Age of Mythology: Retold, the upcoming remaster of the 2012 Age of Empires spin-off of the identical title, will launch on Xbox and PC concurrently later this 12 months.
Age of Mythology: Retold is a real-time technique recreation by World’s Edge and Xbox Sport Studios. In it, gamers can command gods from Greek, Norse, and Egyptian gods in epic battles over warring territories in single-player or co-op campaigns. Though Age of Mythology would not have a concrete launch window, the sport will launch as a day one Sport Go alongside its launch on Steam and Xbox consoles.
“In Age of Mythology Retold, we’re not solely upgrading the engine and bringing all of these high quality of life enhancements that you have come to count on from World’s Edge, however as well as to that we’re doing much more to replace the artwork,” artwork director Melinda Rose mentioned in an announcement video. “Which means all new 3D fashions, all new animations, textures, UI, VFX, the entire shebang.”
To showcase Age of Mythology: Retold’s up to date 3D character fashions, Rose introduced out life-sized augmented actuality fashions of Medusa, Pegasus, and Cerberus.
“Our purpose is to not solely pay homage to the previous however to breathe new life into this recreation and maximize the mythology,” Rose mentioned.
At this time’s Age of Mythology: Retold information coincides with World’s Edge studio and TiMi Studio Group’s different massive announcement that they’re working collectively to carry Age of Empires to cell units later this 12 months. In brief, 2024 spells thrilling instances for stalwart real-time technique players throughout all platforms.
In our evaluation for Age of Mythology, we rated the sport a 9.3, saying it “blows open the doorways of the collection by taking a step away from historical past and giving the designers a bit extra latitude.”
Hopefully, Retold will proceed the work its predecessor achieved by offering yet one more all-timer RTS recreation for followers when it releases later this 12 months.
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