Gamescom is happening throughout the week, and as such gamers can expect a ton of new announcements surrounding highly anticipated titles, as well as new releases from publishers and developers. Nothing beats the excitement surrounding fresh news on upcoming titles, and these are at the center of the five-day major gaming event at the Koelmnesse in Germany. Be sure to stay tuned with us the whole week as we bring you the latest from Gamescom 2019 in the form of the latest trailers, announcements, news and other information drops on all the newest games hitting the market.
During the Gamescom 2019 episode of Inside Xbox, Microsoft announced the release of Age of Empires II: Definite Edition on November 14, 2019.
The game will be released in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Age of Empires II has long been considered one of the most popular strategy games of all time, but this time it will be released with 4K Ultra HD Graphics, a new and fully remastered soundtrack, and brand new content titled “The Last Khans” with three new campaigns and four new civilizations.
As usual, we should expect gameplay of over 200 hours as you can either play solo throughout 1,000 years of human history or choose from 35 different civilizations and go head to head online with other players in your quest for world domination.
Nothing should change for its system requirements, as is expected for strategy games. Below are the minimum specs required:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64x2 5600+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 420 or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6850 or Intel® HD Graphics 3000 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
Fans can listen to high quality audio of “WOLOLO” from Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on November 14, 2019. Pre-orders are currently available on Steam and the Microsoft Store for $19.99. For those who can’t wait, they can try their luck by signing up for a beta test here.
Be sure to stick around for more news on the latest happenings from Gamescom all throughout the week.
