TiMi and Xbox’s World’s Edge reveal Age of Empires Mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 23, 2024 4 min TiMi Studio Group and Microsoft’s World’s Edge studio announced Age of Empires Mobile is debuting later this year. TiMi has had the magic touch... Continue Reading 4 min
The Strong announces 2023 finalists for Video Game Hall of Fame Posted byby Rachel Kaser March 15, 2023 1 min The Strong National Museum of Play announced the finalists for the 2023 class of entrants into its Video Game Hall of Fame today. There... Continue Reading 1 min
Age of Empires studio leader Shannon Loftis retires after 29 years at Microsoft Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 8, 2022 2 min Shannon Loftis, a longtime game leader at Microsoft, is retiring from the company’s Age of Empires studio after 29 years at Microsoft. Loftis is... Continue Reading 2 min
Age of Empires IV ships on October 28 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 13, 2021 3 min Microsoft announced that Age of Empires IV will ship October 28 on the PC, and it will be available day one on Microsoft’s Xbox... Continue Reading 3 min
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is what Microsoft promised Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 17, 2018 1 min Microsoft is bringing back the Age of Empires series, and it is starting with an updated version of the original game for $20 on... Continue Reading 1 min
Age of Empires gets a sequel from Company of Heroes studio Relic Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 21, 2017 2 min Microsoft is making a new Age of Empires game. The publisher revealed the sequel to its real-time strategy series as part of the Gamescom... Continue Reading 2 min
Microsoft creative director on reviving Age of Empires and making PC-only games Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 20, 2017 5 min More companies at the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow are targeting a PC gaming audience. Alienware had a booth on the E3 show floor to reveal... Continue Reading 5 min
How Bruce Shelley brought a board gamer’s view into designing Civilization Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2016 12 min Before he worked on Civilization with legendary game designer Sid Meier, Bruce Shelley was a board game designer at companies such as Avalon Hill.... Continue Reading 12 min
Age of Empires devs modernize the RTS genre with faster gameplay — and giant mechs Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes March 16, 2015 6 min Half of BonusXP's team are real-time strategy vets from Ensemble Studios. Continue Reading 6 min
Build and unleash your mechs in a new real-time strategy game Posted byby GamesBeat March 4, 2015 2 min Servo is the first title from BonusXP, founded by several strategy game veterans . Continue Reading 2 min