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Microsoft announced the formation of an Age of Empires studio, headed by Shannon Loftis
- Thread starter Theorry
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Why doesn't it have a name?
WTF Microsoft.
Mojang has a name.
If this is Forgotten Empires, then that's the name.
Stop naming your studios after games. FFS.
WTF Microsoft.
Mojang has a name.
If this is Forgotten Empires, then that's the name.
Stop naming your studios after games. FFS.
Glad Relic thing didn't go through, they have been really mediocre after several staff departures over the years and even if they weren't the kind of RTS they can make is antithesis to Age.
They had one job to do, make a sequel to Dawn of War and came with probably the biggest failure they could, a game that was doa and no one wanted. Before that CoH2 was also massively disappointing, a game that was worse than the first in every way. Relic is done.
They had one job to do, make a sequel to Dawn of War and came with probably the biggest failure they could, a game that was doa and no one wanted. Before that CoH2 was also massively disappointing, a game that was worse than the first in every way. Relic is done.
Yeah, geez lol.
Wonder if this is why we haven't seen hide nor hair of AoE4? Restarted dev with a new team?
Maybe they are saving it for the PC conference. Didn't they announce AoE4 there too?
Having an Age Of Empires studio means MS is committed to the franchise and the genre. That's good. AOE shall never die.
Wololo!
Wololo!
If I had to guess, it's less of a core development studio, and more a name to house the studios that all work on AOE titles. AOE4 and the Definitive Editions are done by separate studios, so I assume this is just a way of them to show their commitment to the franchise.
Yeah it's lame. I know most of the audience there doesn't care, but what about the PC message?
And a new studio never looka bad.
Damn near a decade ago different management different visions let it go 😄
I guess that officially debunks the Relic acquisition rumours. I always thought the notion of Sega Europe selling any of their strategy studios to be weird, but whatever.
...after Microsoft announced a new Microsoft Flight Simulator and re-announced a new remaster of Age of Empires 2?
They allegedly had a very high upkeep. Also, different times and different management, as already mentioned.
I don't think anyone can doubt Microsoft's PC efforts any longer. I think they're well past the "I'll believe it when I see it" stage.
I think it's a production studio, like the Minecraft studio, that produces the game with smaller developers.
Looks like even though Mojang was bought, it's not part of XBOX Studios. Minecraft Studio is its own entity and run by Helen Chiang. They manage the production of Minecraft games with other contracted devs like 4J Studios. This is probably exactly what Age of Empires Studio is.
They probably kept Shannon off the show because of the twitter stuff. That would explain the lack of the studio announcement.