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Microsoft has announced a new title in the Age of Empires series, as well as "Definitive" editions for some of the existing games:
A new of Age of Empires is in the works. Microsoft introduced a teaser trailer for the game, and announced that Relic Entertainment was tasked with developing the next installment in the real-time strategy series.
The short announcement trailer didn't reveal any gameplay, with the studio opting instead to show artwork, but it did provide us with some information. Whereas previous games in the series focused on a small portion in history, Age of Empires IV seems to encompass multiple time periods. We saw the pinnacle of the Roman Empire, Native Americans charging toward battle, the banners of multiple Japanese clans during the Warring States period, and British redcoats ready to fire at a target.
[...] Microsoft also announced that its previously revealed Age of Empires: Definitive Edition has a release date of October 19, and it didn't stop there. The company also said that it will give the "Definitive Edition" treatment to Age of Empires II and III, and more news on those titles is coming in the future.
Age of Empires II (the best one) needs a "Definitive Edition" to fix more bugs.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Wednesday August 23 2017, @06:49PM
I recon there is always NEED and/or "need"; as in Microsoft wants it and is there for checking for it and refuse to start if you don't have it even tho it actually isn't using it. But it plans to perhaps use it in the future when Win10 becomes larger the Win7 or some such reason. AMD are naturally free to do what they like and have done so previously. It does seem somewhat odd for them to make a Win10 exclusive title and just cut out large portions of the gaming market -- or they are really banking on here that AoE4 will be a title big enough that people will actually upgrade computer and OS to play it. Sounds a bit like wishful thinking to me.