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matt247 on 02 September 2009

This is where MS keeps info for their games for the press. http://edelmanadmin.psni.com/public/?M=D
A new folder for Age of Empires was just added and was updated today, but there is nothing in the folder. It's pretty strong evidence that something will be announced for it. PAX is this weekend. Maybe it will make it's way to the 360 and use Natal.



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halogamer1989 on 02 September 2009

Nice catch



macroplanet on 03 September 2009

AoE would be so epic! I'm not a fan of many RTS games, but this series alone rocks so hard.



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sinha on 03 September 2009

I hope this is true!

My dream is an AoE game that goes through all of human military history at least to WWII, from Legionaries to Knights to Musketeers to Panzer tanks.

Back on topic, it would be great if they brought this to 360 also, I would definitely double dip.



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starcraft on 03 September 2009

Imagine a Natal enabled Age of Empires?

OH. MY. GOD.



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matt247 on 03 September 2009
PDF said:
Didnt ensemble go bye bye. Who will develop?

@sinha - that game you want is called empire earth and it OWNZ

Robot, I think they got that licensed

theprof00 on 03 September 2009
sinha said:

I hope this is true!

My dream is an AoE game that goes through all of human military history at least to WWII, from Legionaries to Knights to Musketeers to Panzer tanks.

Back on topic, it would be great if they brought this to 360 also, I would definitely double dip.

there already is a game like that.



Grey21 on 03 September 2009

Ensemble studios was a very impressive studio back in the day but they were good at RTS games and they never grew with the genre. Their skills were good enough for console RTS games (like Halo Wars) so it's a shame that Microsoft took them down, I still think it's a very EA thing to do. If the next AOE is going to compete with moder PC RTS games then the license is better off in another studios hands but if it's for the 360 or Natal then the old simple AOE gameplay would be perfect and ending Ensemble Studios gets even worse.



JaggedSac on 03 September 2009

Nice find.



JOhnyBravoos on 03 September 2009
starcraft said:
Imagine a Natal enabled Age of Empires?

OH. MY. GOD.

Please kill this person!

 

I don't mind it being a port later on to natal, but if they're doing one it must be on the PC! Imagine if Halo Wars came on the PC, there'd be no stupid limits and you'd have much more freedom; But companies greed for money saw this cash in on the Halo brand for the Xbox.