After more than a decade of waiting, Age of Empires finally returns with a fourth game in the series, one that looks to walk a delicate tightrope of nostalgia and new ideas while still setting the benchmark for the RTS genre.

I’ve got many a fond memory of Age of Empires, a series of real-time strategy games from Microsoft that were pitch-perfect in their balance of exploration and conquest. While Age of Empires II was the highlight for me, I never quite got into its third instalment. It was a fine game, but something just felt…off. Maybe it was the dramatic shift to 3D visuals in an age where such graphics were still in their infancy in that genre, or maybe it was the odd resource-gathering system. Perhaps the fourth time is the charm then, as Microsoft unveiled Age of Empires IV last night.

1v1 and 2v2 maps with tight corridors and highly-specialised characters battling for control? Yeah, I can see the MOBA influences all right. And so can developer Relic Entertainment, as Dawn of War III has lifted plenty of influences from the MOBA genre for their RTS sequel.

Dawn of War III continues the fight, as Relic Entertainment and SEGA announced an April 27 release date for the second sequel. Oh and also a collector's edition which includes a hammer. Not Grabthar's hammer, but good enough.

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Dawn of War III is finally coming, and it's bringing some of the biggest units of all time onto the field of battle with it.

Is it possible to have too many Warhammer 40K strategy games? No, no it isn't.

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