On paper, finding out that a new Age of Empires game is about to be released is always a good thing. AoE 2 is one of the set texts of the RTS genre, up there with Command and Conquer, StarCraft, and Total Annihilation. With Civilization 7 and Frostpunk 2 inbound, it’s heartening to see the return of the strategy series, the last full outing for which was back in 2021. But the upcoming Age of Empires might not be precisely what you hoped. It will be released very soon, and we’ll definitely give it a chance, but this isn’t the full return to PC of which you might have dreamed. Continue reading A new Age of Empires game is coming soon, but not like we’d hoped MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RTS games, Best strategy games, Best 4X games