We also followed up with Isgreen via email on a couple of points, covering everything from crunchy gameplay details about civ design to the inspirations, influences, and challenges behind launching an old-school RTS in 2019. At that show we had the chance to speak with Age of Empires creative director Adam Isgreen and Shannon Loftis, head of World’s Edge, the brand new studio Microsoft set up to work on Age of Empires. And then Microsoft waited more than two years to tell us anything else about it, which was terribly cruel.īut as of X019, we now know Age of Empires IV will return to the Middle Ages – the setting of the series’ most popular instalment, Age of Empires II. Age of Empires IV was first announced at Gamescom 2017 with a 97-second trailer comprised entirely of artwork that, rather teasingly, flitted throughout all the historical periods this iconic RTS series has tackled.
