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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 bob_super on Wednesday August 23 2017, @06:00PM (1 child)
Hollywood's been remaking the same stories for decades, every 3D first-person-shooter is a remake of Quake, and Total Annihilation had essentially all the features of future RTS (ok, supcom2 has the best unit pathing algorithms). Don't get me started on sports games...
(Score: 2) by looorg on Wednesday August 23 2017, @06:41PM
Go back to the ancient Greeks then, according to them there was only three types of stories - comedies, tragedies and satyr plays (or satire). Beyond that it's just the same stories being told over and over and over again with slightly different setup, names and actors.