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And I'm still sitting here and waiting for Age of Empires 4 :/

by tomashertus 10y ago

asimuvPR 10y ago
You and me, friend. Whatever happened to the MS division that published those games?
- bdavisx 10y ago
  I wonder if those games didn't make money, or just didn't make enough money. I'm thinking AoEs and Flight Sim.
  - tomashertus 10y ago
    RTS genre in general is on decline. Last good RTS was Starcraft 2. It is all caused by the shift to MOBA games... Also there is huge challenge to create playable RTS game with current popular monetization strategies - in game purchases
    - asimuvPR 10y ago
      AoE would be awful with in-game purchases. I'd rather play an old version on a VM than go through that experience.
- balls187 10y ago
  Rise of Nations 2
  - mdemare 10y ago
    Oh yeah, totally! Surprised there hasn't been, thought it was a hit (for an RTS, that is)
- lmickh 10y ago
  MS shuttered the studio in 2009. You are going to be waiting a long time.
- arcticfox 10y ago
  Well, the original division was shuttered. But Microsoft "remastered" AoE2 and sold 3 million (!!) copies. It's their most popular game on Steam. http://steamspy.com/dev/Microsoft+Studios http://steamspy.com/dev/Microsoft+Studios Unfortunately, they're driving the franchise into the ground with bugs and no support. :( If anyone at Microsoft reads this... help us!
- jug 10y ago
  Microsoft Studios is still active, however, Ensemble Studios who developed Age of Empires was closed in 2009. Then you have Skybox Labs who built "HD" versions of some of their games. Some guys from Ensemble has since formed Robot Entertainment, released e.g. AoE Online, and is supposedly (?) using Microsoft as publisher once again but I don't think they're part of Microsoft Studios anymore. AoE Online was shut down in 2014 though. :/
praetorian84 10y ago
Yes, still play AoE 3 occasionally.
piotrkubisa 10y ago
I am looking forward to see new version of the Age of Empires. I currently play extensively a AoE2 on random map and I would like to improved AI of the path finding of units. It drives me crazy if I set a map with 6-8 players with a 300 population cap and the units after getting an order to attack they are attempting to adopt formation instead of fight in close quarters.
yen223 10y ago
Didn't they release an expansion pack for AoE2 recently?

And I'm still sitting here and waiting for Age of Empires 4 :/

asimuvPR 10y ago

You and me, friend. Whatever happened to the MS division that published those games?

bdavisx 10y ago
I wonder if those games didn't make money, or just didn't make enough money. I'm thinking AoEs and Flight Sim.
- tomashertus 10y ago
  RTS genre in general is on decline. Last good RTS was Starcraft 2. It is all caused by the shift to MOBA games... Also there is huge challenge to create playable RTS game with current popular monetization strategies - in game purchases
  - asimuvPR 10y ago
    AoE would be awful with in-game purchases. I'd rather play an old version on a VM than go through that experience.
balls187 10y ago
Rise of Nations 2
- mdemare 10y ago
  Oh yeah, totally! Surprised there hasn't been, thought it was a hit (for an RTS, that is)
lmickh 10y ago
MS shuttered the studio in 2009. You are going to be waiting a long time.
arcticfox 10y ago
Well, the original division was shuttered. But Microsoft "remastered" AoE2 and sold 3 million (!!) copies. It's their most popular game on Steam. http://steamspy.com/dev/Microsoft+Studios http://steamspy.com/dev/Microsoft+Studios Unfortunately, they're driving the franchise into the ground with bugs and no support. :( If anyone at Microsoft reads this... help us!
jug 10y ago
Microsoft Studios is still active, however, Ensemble Studios who developed Age of Empires was closed in 2009. Then you have Skybox Labs who built "HD" versions of some of their games. Some guys from Ensemble has since formed Robot Entertainment, released e.g. AoE Online, and is supposedly (?) using Microsoft as publisher once again but I don't think they're part of Microsoft Studios anymore. AoE Online was shut down in 2014 though. :/

praetorian84 10y ago

Yes, still play AoE 3 occasionally.

piotrkubisa 10y ago

I am looking forward to see new version of the Age of Empires. I currently play extensively a AoE2 on random map and I would like to improved AI of the path finding of units. It drives me crazy if I set a map with 6-8 players with a 300 population cap and the units after getting an order to attack they are attempting to adopt formation instead of fight in close quarters.

yen223 10y ago

Didn't they release an expansion pack for AoE2 recently?