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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition adds 4K Resolution, Zoom Levels, Remastered Soundtrack

posted by martyb on Tuesday June 13 2017, @12:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the New!-And-Improved! dept.

takyon writes:

A remastered version of Age of Empires is being released for the game's 20th anniversary:

Microsoft is updating the game for 2017 with a modernized interface and gameplay refinements. In addition, said Isgreen, "We've re-orchestrated and re-recorded the entire soundtrack to the game" with a symphony. Multiplayer will be available via Xbox Live. Microsoft previously remastered 1999's Age of Empires 2 — that upgrade, Age of Empires 2 HD, was released in 2013 on Steam. Forgotten Empires, the studio that developed Age of Empires 2 HD, is also making the Definitive Edition of Age of Empires.

Also at VentureBeat and PC Gamer.

Official website. Trailer.

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  • (Score: 2) by Unixnut on Wednesday June 14 2017, @10:25AM

    by Unixnut (5779) on Wednesday June 14 2017, @10:25AM (#525357)

    Notably, it even has a Linux build, though you need to go to a different site for it. I'm not sure why they didn't put the build at SourceForge. I didn't look, but it seems likely that one can just build from source anyhow. Still a .deb is nice to have.

    They do have a deb. Also it is in the official repo's. I've been installing and playing it fine for years this way.


    root@Phobos:~$ apt search warzone
    Sorting... Done
    Full Text Search... Done
    warzone2100/stable 3.1.1-1 amd64
        3D real time strategy game

    warzone2100-data/stable 3.1.1-1 all
        data files for warzone2100

    warzone2100-dbg/stable 3.1.1-1 amd64
        debug files for warzone2100

    warzone2100-music/stable 3.1.1-1 all
        official music for warzone2100

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   2