The April 10 Age of Empires fan preview event gave us a whole lot of new information about Age of Empires 4. Isgreen mentioned that player feedback definitely helped drive home the point that naval warfare is a key part of the Age series.
We got a closer look at naval warfare in the extended showcase, with some sea-to-sea and sea-to-land fighting. The French are more economy-based (great for a pocket boomer), with a unique landmark called the "House of Commerce." Knights and Lancers are the focus for the French, and they're directly involved in the "Hundred Years War" campaign centered around Joan of Arc. Their unique camel units also buff allied units around them, which developers hope will move players to include camels in all armies. The Abbasid Dynasty has a unique building called the "House of Wisdom" which can be upgraded throughout the game with different buffs that will aid economy and military. While we saw two new civilizations in the E3 trailer - Abbasid Dynasty and French - we received more information during this extended segment. In an extended Xbox Showcase segment, Adam Isgreen and Emma Bridle of World's Edge revealed further details about the game you can check out the video above for the full seven-minute segment. Still no word on recommended specs, but no doubt the game will only look better as you scale up hardware. An Intel Core i5-6300U CPU, 8GB of RAM, and Intel HD 520 integrated graphics are listed. Perhaps more exciting and relevant for a lot of PC gamers is a list of Age of Empires 4 minimum system requirements on the game's Steam product page. It was also revealed that mod support is expected "early 2022." This firmed up plans to release the game "Fall 2021," which was previously the closest time frame we knew about. It was revealed at E3 2021 that Age of Empires 4 is expected to release Oct. On Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2021 we were also treated to some new gameplay and a reveal of the final two civilizations expected at launch: Rus and Holy Roman Empire. You can take a look at the segment about trebuchets (embedded above) yourself expect plenty more videos in the game, including those about castle building, falconing, horse taming, and even Mongolian instrumentation. Isgreen mentioned that including this type of content in the game has been "insanely nerve-wracking," though reception has been positive so far.
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