be working on potential DLC? FE has gotten really good at that with the other Definitive Editions. Well, minus the first AoE DE lol. That game hasn't received any love.

Damn, that sucks. At least they've still been able to partner with them on the franchise.



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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022
Ryuu96 said:
gtotheunit91 said:

Gotcha! I wonder if they could be working on potential DLC? FE has gotten really good at that with the other Definitive Editions. Well, minus the first AoE DE lol. That game hasn't received any love.

Damn, that sucks. At least they've still been able to partner with them on the franchise.

Probably assisting Relic on the DLC, I think FE will do an Age of Mythology remaster eventually, I guess they'll try to get Relic to do an Age of Mythology 2 but maybe not, I wonder if it would be better to keep Age of Empires with Relic and give FE Age of Mythology instead of Relic, after AoM remaster, FE will run out of RTS to remaster for Microsoft, AoM is less risky to screw up than AoE too, I'd say give them a chance.

I wonder what the long term availability of Relic will be though. They're putting out Company of Heroes 3 in 3 months, and Relic is notorious for putting out a crap ton of DLC for that franchise, on top of still having the license to make Warhammer 40k RTS games. So I wonder if Sega will eventually think their studio is being stretched a bit too thin.



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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022

Oxide has put up pre-alpha in-game screenshots of Ara History Untold on their website. Maybe they've been there since the game was announced and I just never noticed lol. Definitely looks very Civilization like. I can't wait to get so advanced to where I demand a rival civ to give me their city for free, and when they get pissed, I just nuke them to high holy hell



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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022

I didn't like how cartoony and simplified the layout was for Civilization 6, but they definitely got the nuclear explosions on point! Ara is looking much more realistic and grander in scale, so if Oxide is also able to make a nuke going off as satisfying as this, if not even MORE insane, I'll be a happy conqueror!!!



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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022

@Ryuu96 so it looks like the Forge open beta may very well coincide with the launch of season 3. Which honestly, not only does it give Forge some extra time to bake for a couple more months, but that could be a huge marketing push for season 3.



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G2ThaUNiT on 05 August 2022
Ryuu96 said:

Really hope they do a relaunch with Forge; Launching Forge which looks awesome, a playlist of of classic maps remade on Forge for multiplayer, a few general updates and a few new developer made maps, it's perfect timing and makes a lot of sense to attempt, Imo.

I don't know how I feel about moving Forge's open beta from September to November though, a little disappointed, I just hope the open beta is treated as basically the final product marketing wise, the same way the multiplayer was treated when it released a month early, 343 already confirmed it would be the full complete set at least.

Forge in the leaked build looks amazing with a ton of stuff already so I wonder what the hold up would be, perhaps the crashing due to using multiple textures and different lighting, such as baked in lighting, are proving harder to fix than anticipated, in which case, I would agree with delaying it cause those are two pretty vital things needed to make maps truly shine.

But I really hope it isn't being delayed due to something like, the Xbox One is struggling, Lol.

That is one that is going to have to be addressed at some point, when does 343 just ditch Xbox One support? lol it needs to happen sooner rather than later. 



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ice on 05 August 2022
Ryuu96 said:

@ice What are the current teams? Who is in who? When is a European team going to smash the Americans?

Sen - Snakebite, Royal 2, Lethul, Frosty (same roster) 

Optic - Formal, APG, Lucid, Trippy (same roster since droppin Ola)

C9 - Penguin, Stellur, Eco, Bound (Bound coming from FaZe)

FaZe - Snipedown, Falcated, Renegade (from C9), Spartan (from eUnited)

eUnited - Ryanoob, Rayne, Manny (from Pioneers), Svspector (from Xset)

Pioneers - Taulek, Druk, SoulSnipe, KingNick (from eUnited)

Other teams to watch for

G1 - Bubu's new team that's been killing it lately 

G2 - recently added Barcode which was considered Australia's best player

I did this all from memory so excuse any typos :D I think we'll see Ola after S1 ends and his contract is up. I still feel like him and Mikwen will make a killer team.

Also, never for that European comment well I can see Ascend getting top 8 possibly at worlds