Over 25 years intoAge of Empires’ history, it seems the storiedstrategyseries is riding a high. Developers World’s Edge have announced their plans to follow up last year’s The Sultans Ascend DLC forAge of Empires 4- said to be the best-selling expansion in the entire series’ history - with some new additions to the latest RTS instalment this spring.
Laying out plans forAge of Empires 3: Definitive Editionand Age of Empires 4 during today’s New Year, New Age announcement stream, World’s Edge confirmed that Age of Empires 4’s next update would arrive in spring.
The update will mark the beginning of Season 7 for the game, as well as adding some new content and features. Among the additions confirmed to be on the way is a new free-for-all mode for quickmatch in multiplayer, while away from PC Xbox players - who got a console-ised, controller-friendly port last summer - will get team ranked play.
Meanwhile, Age of Empires 3’s Definitive Edition saw its next two playable civilisations teased. While neither incoming faction was named, flags for Denmark and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - which existed from the mid-16th century until the late 19th century - were shown on-screen, signalling their impending appearance.
