Is Microsoft about to shadow drop Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition for Xbox Game Pass subscribers on PC? It's certainly a possibility, as Microsoft is teasing something for the Gamescom event later this week.
As highlighted by VG247, the official Age of Empires Twitter posted a cryptic image this past weekend, and fans have uncovered that the hotkey for each unit in the image spell the word "Gamescom":
Ultimately, this could just mean that we get a release date announcement at the event, but the game was actually rated in both Brazil and Australia back in July, suggesting it won't be long until we get our hands on it.
Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition is set to release exclusively for PC (also available with Xbox Game Pass for PC), serving as a remaster of the original game from 2005.
Are you excited for Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition? Let us know in the comments.
[source twitter.com, via vg247.com]
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As an Xbox owner it seems the PC crowd are getting all the releases at the expense of us console owners.... Gears Tactics, Flight Simulator, AoE 3.
Do Microsoft want me to buy a Series X or just get a PC?
@Medic_Alert @pip_muzz
I agree, they really need to start pushing out more of their PC games to differentiate themselves from PS4/5, especially if they release them straight onto Game Pass. Not everyone has or wants a top end PC to run games like Flight Simulator.
@pip_muzz I mean AoE3 and Flight Simulator are both games that probably play better on a keyboard and mouse anyway. Gears Tactics is also a bit like that. The real problem is not the existence of PC versions of these games.
The true problem is that I think the only game confirmed for 2020 and early 2021 was Halo. Now if Halo goes for late 2021 or even 2022 as some rumours say. SX is spending a long time with no big exclusive.
On the other hand, if Halo drops the X1, the whole messaging of "not leaving people behind for the first 2 years" also goes down as another false promise. 343 really managed to hinder Microsoft's position.
Currently Series S is the only good news here, promising decent next gen experience at a supposedly fair price.
@BrilliantBill Yes, these are definitely more PC based games. But as you say, with so few games coming to Xbox itself the "planned" console versions can't come soon enough.
Regarding 343i, if they do end up shifting that back to 2022 as rumoured then Microsoft have a huge problem. I love all the companies they've purchased, but all the games seem so so far away. PS5 also looks an exclusive drought for the first year too... I think they'd have been better off delaying the consoles as well till they had a stronger line up to launch with.
@Nightcrawler71 “Not everyone has or wants a top end PC to run games like Flight Simulator.” - You have no idea about the sheer size of the community which will only grow exponentially in future.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 to generate $2.6B in hardware sales over next 3 years
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2020-generate-26b-hardware-sales
Anyways I’m really happy they are releasing one of the most iconic PC games of all time. Wish to see some next-gen realistic AI and becoming a healthy platform for the next decade; tired of games like Fortnite.
They need to bring Age Of Empires to Xbox!
@Medic_Alert
I completely agree. There are lots of Xbox players who like these types of games on console. Microsoft needs to do a better job of recognizing this. I love strategy games & it’s a shame that we rarely get them on Xbox, outside of the Halo Wars series.
Thankfully, we’ll get Gears Tactics soon.....we’ll, hopefully. Lol.
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