Age of Mythology Retold on the Xbox Podcast

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3s	we return to you
5s	now as the
8s	gods of
10s	mankind all right let us continue our
13s	super special strategy episode now with
15s	age of methology retold and as you can
18s	see we've had a bit of a wardrobe change
21s	here's a sneak peek behind the scenes
22s	here we don't film mus interviews on
24s	this yeah we tried to but I was being
26s	too much of a div and I needed rest he
28s	really was yeah but we are joining by
30s	some guests who are new guests here
32s	today we have Ernest and Emma how are
34s	you two doing from the world's Edge team
36s	good thank you for having us thank you
38s	thanks for being here all right for
39s	people who are watching for the first
40s	time tell us what you do who you are all
42s	that good stuff sure hi I'm Emma bridel
44s	I'm director of player engagement at
46s	World's Edge uh which basically means
48s	I'm thinking about all the ways that
50s	we're building relationships with our
51s	players whether that's Community or
53s	customer support or in-game features or
55s	Esports um our community have been with
57s	us a long time we're going on 27 years
59s	as a franchise
60s	they're very very important to us
62s	they're the heartbeat of what we do and
63s	so I'm just constantly thinking about
65s	how we build those relationships keep
67s	those relationships good and keep them
69s	with us as we move forward into the
70s	future I love that Ernest and I'm Ernest
73s	y I'm senior director of production at
76s	well what that really means is I get to
78s	work with all the different production
80s	teams to build H games together yes best
82s	job ever it is amazing and the running
84s	joke in our team is I've been around for
87s	more than a quarter Century in fact the
89s	original Age of Empires 1 program
92s	manager is the person who hired me into
94s	the gameing industry oh they're proud of
95s	you so so I'm going to Dive Right In cuz
98s	I'm super excited so you've brought some
100s	exclusive neverbe seen footage but
102s	before we get into that for people who
104s	might not be familiar with Age of
106s	Mythology tell us about retold okay so
109s	we're I'm going to strip it back for
110s	Malik and anyone else who is new to
112s	strategy because we want to make them
113s	comfortable all so Age of Mythology
115s	retold is a realtime strategy game and
118s	it's set in the world of Mythology where
120s	you've got humans living alongside
122s	monsters living alongside Gods um so you
125s	want to pick a Pantheon and in the base
128s	game we've got uh the nor the atlantans
131s	the Greeks and the Egyptians uh you'll
133s	pick gods goddesses deities that you
136s	want to pay tribute to and they'll bless
138s	you with their powers uh as you build up
141s	your civilization and work towards
143s	battling to Victory so it's this
145s	Fantastical chaotic magical world that
149s	you get to control and you get to steer
151s	and it's really really exciting so yeah
154s	so let's talk a little bit about
154s	showcase right new trailer showcase uh
157s	what can you recap for us what we saw
160s	and uh why should Age of Mythology fans
162s	be excited right so we showed the
164s	trailer which we are super proud of and
167s	this is the very first time we get to
169s	show in-game footage of the Age of
172s	Mythology retold and yep finally people
175s	get to see what the game looks like in
177s	motion so very very happy to be able to
180s	show that to the world and we have also
182s	announced that yep it is not that far
184s	off our launch date is September 4th
187s	like coming up soon so very very happy
190s	about that as well and pre-orders are
193s	now available so PR start what waiting
197s	for yeah and uh this is the first title
200s	that for us we're launching day one PC
202s	and Xbox so we brought H2 and H4 to
204s	console but we brought them post the PC
206s	L sure this is day one both platforms
209s	find it in game pass find it on Console
211s	find out on PC and everyone can play
212s	together from day one that's amazing I'm
214s	so excited exced yeah I feel like
216s	console fans have always been um kind
219s	because we have the restrictions of the
220s	controller so to speak we all did a
221s	great job with Age of Empires but it's
223s	always been a thing like the input of a
225s	controller is not as easy for those
227s	games as a keyboard and mouse for
228s	example we basically brought h of
230s	Empires 2 and H of Empires 4 to the
232s	console so honestly they took a lot of
235s	work to get it to the place that and and
238s	I'm very very happy to see that our fans
240s	fa that we were successfully being able
243s	to bring LTS working really well on
245s	console and we are now taking all those
247s	learnings and applying them to the both
250s	the PC and Xbox version of each of
253s	Mythology ret so for example in the
255s	console version one of the Innovation
256s	that we did is what we call the Villager
259s	priority system so what that does is so
262s	once you can actually set what the
263s	villagers do so they can actually go
266s	take care of some of those tasks for you
269s	so for example you want some of them to
271s	go off to go get the food some of them
273s	to go get the wood so and they will go
275s	do that for you so you can concentrate
277s	on building units to go battle Etc so
280s	that really take your the level of um
284s	complexity down so to actually make it
286s	but while but you are still in control
288s	cuz strategically you are still making
290s	the decisions on how you actually want
292s	those villagers to actually be apply to
294s	different resources but you get to
296s	control it in a way that's much easier
299s	simpler for you the other for example
301s	similar thing is the what we call um the
304s	site menu system so you see wood since
307s	we talk about like getting religious to
308s	get a word so intuitively why do you
311s	need to go through pick the Villager and
313s	then pick build house and do those like
315s	you say it takes an hour to learn
317s	sometimes right what you can now do is
319s	you see wood just click on it and then
321s	say like hey I want someone here to
323s	collect this wood and then the Villager
326s	will actually come build a cam and
327s	actually collect those just makes it way
330s	way smoother and easier especially to
333s	help a lot of new people's coming to
335s	enjoy LTS with us and it comes with some
337s	great presets as well so if amazing you
339s	know uh your priorities are going to be
341s	different in the first age of the game
342s	as you're sort of establishing your
343s	economy and you can just be like I want
345s	the age one preset go ahead build my
347s	economy whilst I go and figure out
348s	that's so nice yeah and and again if
350s	you're a pro player and you don't need
352s	that you don't have to use it but the
353s	system is there to help you get started
355s	yeah oh that is so handy cuz sometimes
356s	Resource Management takes so so long to
359s	set up and I I don't know if it's just
361s	me but I will sit there and sometimes
362s	watch like did I do it right am I
364s	getting the right stuff that's magic
366s	that is absolute magic and even as
368s	someone newer to strategy games I do
370s	feel like one of the things that I
371s	noticed when you brought Age of Empires
372s	to console was this overwhelming like I
375s	don't want to say shock but overwhelming
377s	like positivity around what the work
379s	that you all did to adapt it to a
381s	controller so just kudos to the team on
383s	that one once more because that is
385s	impressive and that helps someone like
386s	me who's going to be on a controller I'm
388s	I'm going to be that guy I'm excited
390s	great yeah that's awesome but I hear you
392s	all brought some gameplay for us which I
394s	I'm excited to jump in so you all can
395s	kind of explain to players and and
397s	obviously fans of the series what we're
398s	experiencing here so let's let's take a
400s	look at this and let's talk through it
401s	yeah Lon and his men have been taken to
404s	the prison your allies recommend a
406s	diversion so you can slip in and rescue
409s	him so yeah this is a campaign mission
412s	so I think this is a exclusive first
413s	look on actual Mission from the campaign
416s	exclusive so this is great so tell us
419s	what we're seeing Yep this is from the
422s	Isis here my flea campaign and the
424s	mission and this is in this particular
426s	one you played as the Egyptian heroine
429s	and you go around the level and try to
432s	go to different temples and collect new
435s	additional with logical units for your
438s	for your army just continue like build
439s	it up and then like to play for the
441s	level it is one of my favorite levels
444s	ever it is super fun you really get to
446s	Showcase all the different mythological
449s	units as you can see the uh right am
452s	there and then you which is the hero
454s	that you are playing s and then you are
457s	one of my favorite units in the game is
461s	called puchos I can't say that word Pro
464s	puchos I can't say that properly so
466s	internally we have been like joking
468s	around and just like call it the laser
470s	crop laser crop and get power of the sun
474s	yeah it's a b
476s	crocodile with a lens mounted on its
478s	back that will focus the ray into
481s	basically creat beam right so like I was
484s	really excited about this game already
486s	and I was already going to know saw that
488s	and then I heard laser Croc and then I
491s	yeah I'm in I'm in sign me up doing it
494s	this game is just like crazy amazing
496s	just imagine like how many games are
498s	there that you get to use all this
500s	differ like Greek gods versus Egyptians
504s	like like different biological units
507s	like here on screen we have the scarabs
509s	and they are very very good like they
510s	are giant scarabs these are like they
513s	are Kaiju scarabs very good very good at
516s	attacking uh buildings they are really
518s	good and that's the lasers right there
520s	so this is an army of laser Crocs oh
522s	they're so
524s	coolar and they're just wrecking yes
527s	because the the way that the game is
529s	played so since we talk about Ser gam is
531s	a rock paper sciss system so very often
534s	the like the mythological units are very
537s	good against human units but then you
539s	have the heroit units the hero units are
541s	especially good against the mythological
543s	units so there's like a triangle going
544s	on that's super fun and really makes you
548s	as a player pick different strategic
550s	decisions as you play through the levels
551s	it's really really cool because you can
553s	actually keep on playing It's Kind like
555s	3D chest it's like 3D CH I love that
558s	yeah I want to give props to all our
560s	programmers team as well so as you see
562s	the game looks way better we now support
564s	rage racing we have shop Shadows that we
567s	are now supporting now which is
569s	fantastic
570s	we have new particle system that's how
572s	you like get a lot of the new effects in
573s	the game so they did an amazing job so
576s	yeah and J was saying it's beautiful it
578s	is beautiful and like you can see the
580s	distinct architecture for each Pantheon
582s	and each culture different biomes if
584s	you've seen any of the screenshots that
585s	we've put out so far you know you've got
587s	snow when he plays the Norse and it just
590s	it just looks so good and then as I said
591s	it's it's a little disappointing then
593s	when you destroy it but you know there's
595s	some beauty in there but it's also fun
598s	it me it just means you have to go back
600s	and do it again yeah oh no twist my arms
604s	more for someone like me and I asked
606s	this to the AA team like what do you
608s	what would you consider winning as
609s	someone who's jumping into this game and
611s	like all right what's my objective like
613s	how do you yeah how do you all view
614s	winning in this game so I definitely
616s	many different ways you can play the
617s	game so for example we have a campaign
620s	we have multiple campaigns that together
622s	I believe there are like 15 yeah on they
626s	really keep you keep you busy but most
629s	people once you start playing what they
631s	really enjoy is what we call the
633s	Skirmish mode so you start yeah versus
635s	AI or co-op with your friends against AI
638s	which is super popular like 2v2 is very
640s	very popular way to play the game so
642s	what you do is like you take a few
643s	villagers you start with a town center
646s	and you just build you go through the
647s	different ages you upgrade each time you
650s	upgrade different ages you get to pick
652s	different new power that you can
654s	actually have and then continue to build
656s	your army and hopefully at the end when
658s	you battle you come out on top
660s	if not then you still have a good time
661s	so really you can try again and if you
665s	want to play with players around the
666s	world go for multiplayer you or you can
668s	play against the computer locally yeah
670s	so okay lots of choice that's awesome um
673s	to build off that question um why is now
676s	the best time to jump into the game for
677s	fans we know that real-time strategy as
680s	a genre has quite a steep learning curve
683s	so we've really designed this to be the
685s	most accessible game that we've done so
687s	far in terms of welcoming people in
689s	showing them the ropes helping them
691s	build up their skills making them feel
692s	comfortable so over the last few years
695s	uh We've released uh our original Age of
697s	Empires titles in definitive editions
699s	Age of Empires 4 and we've learned along
702s	the way what helps players with those
704s	learn those skills and refine those and
706s	so we've brought systems and features
708s	from those other games and brought them
709s	to retold really bringing it together so
712s	that new players can enjoy this as well
714s	as folks who've played it already that
716s	focus on approachability is so so
718s	important because you're right you know
720s	sometimes when you start a new strategy
721s	game it can take you 30 minutes to even
724s	look at all the different units that you
726s	can create I mean if you've got you know
728s	gods and pantheons you have to learn and
730s	figure out what are the advantages like
731s	each one's unique each one's different
733s	so I love that you've taken all of the
735s	learnings yeah over the last you know
738s	all the games that you've made and put
739s	them into this that's incredibly
740s	exciting we've been building up our
742s	audience I mean Age of Vampires has been
743s	a franchise more than 25 years we've got
746s	50 million players all over the world
748s	you know some who've been with us since
749s	the beginning and some who are
750s	relatively new and we've been learning
751s	along the way and those definitive
753s	editions Age of Empires 4 have really
754s	helped us learn what does and doesn't
756s	work and bring all that good learning
759s	into Age of Mythology retold and we
760s	think that the theme is really inviting
762s	as well like who didn't have a a geeky
765s	mythology phase when they were growing
766s	up was that just me like were you really
768s	into the Greek gods is that just just me
771s	I'm sure it's not just you there's no
772s	way there's
774s	no so we've uh the original game
777s	actually so Age of Mythology the
779s	original was launched in 2002 and you
782s	know where I mean think back to where
784s	you were in 2002 and the machines you
785s	were playing on Wow picture those CRT
788s	monitors you know at the internet cafe
790s	or in your sort of teenage bedroom and
793s	so you know we've got those fans of the
795s	original and people are hungry for it
797s	and we're excited to finally uh be on
799s	the road to to them getting to play I
801s	will say your your fan base is so
803s	passionate cuz I I wanted to do a bunch
805s	of research before this this weekend and
807s	so there was I think like an hour long
809s	or 4 minute video of someone analyzing
811s	screenshots oh yeah and just looking at
813s	like this is this character I think this
815s	is this like and the excitement the
817s	enthusiasm and the passion like I was
819s	excited before and now I'm even more
821s	excited because seeing how the fans have
823s	reacted to what you've shown them so far
825s	and what they're going to react to today
826s	they're the Beating Heart of the
828s	franchise that's why we've been going
829s	for 27 years this year you know the the
832s	fans have kept the franchise going and
834s	we've brought them on side with us you
836s	know we have a a player Council who've
838s	been helping to build retold with us who
840s	are fans of the original game who know
842s	what it should feel like and look like
844s	and sound like and play like and we
846s	still want that feeling of the original
849s	as we bring retold to life and they've
851s	been helping us shape that telling us
853s	what works and telling us what doesn't
855s	and how we can make it better so they're
857s	they're very much a part of the team yep
859s	we say like for well SE right we for all
861s	our titles our fans that have been like
864s	they have been with us for so long now
866s	you know we really do care about the
869s	community a lot I've now Met fans that
871s	talk about like oh I'm now teaching my
873s	kids how to play this game and so is now
875s	cross generational so it is amazing yeah
878s	parents playing with kids uh during
880s	lockdown we had people homeschooling
882s	history with Age of Empires games shuts
885s	and you know people who've gone in and
886s	become history teachers because they
888s	learned history from the game so we are
891s	very lucky to do what we do and we we we
893s	are well aware that we're in a very
895s	wonderful position we're very grateful I
896s	I hate to sound like a broken record but
897s	I feel like all week we've been hearing
899s	from from um developers who again like
901s	that connection with the community is
902s	super important so I won't be labor
904s	anymore but it is great to hear that
906s	fans and players around the world can
908s	connect mentioning it yeah there you go
910s	exactly give it a shout out to the
911s	players what we do so one thing I've
913s	always had a question on and I'm glad
915s	that you two are here to kind of clear
916s	this up for me so how does a retold
919s	title like this differ from something
921s	like like a definitive edition title
922s	what is the specific difference good
925s	question M okay so I work on all the
927s	definitive editions so far so I can
930s	definitely say that the goal for the
932s	definitive edition is like the
933s	definitive edition we try to build the
936s	awesome game that people remembered so
939s	that they are updated with like new all
941s	new graphics all new way of playing the
943s	game to make sure that you really get to
946s	play the game that's in your head that
948s	how exactly how you remember it you
950s	remember but not exactly how it really
952s	was so but like that is the game that we
955s	want to build so but for retold we do
958s	everything that have been doing for
960s	different additions but we go beyond
962s	that we are actually going to add new
964s	mechanics new features in the game so
967s	it's not just about preservation we are
968s	going to like add new ideas and new game
971s	to really because I think we are we're
974s	lucky enough that at 2024 we finally
977s	have Hardware that can do this concept
980s	really the justice that deserved so it
982s	is fantastic we get to add some new
985s	features that um that people will really
988s	really like so
989s	yeah going Beyond a those I do want to
991s	go back to what you said a little bit
993s	now um on the idea of games looking now
996s	like we thought we they looked back then
998s	because that is something that I have
1000s	just discovered so recently but I'm like
1002s	wow to me on the CRT TV this looked
1005s	amazing and then you go back and you
1006s	play you're like oh you you go yikes
1009s	okay that's not quite what it look like
1011s	yeah and so um I hear you brought a few
1013s	images to really showcase to players who
1016s	are viewing this uh the difference and
1018s	really that jump yeah defin let yeah
1020s	yeah so um the first one that we're
1022s	going to show so this is a screenshot
1025s	from a campaign mission from 2002 so
1028s	again Envision it on that CRT Monitor
1030s	and you know in your I don't know the PC
1032s	room at your University yeah take take
1035s	yourself back to
1036s	2002 and this is what it looks like in
1039s	so this is the same shot from the same
1041s	Mission it's the first mission of the
1043s	campaign and you can see the difference
1045s	yeah the level of detail in in the water
1047s	obviously the ripples in the water and
1049s	additional foliage and trees and just
1051s	that added level of detail so you all
1053s	really went deep in oh yeah that the art
1055s	team basically everything has been
1057s	redone reimagined retold if you will I
1060s	had a friendly Kraken oh is he shaking
1063s	his hand like I friendly yeah quite
1067s	friendly like they're shaking Am I Wrong
1069s	it looks like they're sh it's nice that
1071s	it looks that way I wouldn't necessarily
1073s	say you're gonna have to play to find
1074s	out maybe play to find out well his name
1077s	is George now and he looks really
1078s	friendly to me I'm open to being wrong
1080s	it kind of sounds like and that's Canon
1082s	now this is my truth this is my truth
1085s	yeah um but we're going to take a look
1086s	at some units as well so this is an
1087s	atlantan Titan uh so you can see on the
1090s	left 2002 looks great good it looks
1093s	great yeah retold looks better greater
1095s	uh yeah greater yeah I like that yeah I
1098s	can tell he's made out of magma yeah
1100s	he's had a glow up and L literal glowing
1103s	with the particle effects yeah so he he
1105s	looks great um we can take a look at
1107s	some of the building destruction
1109s	so you can see the original uh and then
1112s	coming through to retold um our art
1114s	director Melinda does a great she Al do
1117s	an action and a a sound for like the
1119s	original versus retold and you see you
1121s	know the building gets impacted and it
1123s	just sort of drops and then here we've
1125s	added the particle effect it crumbles
1127s	you've got all the the dust as it as it
1130s	and sometimes watching the buildings get
1133s	destroyed is actually one of my favorite
1134s	Parts in our games actually because it's
1136s	done so destroy Beauty kind of cathartic
1138s	right it's heartbreaking when you build
1140s	this beautiful city and then you know
1142s	but you it's heartbreaking if it's yours
1144s	it is and there's still some beauty to
1146s	it being destroyed I guess it's a
1148s	beautiful disaster and then you get to
1150s	build it try it again definitely so uh
1152s	here we've got aranto so Aros is the
1155s	hero of the campaign and again he's he's
1158s	just looking a little bit more defined a
1160s	little bit he's got more detail to him
1163s	we can see him looking great he's ready
1164s	to go and uh tackle a whole load of
1166s	Adventures and then on the right you've
1168s	got Athena from the Greek pantheon uh
1171s	and so yeah again 2002 versus retold you
1174s	can just see the the level of detail
1176s	that we've been able to to bring in
1178s	retold uh we wanted to include some
1180s	animals for Jen yay and I'm loving this
1184s	so you want the Trojan Horse technically
1186s	you animal like but then wej animal
1189s	adjacent and then we've got our goat and
1191s	our a do um who are just you know
1194s	looking just fantastic in in ret I would
1198s	pet all of slight upgr IET all of One
1201s	Thing our executive producer Tim loves
1203s	is uh as the animals eat they get fatter
1206s	no way you actually built that in yeah
1208s	that's amazing you feat in Dynamic
1210s	animals I love that yeah yeah um so
1213s	we've got the Behemoth here uh again
1216s	just just looking so good in retold and
1220s	just the definition in those tusks and
1221s	the fangs and all oh my just look so
1224s	good we've got curus here um so if folks
1227s	watched our new year new age event uh
1229s	actually recreated him in AR sort of
1231s	life not quite life life uh true life
1234s	scale um and then we've got the Sphinx
1236s	as well um so we've got distinct visual
1239s	upgrades and it's just looking so so
1242s	good uh again you play it in 2002 you
1244s	think it looks great you're on the
1246s	technology of the time you know but
1248s	we've really really sort of brought it
1250s	up to date 4K retracing all the models
1253s	have been redone we've added new details
1255s	it's just looking fantastic so huge
1257s	Kudos had no part in this to the art
1260s	team uh it's looking amazing and this
1262s	honestly this also not just because not
1265s	just the art ride the sound was
1273s	upgraded the all the other features is
1275s	upgraded as well and I do want to give
1278s	kudos to like emble who created the
1280s	original game I'm a big fan of and the
1282s	game was already super fun but honestly
1285s	the hardware at the time there was
1286s	limitation it was the first 3D games
1288s	that in the Age of Empire Series so
1291s	people probably did not even remember
1293s	that was 3D game was a big deal at the
1295s	time and honestly at the time I felt
1296s	like Graphics will never get better than
1298s	this this is amazing so
1301s	right it was great and but there were
1304s	some limitation for example one of the
1306s	features that in the original game we
1309s	notice that people when they play
1311s	against each other there you can
1313s	actually most of the god Powers you can
1315s	only use it once M so what ends up
1318s	happening is people I'm going to save it
1320s	I'm going to save this for the right
1322s	moment but like but what end up
1324s	happening is the game the match will
1326s	actually end and then they never
1328s	actually get to use it but those are the
1329s	coolest things that you get to do in the
1331s	game so what we are doing in retail
1333s	that's an example of new features we're
1335s	adding it now God powers are
1336s	rechargeable nice so you can use it
1339s	multiple times and strategically that
1342s	like change how you think about how to
1343s	use those and it is like much more fun
1347s	in fact we also added a new age called
1348s	the Wonder age and during the like
1351s	during the Wonder age you would actually
1353s	be able to use the god powers for even
1355s	chaper costs so at a discount so you get
1358s	to use it even more so God Powers
1361s	everywhere more your storms just more
1365s	I'm into that yeah I'm very into that
1366s	it's just chaos our designer lead
1369s	designer Kristen calls it the bakanal of
1371s	chaos it's just at the end of the game
1373s	everything's cheaper you can just go for
1374s	it and just unleash everything you've
1376s	got and it's just fun
1379s	that's such a good thing to do honestly
1381s	cuz I I don't know about you but any
1382s	game I play where I can like hold on to
1384s	something and then some important
1386s	resource I get to the end of the game
1388s	I'm like I never use this ever or like
1389s	when you know you're about to win like
1391s	in a strategy game like this and you
1392s	know like you're like I'm not losing
1394s	past this point and then you do it just
1396s	because you can but it's not that it
1398s	helped you at all like it wasn't a
1399s	strategic thing you're just like I'm
1400s	doing it now cuz I just want to make
1402s	sure I do it yeah yeah so Wonder age is
1404s	just going to be really really fun more
1406s	is more I love that I love that more
1410s	yeah that's um so now I know the game
1413s	hasn't even come out yet but did I hear
1417s	that you might be able to talk about
1418s	some of the future additional content in
1420s	expansion please pretty please I wanted
1422s	well as you said pretty please uh yeah
1424s	okay so uh there are going to be two
1426s	expansions for Age of Mythology retold
1428s	and if you uh pre-order our Premium
1430s	Edition those will be included so you'll
1432s	get the game and the expansions and
1435s	we're not ready to talk about the second
1436s	one yet but we are going to tell you
1438s	that the first expansion for age
1439s	mythology we're told is going to be an
1441s	all new Chinese Pantheon oo and uh we're
1445s	not ready to show it just yet but we're
1446s	going to tell you that it's amazing it
1448s	looks great I think players are really
1450s	going to love it so that you can get
1452s	hold of that as the first expansion well
1454s	that's exciting because not only do
1456s	players have September 4th to look
1458s	forward to September 4th September 4th
1459s	September 4th pre- but um I think any
1463s	player is always going to want more you
1464s	all really view that I'm imagining as
1466s	really a starting point for the game
1468s	expansions to continue to keep as the
1470s	kids who say keep them fed I think
1472s	that's what they say I don't know I'm
1474s	sure that's right sure I'm we like to
1476s	like we like honestly all our titles for
1478s	our fans that have been playing our
1480s	games they know that we like to think of
1482s	our titles are evolving titles so really
1485s	like the launch launch day September
1487s	September 5th is really only just a
1489s	start we'll continue to update the game
1491s	we'll take feedback from our community
1493s	and then continue to keep improving the
1494s	title but since you mentioned September
1497s	5th and the Premium Edition I do want to
1499s	point out that like the people who get
1501s	the premium Edition will be able to play
1503s	the game up to 7 days early so they get
1506s	early access to the game get to like
1509s	play it so it is going to be fantastic
1512s	and in fact the Premium Edition has more
1513s	than just
1515s	early wait more not more than more than
1519s	just like seven days early access they
1521s	have the two expansion packs later on
1523s	that will be coming they also have the
1526s	uh New Gods pack called Freer which is
1528s	new new to the game and also for the
1531s	fans that remember the original so like
1534s	we have an additional pack that you can
1536s	change the portrait of the Gods to be
1539s	the Original Classic look so you can go
1542s	retro just for the hardcore fans that
1544s	they they would love them I highly
1546s	highly recommend the Premium Edition
1548s	just like it is just really it's great
1551s	there's so much good stuff in it it's
1552s	going to be really really good Early
1554s	Access that's hard to beat ear hard to
1556s	beat I'm no mathematician but s days
1558s	before 4 September 4th means August so
1560s	that means players can play in August if
1562s	they get the premium all right I love
1563s	that more is definitely more more is
1565s	more I think that's like the banner of
1567s	more monsters more chaos more Graphics
1570s	more pixels all things more fun yeah
1573s	well em and Ernest thank you so much for
1574s	stopping by uh and obviously like tell
1577s	the team like great job and I know
1579s	players all around the world are excited
1580s	to jump in Age of Mythology yeah awesome
1584s	um September 4th let September PC and
1587s	console there we go there we go cool
1590s	well I think that wraps it up for us
1592s	today on our special strategy focused
1594s	episode of the official Xbox podcast so
1596s	huge thanks to the r and Age of
1598s	Mythology retold teams but we've got
1601s	lots of other special episodes for you
1602s	to check out this week here's the
1604s	schedule and we're looking forward to
1605s	welcoming even more special guests so
1607s	make sure to join us back here tomorrow
1609s	and in the meantime check out anything
1611s	you may have missed earlier in the week
1613s	on
1613s	youtube.com/ Xbox and on podcast
1616s	Services by searching for Xbox podcast
1619s	see you tomorrow

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