We’re ageing up and heading into the console age. Age of Empires is coming to Xbox consoles in 2023! Our staff has been listening to you while you’ve been asking us to convey these globally beloved RTS titles to Xbox and we’ll be doing that subsequent yr. After launching and evolving these video games, the time is true to convey them to each present followers and new gamers on Xbox. 2023 could have two console launches to stay up for: Age of Empires II: Definitive Version arrives on Xbox on January 31, 2023, with Age of Empires IV coming to consoles later within the yr.
Age of Empires has grown and thrived over 25 years due to gamers all around the world who’ve conquered campaigns, succeeded in skirmish and mastered multiplayer. We maintain our gamers on the coronary heart of what we do and pay shut consideration to what they inform us. So, after listening to requests for Age of Empires to make its Xbox console debut, we heard you and we agreed!
2022 has been an unbelievable yr for Age of Empires with over 25 sport updates, greater than 15 in-game occasions (with glorious rewards) and over 14,000 mods created and revealed. The Age of Empires group continues to develop and thrive.
We knew that bringing the complexity of RTS to Xbox consoles was a large activity and one we needed to strategy rigorously and thoughtfully. The staff has been working arduous to convey an expertise that not solely feels nice utilizing a controller, but in addition teaches gamers tips on how to play on Xbox. A brand new tutorial designed particularly for controller enter paired with a brand new consumer expertise for console will assist gamers get began. We’ve additionally added a brand new sport AI which helps make useful resource administration in a technique sport environment friendly and intuitive.
We’re so excited to convey top-of-the-line and most beloved RTS video games of all time to Xbox. Age of Empires II: Definitive Version has been rising since its launch in 2019. After virtually 40 updates, 3 DLC additions bringing new civilizations and campaigns, and a continuing stream of enhancements, the sport is one of the best it’s ever been. Gamers can get pleasure from 83 maps, 42 multiplayer civilizations, 34 single-player campaigns, 10 multiplayer modes, and seven co-op campaigns. And now, Xbox gamers will be capable to get pleasure from all this phenomenal sport has to supply!
For these gamers who’re loyal to keyboard and mouse, we’ve ensured that these inputs are supported within the console model. We additionally thought of the performance Xbox gamers have come to count on from their video games and so the sport will embody non-obligatory crossplay between platforms, permitting you to play with your folks on Xbox and on PC. We’re additionally bringing the sport to Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta), permitting gamers to proceed their empire constructing, even when away from PC or console.
2023 will probably be a giant yr for these of you who’ve been asking for an Xbox model of Age of Empires as we’ll even be releasing a console model of Age of Empires IV later within the yr! The console groups have been working intently collectively to create a complementary expertise that can convey the most recent addition to the Age of Empires roster to Xbox gamers. We’ll have extra to share subsequent yr so you’ll want to observe our official social channels to listen to all of the information because it comes.
Each console variations of the video games will probably be obtainable by the Microsoft Retailer, Xbox Recreation Go, and Xbox Recreation Go Final, bringing the trebuchet launching, citadel destroying, empire constructing motion to gamers throughout the globe on the platforms they need to play on.
We are able to’t wait to start this new age. Be a part of us!
