Post by Dan @ 11:21am 08/03/13 | 13 Comments
In Age of Empires II: HD Edition, fans of the original game and new players alike will fall in love with the classic Age of Empires II experience. Explore all the original single player campaigns from both Age of Kings and The Conquerors expansion, choose from 18 civilizations spanning over a thousand years of history, and head online to challenge other Steam players in your quest for world domination throughout the ages.Age of Empires II HD will launch on Steam on April 10th 2013 for US$19.99, however customers that pre-order in the next two days will reportedly be able to access the game early on April 5th, along with a 10% discount.
Perhaps more tantalising than the resolution increase is the Steamworks support, which means achievements, leaderboards and matchmaking through Steam, as well as user-created content via the Steam Workshop.
AoE 2 marks the fourth Microsoft-published game to appear on Steam, indicating that even they have dumped the unpopular Games for Windows Live platform. It also confirms yet another rumour that was uncovered by the CDR Database dump, adding more weight to the rumoured Halo games making their way to Valve's platform.
Gamespot has a trailer for Age of Empires II: HD, which you can watch embedded below
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Posted 11:46am 08/3/13
really??
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Posted 12:25pm 08/3/13
Its a massive, massive disincentive for users to post gaming news to the website, and I feel like I need to wait to see if the post is going to survive before I comment on it...
Posted 12:27pm 08/3/13
yeah agree, I like when the post gets promoted and edited
Anyway Im keen on getting it Add me on steam _TiT_ if you want to play some online action!!!!
Posted 12:31pm 08/3/13
probably because they make the news post before checking the forums. so it's probably easier to just lock the thread.
also i don't think dan ever promotes anything.
Posted 12:49pm 08/3/13
Easier for sure. Less nice to your users, though.
$20 is my sweet spot for s*** like this. I may get suckered into buying.
Posted 01:02pm 08/3/13
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Posted 02:46pm 08/3/13
They're probably going to replace it with the Windows Store while also releasing their gaming s*** natively on Steam with full support for Steamworks etc.
That way next time Valve cracks a great big smelly s*** about the Store they can assume the higher ground about participating in a free and open digital marketplace and tell them to pull their heads in.
Posted 06:14am 09/3/13