

Microsoft – in response to concerns over the Delhi Sultanate specifically – has already suggested that they’re willing to explore existing areas with more cultures, so I imagine the company will want to look at areas not covered at launch as well. Plenty of areas don’t have any representation though, such as North/South America, central and southern Africa, and parts of south east Asia and the Pacific. The remaining four Age of Empires 4 civs come from other parts of the world – North Africa and the Mediterranean, central/south Asia, and then the steppes and the far east. Initially we were only told about four during the official gameplay reveal back in April, but as part of E3 2021 we learned about the final four.Īge of Empires 4’s launch civilisations are meant to represent a wide breadth of cultures and polities that existed during the game’s timeframe – which is from around the 11th century through to the start of the Renaissance. There is a European flavour to the launch roster, as three out of four of the launch civs are firmly within the borders of Europe. A fourth – the Rus – are an emergent culture from the inter-mingling of Scandinavian adventurers and the local Slavic population living in western Russia.


Celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the most popular strategy games ever, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition contains all previously released Age of Empires II content, as well as brand new civilizations, additional campaign missions, new graphics that support up to 4K resolution and Xbox Live support for multiplayer, including all-new achievements.
