Microsoft acquires classic civilization game Rise of Nations, future games hinted by Xbox head
Microsoft has acquired the IP rights to one of the nearly acclaimed PC strategy games in recent history, Rise of Nations, and the leader of Microsoft'due south Xbox partitioning is strongly hinting the visitor plans to release new games in the franchise.
Late on Friday, Microsoft'due south PlayXLBA website announced that non only had the company acquired Rise of Nations from its now shut down owners, Big Huge Games, but that information technology will re-release the original 2003 game on Steam. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition will be released erstwhile in June for $xix.99 and will contain both the original game and its expansion pack Thrones and Patriots, along with enhanced graphics, full Steamworks back up and more. Terms of the IP acquisition were not disclosed.
All the same, in two posts on his Twitter feed Saturday, Microsoft'due south Xbox leader Phil Spencer made statements that suggested the company was going to practise more only republish the older Rise of Nations games. Indeed, he seemed to hint that all new games in the franchise are planned.
Really happy with the #RON IP acquisition. Nosotros kept serenity for awhile on this. I game I worked on long ago, we'll exercise more than with IP.
Steam is a great place to sell Win32 games. We acquired the IP for future work, I'm a big fan of the franchise. - Phil Spencer, Microsoft
Microsoft already has a list on its careers page stating that they are forming a squad to develop a "new AAA championship within an established and well-loved strategy game franchise." Furthermore, Spencer stated in another Twitter post on May 18th that he saw a resurgence of the real fourth dimension strategy genre coming for current generation consoles like the Xbox 1. It's more than possible that Rise of Nations could exist that strategy game serial, based on Spencer's hints.
What do yous guys recall about the possibility of a new Ascent of Nations game for the Xbox One?
Source: PlayXBLA, Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) (1, 2)
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