Age of Empires Online announced for PC from Robot Entertainment

[Yami]

Age of Empires Online announced for PC from Robot Entertainment | Joystiq

Ensemble Studios may be no more, but Microsoft hasn't forgotten the franchise it created: Age of Empires. Heading into GamesCom 2010, the company has announced a revival of the series in the form of Age of Empires Online, which is being developed by Robot Entertainment, a studio that knows a thing or two about the subject. That's because it was started by Ensemble Studios founder Tony Goodman.

Details on the game are fairly slim, other than its target platform (Games for Windows) and the fact that it's an online title with persistent capital cities and the ability to embark on adventures cooperatively. Microsoft has promised that screenshots and a first trailer for the game are incoming -- we'll have them up for you just as soon as possible.

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[Oreo]

Here's to betting it sucks.

 

[NoNameNY]

I agree, it'll probably suck. Almost nothing Microsoft gets into these days is any good (zune and kin come to mind)

 

[Yami]

Zune isn't too bad they just can't be arsed to advertise it.

But yeah, after the slight disappointment that AoEIII was, I'm not looking forward to this very much. Especially since Ensemble is no more.

 

[Druid]

Age of Empires II online I'm assuming?

 

[Yami]

This image has pretty much killed it for me. It looks like a kid's game!