Age of Empires IV Development Going Smoothly
As part of a recent year-end update, Age of Empires general manager Shannon Loftis claimed that Age of Empires IV is fully playable. Relic Entertainment is still working to balance and polish the experience, but they are currently playing the game every day in both the Vancouver and Washington locations. Age of Empires IV doesn’t have an official release date yet, but Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition are both available on PC and through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
“We are making great progress on Age of Empires IV. I don’t want to make you jealous, but we are literally playing this game every single day, both in Washington and in Vancouver. RTS development is funny, it takes a while to build the separate systems (AI, economy, sim, rendering, etc.), and then it takes a while for them to come together,” said Shannon Loftis. “But when they do, you suddenly have a game, a game that needs