Halo Studios has shown how they want to go about making Halo games going forward, but they'll have a lot to do to prove themselves to the gaming community that isn't 343 Industries anymore.

Looks like Age of Empires is next in making the jump to Unreal Engine. Recent job listing for World's Edge has a requirement of:

"6+ years of professional experience in AAA scale Unreal Engine game development"

Not really surprised since all 4 remasters just used updated versions of Ensemble's proprietary engines, AoE 1 and 2 using the Genie Engine and Mythology/AoE 3 using the Bang! Engine. Then AoE 4 used Relic's proprietary Essence Engine.

I guess this also means Relic will not be making World's Edge next game as well. Also, the job listing having "AAA scale" is interesting. I don't think RTS games have been considered "AAA" for like 20 years now. 

I'm really glad to hear that. After seeing Manor Lords, I think it is just mindblowing what a couple of independent developers (that are really passionate about their work) are able to do with Unreal Engine.

I turned on my Xbox 360 for the first time in weeks (and I just changed my Gamertag) and I'm getting the same error so many have had. I was able to delete and redownload the profile for saves on Xbox One but locked out of my profile right now on Xbox 360. 

Oh snap! Combo this with the leaked 2.0 relaunch of Warcraft 3 Reforged and I'll be a happy man! Blizzard dataminer btw. I imagine would be announced at the 30th anniversary celebration next Wednesday. 

Well I think that's it for me lads, it was mostly fun but somewhere along the way, talking about videogames or following videogame news became an endless stream of toxicity, a bunch of insufferable idiots screaming "DEI" and "Woke" at practically every single game, not to mention all the misinformation and then there's the dooming among Xbox fans while I just want to play and enjoy videogames, this side of the hobby, being engaged in online communities, has became draining to me and I like to have a positive attitude.

I'm also not going to beat around the bush, the US Election results have bummed me out a lot, I can't deal with yet another 4 years of non-stop nonsense from that orange dickhead, now adding RFK Jr and Elon Musk to the mix. To be honest, I'm not going to shit up G2's thread up by arguing with Trump voters but as it stands right now, as a European and proud supporter of Ukraine, I can't bring myself to be fake friendly with Trump voters, they knew what they were voting for more than your average voter.

I don't think I can deal with this shit, my positivity is being drained by everything around me lately and I think I need a detox from the internet or at least try to avoid it as much as possible and just focus on what makes me happy, my own country and people around me. I'm going to be in no appropriate mood to be a good Mod to a good user either.

I've already deleted Twitter so I'm not really useful to the thread anymore anyway.

Also, PM me if you want my Discord ID which I will give at a later date because I'm trying to make a new account but I'm stuck on the Captcha.

I hope this isn't the last we see of you man. You were always one of my favorites to talk gaming with and is such a major reason why I wanted to be a part of this thread. 

I remember posting that I would follow you anywhere focus on yourself and being happy with what you have in control of your own life. Wish you the best and wish for your prompt return!