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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.
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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition adds 4K Resolution, Zoom Levels, Remastered Soundtrack
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday June 13 2017, @09:05PM
I assume you could also create a simple virtual LAN to handle multiplayer, although matchmaking would be much harder without a pool of interested players you don't personally know.
As sad as the Forgotten Empires acquisition may feel, at least it got more people playing the game, improving multiplayer.
I'm still wondering when 0 A.D. [wikipedia.org] will go gold. It started out as an Age of Kings mod, but is now its own standalone game with the civs of AOE 1, the graphics of AOE 3 or AOM, and hopefully the gameplay of AOE 2 (last time I tried it, it was very unfinished).
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