Age of Wonders 4 is confirmed! Paradox Interactive and Triumph Studios launched the announcement trailer for the upcoming game in the long-lasting series.
Triumph Studios did an excellent job juggling sci-fi scenarios with the latest released game in the series, Age of Wonders: Planetfall. But now, the game returns to its origins: fantasy. The game is almost ready to launch as the teams responsible for the development have been working in secret. The game will be here in just a few months!
Thanks to PC Gamer, we can enjoy an exclusive announcement showcase, posted right on their YouTube channel.
The game starts with several customizations for the real, climate and inhabitants, giving a lot of freedom. The next step would be the people customization, which can be skipped by selecting a premade faction. An amazing fact about this is that you have tons of options to choose from, with the possibility of getting really strange results. Next, you can choose the culture and there is still another selection – the society. This might actually get boring if you carefully check everything.
Finally, you get to customize your main character, which gives you pretty much flexibility as well. After setting your empire and ruler, Tomes of Magic are multiple sets of spells you can choose from, to gain unique abilities during the game.
Age of Wonders 4 features a new event system based on choice remembering. Your actions will influence your relations with other factions. And possibly even later games, but this is unclear yet. The battle system is also pretty decent, having maps filled with obstacles that can be used in the player’s favour.
What platforms will the game be available on?
Age of Wonders 4 will be mainly released on PC and it will surely be released on PlayStation 4/5 and Xbox One/Series X/S consoles, assuming the developers will stick to the same launching platforms as the previous game in the series.
When will Age of Wonders 4 be released?
The game will jump into the stores on May 2nd 2023. This means we will be able to get our hands on it in less than a few months. This is confirmed on a Twitter post on the game’s official page.
⚡The moment you have been awaiting for years is finally here!
We are happy to announce that 🔮Age of Wonders 4🔮 will be released on May 2nd, 2023!Wishlist now: https://t.co/4g6NnpTPsS
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The first game in the entire series was launched no later than 1999, making Age of Wonders 4 the latest game in a franchise that lasted over two decades!
When it came to the tactical battles, Age of Wonders 3 upped the stakes. It also gave players more freedom to customize their leaders with RPG-style character creation and advancement systems. This degree of customization has been extended to your empire in Age of Wonders 4, allowing you to make really odd creations.
Paradox Interactive seems to be putting in the extra work, as the Stellaris First Contact DLC has just been announced as well.
We are happy about the announcement and the fact that it will launch only in a few months. Hopefully, the game will be much more than presented, as Triumph teased some features at the end of the video.
