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119s <b>Hello,Players from around the world</b>
121s <b>Welcome to the Age of Empires Mobile Global Launch Show</b>
125s <b>I'm Josh </b>
126s <b>Your host and a long time player of Age of Empires</b>
129s <b>Today we're here in this Roman-inspired studio</b>
133s <b>with four special guests to celebrate the release of</b>
135s <b>Age of Empires Mobile</b>
137s <b>Let's start by introducing our guests</b>
139s <b>And first we have Earnest and Will from Microsoft's World’s Edge Studio</b>
145s <b>Hi everyone,I'm Ernest</b>
147s <b>from World’s Edge and be director production over there</b>
151s <b>And I've been in Microsoft for over 20 years now</b>
154s <b>And of course we are extremely proud of the Age of Empires franchise</b>
159s <b>and we are also very happy that</b>
160s <b>so many fans that have been supporting us for so long</b>
163s <b>Everything you do drive what we do every day</b>
167s <b>So thank you very much for your support</b>
169s <b>And today super happy to be here</b>
172s <b>Want to talk about the Age of Empires Mobile </b>
175s <b>The new game that's going to join us</b>
177s <b>And we are definitely very excited to see</b>
180s <b>a lot of new players that are going to join us</b>
182s <b>into this happy age of empires family today</b>
185s <b>So yeah super happy to be here</b>
187s <b>Nice to meet you</b>
188s <b>Nice to meet you too,Earnest </b>
189s <b>so that was Earnest from World’s Edge Studio</b>
192s <b>And now we're going to turn over to Will</b>
194s <b>Hey my name is Will McCahill</b>
196s <b>I'm the Studio Business Director at World’s Edge</b>
199s <b>Over the last 3 years</b>
200s <b>The teams at World’s Edge and TiMi</b>
202s <b>have been working together to create a whole new</b>
204s <b>Age of Empires mobile experience</b>
207s <b>I'm so excited we're finally here</b>
208s <b>It's been a bit of a long road</b>
210s <b>All right,awesome</b>
211s <b>Thank you very much,Will</b>
212s <b>And I'm glad you were</b>
212s <b>able to take time out of your busy schedule to</b>
214s <b>be here with us</b>
216s <b>And now talking about TiMi</b>
218s <b>We have this collaboration between World’s Edge And TiMi Studios</b>
220s <b>We are being joined by a TiMi representative</b>
223s <b>So everyone if we'll turn over to Marta </b>
226s <b>Hello everyone</b>
227s <b>this is Marta Hu</b>
229s <b>I'm the marketing team leader from Timi Studio Group</b>
234s <b>And I've been responsible for Age of Empires Mobile for four years</b>
240s <b>And as a long term mobile strategy game player</b>
245s <b>And also a fan of Age of Empires</b>
249s <b>I'm very delighted</b>
251s <b>And incredibly proud to be part of this project</b>
256s <b>And I'm really thrilled to see</b>
259s <b>There will be like</b>
261s <b>millions of new players joining us</b>
264s <b>during the global launch</b>
265s <b>All right thank you very much Marta</b>
266s <b>It's really nice to meet you</b>
267s <b>Nice to meet you</b>
269s <b>All right now finally we have our last guest</b>
271s <b>this one is a content creator</b>
273s <b>Very popular for his</b>
275s <b>interest in real time strategy games and an expert on</b>
278s <b>the Age of Empires series</b>
281s <b>Everyone please join me and welcoming 12inch</b>
284s <b>Yeah it's a pleasure to be here</b>
286s <b>My name is 12inch but you can just call me 12</b>
288s <b>I've been playing Age of Empires for about 20 years</b>
290s <b>My childhood was littered with all the titles</b>
293s <b>from the first mythology from all of that</b>
295s <b>And I've been playing mobile games</b>
297s <b>very competitively for about 10 years as well</b>
299s <b>So seeing </b>
300s <b>a mobile game studio come with my favorite real time strategy games</b>
304s <b>come together is an absolute pleasure</b>
306s <b>And it is an honor to be here</b>
308s <b>All right thank you very much 12</b>
310s <b>It's a pleasure to have you here</b>
311s <b>Now that's all the introductions for today</b>
313s <b>But before we jump into the rest of the stream</b>
315s <b>I do have to let our audience know</b>
318s <b>a very important piece of information</b>
320s <b>We have three</b>
321s <b>exclusive gift codes that are going to go live during the event</b>
326s <b>So if you're watching this on your mobile phone</b>
328s <b>on your PC at home</b>
330s <b>You're going to want to screenshot those codes</b>
332s <b>when they come up on your screen</b>
334s <b>That way you can make use of them</b>
336s <b>When the Age of Empires mobile game</b>
339s <b>goes live later on today</b>
341s <b>So make sure to screenshot though</b>
343s <b>screenshot though so you can take advantage of those</b>
344s <b>exclusive reward</b>
345s <b>Now</b>
346s <b>The very first thing we're going to do during stream</b>
348s <b>is acquaint ourselves with</b>
349s <b>Age of Empires mobile</b>
350s <b>And we're going to start off by</b>
352s <b>taking a look at this fantastic gameplay trailer</b>
355s <b>So get ready to have your minds blown</b>
445s <b>Okay,so there was a lot going on in</b>
447s <b>that trailer right there</b>
448s <b>And I mean to be honest</b>
450s <b>to be honest it looks like a totally new experience</b>
452s <b>compared to the Age of Empires that </b>
455s <b>I am more familiar with</b>
457s <b>And I might be mistaken</b>
459s <b>But that background music has seems shivers down my spine</b>
464s <b>It's actually very reminiscent of the original</b>
467s <b>Age of Empires theme</b>
467s <b>It looks like a modern rendition of it</b>
470s <b>okay cool</b>
473s <b>what about that video</b>
474s <b>I mean that the trailer stands out to you</b>
475s <b>what really makes it feel awesome to you</b>
477s <b>So there are a lot of different awesome things right</b>
479s <b>Like trailer is awesome</b>
481s <b>But really one of the things that we want to</b>
484s <b>think about this like this game Age of Empires Mobile</b>
487s <b>really introduce a lot of like</b>
488s <b>novel experience and different things</b>
491s <b>it really is a game</b>
492s <b>were rooted in Age of Empires</b>
494s <b>But really designed from the ground up </b>
496s <b>for the mobile players audience</b>
498s <b>This game is really for them and it is going to be</b>
502s <b>really wonderful for those</b>
503s <b>for people that love</b>
504s <b>gaming on mobile phone</b>
506s <b>Which is a very completely different piece</b>
508s <b>than like PC gaming like you said</b>
510s <b>But there are things that are of course</b>
512s <b>Like related to the Age of Empires franchise</b>
514s <b>So for example</b>
516s <b>one of the things I love about Age of Empires is </b>
518s <b>that it is rooted in historical</b>
520s <b>different multiple civilizations in the game</b>
522s <b>And of course</b>
523s <b>that it continues in Age of Empires mobile as well</b>
526s <b>the game is going to launch with 8 different civilizations</b>
529s <b>So I think some players in the</b>
530s <b>early version have seen that</b>
531s <b>we have the Roman Byzantines Chinese and French</b>
535s <b>In the global launch version</b>
536s <b>there will be four new ones which is the Japanese</b>
539s <b>Korean Egyptian and British</b>
542s <b>And like they are all based in different</b>
544s <b>basically different feel right</b>
546s <b>For example we are in a Roman set</b>
547s <b>yeah so</b>
549s <b>And they are the Roman version</b>
550s <b>We have like Roman theme music</b>
552s <b>All the buildings looks Roman</b>
554s <b>It just makes you a really immersive and feels great</b>
557s <b>as well as the</b>
558s <b>of course</b>
558s <b>The game is going to feature have its own take of the</b>
561s <b>iconic Wonders from the franchise</b>
565s <b>But is like a different take on it and</b>
568s <b>for the Roman ones</b>
569s <b>It will feature like the awesome like</b>
571s <b>Roman landmarks is going to be amazing</b>
573s <b>It's going to be fantastic</b>
575s <b>So I'm actually playing that early final test </b>
578s <b>Actually I just received it the other day</b>
580s <b>And I've been going through just a little bit</b>
583s <b>the first area</b>
584s <b>the tutorial and everything</b>
586s <b>And there was the four that I've got</b>
588s <b>I've only got access to the four but there's gonna be</b>
590s <b>eight on launch day</b>
591s <b>Yep going to be super cool</b>
593s <b>They look fantastic as well looks so cool</b>
595s <b>yeah yeah</b>
596s <b>Most of the heroes are designed based on</b>
598s <b>historical figures</b>
601s <b>And for the global launch version there will be like</b>
606s <b>more than 50 heroes from</b>
609s <b>20 civilizations for players to meet</b>
612s <b>There's more than 50 total</b>
614s <b>Yeah</b>
614s <b>That sounds absolutely awesome</b>
617s <b>You've got so much depth in there</b>
618s <b>And I actually heard</b>
620s <b>We have a special guest here</b>
622s <b>in the studio with us today</b>
625s <b>JUSTINIAN THE GREAT</b>
627s <b>WOW</b>
628s <b>You can see the detailed craftsmanship in his design</b>
632s <b>From the prints on his clothing </b>
634s <b>to the metallic shoulder accessories</b>
637s <b>Even his hair and skin textures are lifelike </b>
641s <b>So like</b>
642s <b>For the heroes </b>
643s <b>They are designed based on the history</b>
648s <b>but also we like you know</b>
652s <b>It's not 100% realistic </b>
655s <b>So some of them are very legendary</b>
658s <b>So we combine the history and the legendary together</b>
663s <b>And so the heroes you can see</b>
667s <b>their appearance and design is quite elegant </b>
674s <b>And also</b>
675s <b>For each of the heroes they have their own weapons and</b>
679s <b>skills and also they have their talent and</b>
684s <b>So there will be like</b>
686s <b>lots of different combinations about the heroes </b>
690s <b>For example some hero they are very good at farming</b>
694s <b>So if you want to develop fast </b>
698s <b>You can send some of the heroes together</b>
702s <b>so they will have some buffs on it</b>
705s <b>If you were trying to be more competitive perhaps</b>
708s <b>You would use the counter system where</b>
710s <b>you could have pikemen which might counter a cavalry</b>
712s <b>You would have cavalry countering archers</b>
716s <b>You'd have the archers countering the swordsmen</b>
719s <b>basic swordsmen the swordsmen countering the spearmen</b>
721s <b>And each one of the civilizations has different visual</b>
724s <b>depictions of all these troops as well</b>
727s <b>So the Romans are all gonna be in a Roman style</b>
730s <b>Visually</b>
731s <b>And as well as their own unique units later as well</b>
734s <b>So you're getting the unique units</b>
736s <b>when some units counter other units or</b>
739s <b>they're better at some tasks than others</b>
741s <b>And then the heroes can also synergize with those units on top of that</b>
746s <b>So the heroes themselves</b>
749s <b>might synergize with different unit types</b>
750s <b>or gathering or other jobs as well</b>
753s <b>And they'll all have their own skills</b>
754s <b>And you can choose between</b>
757s <b>three skills on each commander</b>
758s <b>And those commanders up to three commanders</b>
760s <b>can be chosen for each troop as well</b>
762s <b>And multiple troop types</b>
764s <b>and so there's a lot of depth of complexity</b>
766s <b>from what we've seen in the the final test we played as well</b>
768s <b>And I think that there's a lot of viewers out there</b>
770s <b>who are really hoping to see</b>
773s <b>all of that depth and complexity here in that Age of Empires mobil</b>
777s <b>Because obviously Age of Empires is known </b>
779s <b>for having a lot of player choice and control</b>
782s <b>so being able to bring that over to a mobile platform</b>
785s <b>that's really impressive from TiMi</b>
786s <b>Right</b>
787s <b>And you know what </b>
788s <b>There were different players like different things</b>
790s <b>Like Will I think is one of those players that really</b>
793s <b>Well I would say</b>
793s <b>There's always something to do in the game</b>
795s <b>And that's actually one of my favorite parts about it</b>
797s <b>But the really cool thing is</b>
799s <b>I was playing the game back in the 90’s</b>
801s <b>The dream was to have these massive battles</b>
804s <b>And Age of Empires Mobile is the first time you can really have like</b>
807s <b>1,000 player 1,000 troops in a single army</b>
810s <b>And you can have 1,000 players all playing together</b>
813s <b>with their thousand troop armies</b>
815s <b>That's something that</b>
817s <b>you know</b>
818s <b>You always had in your mind's eye when you're playing</b>
820s <b>The original Age of Empires game</b>
822s <b>But now since it's been reimagined for the mobile space</b>
826s <b>It's like that something we actually are able to do</b>
827s <b>which is really cool</b>
828s <b>Like what Marta was saying earlier</b>
830s <b>One of the things I actually like about this game is </b>
833s <b>It's not just history</b>
836s <b>But also some fantastical element </b>
837s <b>To me is super interesting</b>
839s <b>So like</b>
840s <b>You were saying how you have to send troops </b>
842s <b>And then how to counter</b>
843s <b>But there's actually a weather system in the game</b>
846s <b>So like</b>
847s <b>In fact you have to deal with four seasons</b>
849s <b>like complete differently</b>
850s <b>And the weather actually affect how you are choose moves right</b>
854s <b>So it's typical</b>
855s <b>But it's not only just like snow or like rain </b>
859s <b>that you need to deal with</b>
860s <b>Sometimes you run into extreme weather condition </b>
864s <b>Mythical conditions like</b>
866s <b>tornadoes</b>
868s <b>lighting storm</b>
869s <b>which is related to the Wonders System</b>
872s <b>The iconic Wonders system in the game</b>
874s <b>yes yes</b>
874s <b>So the alliance</b>
876s <b>They can build some wonder buildings by themselves</b>
881s <b>And you can activate some extreme weathers by it</b>
886s <b>So when we first announce it</b>
888s <b>Some players said oh</b>
890s <b>This game is so exciting</b>
891s <b>Because you are not only play like Lord</b>
895s <b>But also you play like mighty person</b>
898s <b>You can control the weather</b>
900s <b>And also there is a weather forecast in the game</b>
905s <b>So you should sometimes </b>
908s <b>For some players</b>
909s <b>They will take a look at the weather forecast first</b>
912s <b>And then decide what they are going to do </b>
915s <b>yeah</b>
916s <b>I think the coolest part about it is that</b>
918s <b>while it's a reimagined Age of Empires experience</b>
921s <b>It didn't sacrifice on the strategic depth</b>
924s <b>And that for me as a long time</b>
926s <b>RTS player and strategy player like</b>
929s <b>That's definitely one of the</b>
931s <b>things that keeps me playing</b>
933s <b>And I think one thing we want to mention is that</b>
937s <b>The game</b>
939s <b>We wouldn’t say it’s RTS</b>
941s <b>That's too high-end</b>
944s <b>But we will say like it's real time control</b>
948s <b>Like you can control your troops anywhere you want</b>
951s <b>And you don't have to wait them to go and back </b>
956s <b>you can guide them</b>
959s <b>wherever and whenever you want</b>
962s <b>yeah</b>
962s <b>I think one thing I want to point out that</b>
964s <b>This really good point</b>
965s <b>One thing I want to point out to a place is</b>
967s <b>The game was built from the ground up</b>
969s <b>really for the mobile games</b>
971s <b>right</b>
972s <b>So in fact</b>
973s <b>I feel really lucky that we get to partner with TiMi Studio </b>
976s <b>Who is like expert in creating some amazing mobile experience</b>
980s <b>through the years</b>
981s <b>And we think the</b>
983s <b>I think the world</b>
984s <b>a lot of players around the world</b>
986s <b>is going to love this</b>
986s <b>it is very very much like</b>
988s <b>Hey,what would Age of Empires</b>
991s <b>for mobile gamers would look like</b>
993s <b>And then go even further</b>
995s <b>I constantly find new things </b>
997s <b>and new surprises in the games</b>
999s <b>And it just makes it like a lot of fun to play</b>
1002s <b>Historically I've spent on other mobile games</b>
1004s <b>I've streamed them for at least four hours a day</b>
1007s <b>Sometimes 10 hours a day</b>
1008s <b>So I do little more competitive </b>
1010s <b>When it comes to mobile games</b>
1012s <b>And there is definitely more sections for casual players</b>
1016s <b>But for more competitive aspect as well</b>
1018s <b>You know you're alliance based off</b>
1020s <b>It could be 50 people all the way up</b>
1022s <b>Until I want to say about 150 people can be at one alliance as well</b>
1025s <b>And you're all going to be contesting on the map</b>
1028s <b>At all times</b>
1028s <b>And because the game never pauses or stops</b>
1031s <b>You know</b>
1032s <b>Your activity and the way that</b>
1034s <b>You streamline your account is very important</b>
1036s <b>If you want to stay competitive</b>
1038s <b>And considering</b>
1040s <b>You know the test that we've already seen</b>
1043s <b>between the gear and the commanders</b>
1045s <b>And the troop types and all the things you can add in this game</b>
1048s <b>The depth of play is absolutely massive</b>
1051s <b>So the more time you invest in the game</b>
1053s <b>And the more time you invest in the community</b>
1054s <b>to learn more about it</b>
1056s <b>The better off you'll be</b>
1057s <b>I mean if the depth of the play is that</b>
1061s <b>as expansive as you scribe</b>
1063s <b>right</b>
1063s <b>it sounds like there is really a lot getting into it</b>
1066s <b>I mean it's really kind of a time investment</b>
1069s <b>But since it's a mobile game </b>
1071s <b>You have always the opportunity that option</b>
1073s <b>You just pick it up </b>
1074s <b>put it down</b>
1075s <b>open it up on your break</b>
1076s <b>while you're having your lunch at work</b>
1078s <b>And then you just close the phone</b>
1080s <b>Go back to whatever you're doing</b>
1081s <b>And it's still just waiting for you when you get back</b>
1084s <b>Absolutely</b>
1084s <b>And I think copy what Marta say earlier right </b>
1087s <b>It is not only have depth troll for subscribing</b>
1090s <b>I think it's fantastic</b>
1091s <b>That's really hardcore</b>
1093s <b>Strategic depth which I'm sure people would love</b>
1095s <b>But these also like a lot of casual</b>
1098s <b>like mini games that you were describing</b>
1099s <b>You were talking about</b>
1100s <b>For example I love how the team reimagined</b>
1103s <b>For example fishing</b>
1103s <b>Fishing is a mini game in this game and it is amazing</b>
1106s <b>I love the fishing mini game</b>
1108s <b>In the Age of Empires </b>
1109s <b>Like you can send villagers to go to coast of fish</b>
1112s <b>And that is a this a thing in the in the franchise</b>
1116s <b>And what TiMi taking advances </b>
1118s <b>As they created a mini game completely around that</b>
1120s <b>So you actually get villagers you actually go fish around the coast</b>
1124s <b>And it is amazing our whole team is addicted to that mini game</b>
1128s <b>And we can compete with each other</b>
1130s <b>to see how high points we can actually score</b>
1133s <b>So it's really fun</b>
1134s <b>I've got multiple friends that get caught up in fishing mini games</b>
1137s <b>In other games they never make it pass that point</b>
1139s <b>the fishing mini game comes up</b>
1141s <b>And then that's the only thing they ever open it up for again</b>
1143s <b>It's just one example of what they have done</b>
1145s <b>Right there many mini games </b>
1147s <b>And then</b>
1148s <b>there is just a big range of experience for people</b>
1151s <b>And one thing I love to do is to zoom in to see the details</b>
1156s <b>Like here you can see lots of my troops they are marching in the city </b>
1163s <b>And they guard the city</b>
1166s <b>And when you send out some troops you can literally see</b>
1171s <b>Like they are out of the town</b>
1174s <b>Yeah</b>
1175s <b>Like water running on top of the city </b>
1178s <b>Yeah</b>
1178s <b>So you can really get in there on the details </b>
1181s <b>and see everything that's going on</b>
1184s <b>And also you can see of course villagers</b>
1186s <b>villagers yeah that's right</b>
1190s <b>I mean</b>
1191s <b>That sounds really absolutely fantastic</b>
1193s <b>I think actually now </b>
1194s <b>when it's coming up we're gonna take a short break</b>
1197s <b>But first</b>
1198s <b>For our players watching from home it is time</b>
1201s <b>For the exclusive global launch show</b>
1204s <b>Gift Code Drop</b>
1205s <b>So feel free to take a screenshot </b>
1207s <b>And redeem it in the Age of Empires Mobile game</b>
1211s <b>after the global release on October 17th</b>
1280s <b>Welcome back</b>
1281s <b>We've just talked about the</b>
1282s <b>features of Age of Empires Mobile</b>
1284s <b>Including its diversivilization</b>
1286s <b> city building, units heroes</b>
1288s <b>and authentic battle experience</b>
1290s <b>Now I'd like to discuss</b>
1291s <b>a topic very important to mobile players</b>
1293s <b>Social interaction</b>
1295s <b>Marta can you tell us about the</b>
1296s <b>social elements in Age of Empires Mobile</b>
1299s <b>We've bring rich MMO elements into this Age of Empires Mobile</b>
1300s <b>We've bring rich MMO elements</b>
1304s <b>into this Age of Empires Mobile</b>
1306s <b>As you can see</b>
1308s <b>there is a very vast map in the game </b>
1312s <b>And you can meet all of the players globally on the map</b>
1317s <b>And so when you marching on the map </b>
1319s <b>you will meet</b>
1321s <b>players and their troops</b>
1324s <b>You can either just pass by </b>
1325s <b>or maybe you can attack others if you want</b>
1328s <b>Some alliances might be more friendly</b>
1332s <b>some might be more hostile</b>
1333s <b>There's a ton of things you can do with your alliances</b>
1335s <b>with players all over the world</b>
1337s <b>It's a very easy way for people to connect</b>
1339s <b>with great opportunities for community between</b>
1342s <b>you know </b>
1343s <b>building wonders</b>
1344s <b>Like some of the things that we're mentioning with</b>
1346s <b>tornadoes and lightning</b>
1349s <b>There are a ton of territory you can build</b>
1352s <b>When it comes to the map</b>
1353s <b>There is a huge map full of buildings </b>
1355s <b>and passes that open over time</b>
1358s <b>So over the course of almost two months</b>
1360s <b>Every single pass is going to open with new buildings </b>
1364s <b>plenty of things for these alliances of hundreds of players to fight over</b>
1368s <b>Okay </b>
1368s <b>So there's really a lot of social impact having here in the game </b>
1372s <b>I mean</b>
1373s <b>you got a lot of opportunity to work together with other people </b>
1376s <b>yeah yeah</b>
1377s <b>Because the alliance is very important in the game</b>
1381s <b>Like you can create alliance by yourself </b>
1384s <b>or you can join others</b>
1386s <b>or there could be alliance</b>
1390s <b>very big alliances</b>
1392s <b>And also one thing I want to mention is </b>
1394s <b>That even though we are not global launch yet </b>
1398s <b>But there are lots of players</b>
1400s <b>they are recruiting their members</b>
1403s <b>in the social media</b>
1405s <b>As far as I know the biggest alliance is more than</b>
1409s <b>maybe 900 members </b>
1412s <b>For now </b>
1413s <b>So the advertise everywhere to say like</b>
1416s <b>My alliance is very strong you should join us </b>
1420s <b>So you know that</b>
1421s <b>I bet 12 knows that a lot </b>
1423s <b>Well</b>
1424s <b>An individual alliance might start with only 50 players into it</b>
1427s <b>After buildings and technology you might be able to get 150 players</b>
1431s <b>There's no saying that you couldn't have a sister alliance </b>
1434s <b>Or multiple sister alliances</b>
1437s <b>Six full shells of 150 players</b>
1440s <b>you'd have a 900 players strong alliances</b>
1442s <b>Among other things they can </b>
1444s <b>build between technology</b>
1447s <b>They can work together for other things as well</b>
1448s <b>But after all</b>
1450s <b>mostly gameplay from inside the game</b>
1454s <b>But in terms of the social media and outside</b>
1457s <b>There's just a lot of community that helps people</b>
1459s <b>I suppose to join it</b>
1460s <b>One of the really cool things about mobile games is </b>
1462s <b>because so many people play it from so many different parts of the world</b>
1465s <b>It's really like a melting pot you know </b>
1467s <b>With its own translations of people from around the world</b>
1470s <b>That don't speak the same language</b>
1471s <b>Coming together</b>
1472s <b>To do things they enjoy</b>
1473s <b>Yeah </b>
1473s <b>I mean the alliance game plays a lot of new features there</b>
1477s <b>I guess unique to the mobile experience</b>
1479s <b>It's something we haven't really had in Age of Empires mainline </b>
1483s <b>It's particular PC side </b>
1485s <b>So things like having the tornadoes</b>
1487s <b>Because you've built your wonder</b>
1488s <b>You've got cool stuff with that</b>
1489s <b>Another thing just that I really enjoyed about the alliance is </b>
1492s <b>when you're a new player</b>
1493s <b>You're just starting out</b>
1494s <b>You can go and you can ask your friends for help</b>
1496s <b>In your alliance</b>
1497s <b>Then those alliance people can come in and say hey</b>
1500s <b>Or they basically click a button to help you build buildings faster</b>
1503s <b>When you're new feels great</b>
1505s <b>Because all of a sudden </b>
1506s <b>You're just progressing much faster than you would have without</b>
1508s <b>your friends helping you</b>
1510s <b>All the way into the late game too</b>
1511s <b>It's 1% each and you know when the time start going up</b>
1515s <b>I mean being able to have those helps us critical towards your growth</b>
1519s <b>You know</b>
1520s <b>One thing I remember is like when you play Age of Empires </b>
1525s <b>you at a late part of it you always worry about</b>
1529s <b>Where is the resources</b>
1531s <b>How can I get more resources</b>
1534s <b>But in the mobile version like </b>
1536s <b>You not only gather resources in your own city</b>
1541s <b>But also you collaborate with others </b>
1544s <b>And you build your alliances resources</b>
1547s <b>And also on the vast map</b>
1551s <b>the resources are placed everywhere </b>
1553s <b>So it also determine the strategy</b>
1558s <b>how you develop with your alliances </b>
1561s <b>Like where to get the resources </b>
1565s <b>And how could you occupy the big city to have more </b>
1568s <b>like buffs or bonus that kind of situation</b>
1572s <b>And you know you could also collaborate with</b>
1574s <b>what are the best ways to get it</b>
1576s <b>For example there will be little PvE units on the map</b>
1579s <b>or player versus environment</b>
1580s <b>Where you'd be able to attack them and get rewards</b>
1583s <b>some won't cost stamina</b>
1585s <b>some won't cost stamina</b>
1586s <b>But overall the think tank that is your alliance is going to help you</b>
1590s <b>create your own method with how best to play</b>
1594s <b>So speaking of the alliances</b>
1596s <b>How do they encounter each other</b>
1598s <b>How exactly does that work out</b>
1600s <b>Generally the way alliances encounter each other</b>
1603s <b>There is going to be a large map with buildings and passes </b>
1607s <b>And over time</b>
1608s <b>The different passes will open up</b>
1610s <b>and alliances will have to viver territory with buildings on this map</b>
1615s <b>So if an alliance wants territory </b>
1616s <b>They can either team up with another alliance they see </b>
1619s <b>Or they can enter combat with them</b>
1621s <b>So starting out</b>
1622s <b>you might only have 50 people in alliance</b>
1623s <b>but as the alliance grows and as the game progresses</b>
1626s <b>you might go up to 150 players</b>
1628s <b>And you might have one alliance with a sister alliance</b>
1631s <b>and these 300 players</b>
1632s <b>with their five marches might be going against another</b>
1634s <b>300 players with their five marches all the way </b>
1636s <b>Until the center of the map</b>
1637s <b>where they fight for the biggest building of them all</b>
1640s <b>okay and that would probably be one of those wonders</b>
1642s <b>we talked about earlier</b>
1644s <b>I think so </b>
1644s <b>all right </b>
1645s <b>okay</b>
1646s <b>cool </b>
1646s <b>very nice</b>
1646s <b>So you get this</b>
1649s <b>We call it I guess a world map maybe </b>
1651s <b>yes</b>
1652s <b>Okay</b>
1652s <b>So we get this world map</b>
1654s <b>And then you're able to interact with your own alliance on that server</b>
1658s <b>And then you're also going to run into</b>
1661s <b>I suppose</b>
1661s <b>enemy alliances on that same world map as well</b>
1665s <b>That brings us to the workmap </b>
1669s <b>In Age of Empires mobile </b>
1671s <b>Players will begin their journey on one of six continents</b>
1675s <b>As your alliance grows</b>
1677s <b>You will cross boundaries into new regions </b>
1680s <b>And interact more frequently with other alliances</b>
1684s <b>Eventually</b>
1685s <b>The most powerful alliances will fight for control of the Empire City</b>
1691s <b>Aiming to be crowned the ruler</b>
1694s <b>So the goal of ruling a capital feels really immersive</b>
1697s <b>I think historically </b>
1699s <b>Right</b>
1699s <b>It sounds like it's really a time investment</b>
1702s <b>So it's probably going to lead to some pretty strong bonds </b>
1705s <b>between with different allies in that alliance</b>
1708s <b>Is it like easy to just join one</b>
1711s <b>and leave one and join back in with another</b>
1713s <b>I would say for the more casual player</b>
1715s <b>if you join a casual alliance those bonds are pretty easy</b>
1718s <b>For the more competitive players</b>
1720s <b>you have players historically and in mobile games in general</b>
1723s <b>you have players that will play with each other for years </b>
1725s <b>Bonds were people end up going to</b>
1728s <b>let's say if we have a social event in a certain area </b>
1733s <b>Players will fly around from over the world</b>
1735s <b>to see each other and meet each other</b>
1736s <b>And those are the type of ones you can usually expect</b>
1738s <b>From at mobile communities</b>
1740s <b>Okay well so </b>
1742s <b>Now</b>
1742s <b>Another topic I think I'd like to really get into</b>
1746s <b>is going to be the city building </b>
1748s <b>We mentioned that you have some of that ability to build a city</b>
1752s <b>And that during attacks and sieges </b>
1754s <b>You could be taking over taking control of an enemy city as well</b>
1758s <b>Right</b>
1759s <b>So how does the city building work</b>
1761s <b>How is that gonna play out for our city building enthusiasts</b>
1764s <b>those who are really into that building aspect of the game play</b>
1769s <b>I can answer that because I'm as a single player fans right</b>
1772s <b>So there are actually a lot of different things that you can actually do</b>
1775s <b>But the thing that I like about alliance is </b>
1778s <b>like not only do you actually just like </b>
1781s <b>basically what 12 talking about like you basically join really big guild</b>
1786s <b>Every one they fell together</b>
1787s <b>But even for someone like me right</b>
1790s <b>I'm actually contributing to the alliance as well</b>
1793s <b>So for example</b>
1793s <b>I'm one of those guys that do assist other players</b>
1796s <b>There's also the aesthetic side of it</b>
1798s <b>So I noticed mentioned mini games like</b>
1800s <b>most of those mini games have call outs to the classic</b>
1803s <b>Age of Empires gameplay got the art</b>
1805s <b>The art has a whole bunch of call outs to Age of Empire gameplay</b>
1808s <b>like they've got the mill and it's in really high quality </b>
1813s <b>Like it's visually stunning</b>
1814s <b>I guess would be the way to put it</b>
1816s <b>You can zoom in on it and look at it</b>
1818s <b>And then same thing with audio</b>
1820s <b>So we mentioned earlier </b>
1821s <b>that there's we're riffing the game riffs on </b>
1825s <b>the original Age of Empires like main theme</b>
1829s <b>And now you've got like so you have that </b>
1832s <b>But you also have you know wind rustling through trees </b>
1835s <b>And everything like this </b>
1836s <b>this whole rustic thing</b>
1837s <b>Kind of feels like</b>
1839s <b>It's not just nostalgic</b>
1840s <b>Kind of like being out in nature </b>
1843s <b>It's really amazing actually</b>
1845s <b>One thing that I actually want to talk about a theme</b>
1847s <b>What you just mentioned remind me that I believed a theme</b>
1851s <b>The reinterpretation of the Age of Empires has filmed </b>
1854s <b>So actually won an award </b>
1856s <b>It actually won an award in industry events because how good it was </b>
1860s <b>So it is really good </b>
1862s <b>Okay so absolutely</b>
1864s <b>I mean</b>
1865s <b>It does seem that the teams involved have really put a ton of effort into </b>
1869s <b>not only the visual design</b>
1870s <b>but the overall sound design</b>
1872s <b>The game that I have seen so far is really awesome</b>
1876s <b>Even with the beginning cinematics that you get</b>
1879s <b>during some of the tutorial section of the game</b>
1882s <b>when you first started up right now </b>
1884s <b>It already looks absolutely fantastic</b>
1887s <b>I mean I really don't have any reason not to play it anymore </b>
1890s <b>after hearing what I've heard here today</b>
1893s <b>I'm super excited for the global release of Age of Empires mobile</b>
1897s <b>So everyone I think it's time</b>
1899s <b>Let's take a short break</b>
1900s <b>And then we'll be back with more exciting content for our viewers soon</b>
2919s <b>to create an authentic medieval world</b>
2921s <b>especially to deliver large</b>
2922s <b>scale onlined siege battles that feel real</b>
2926s <b>the teams at TiMi Studio and World's Edge</b>
2928s <b>have worked incredibly hard</b>
2930s <b>alongside the development stories</b>
2932s <b>our guests have also prepared</b>
2935s <b>player and content created stories to share</b>
2938s <b>Right</b>
2938s <b>So definitely want to talk about some of the fun stuff</b>
2940s <b>First like I think many of you have already known </b>
2943s <b>that the Age of Empires fan like basis like amazing </b>
2948s <b>They are super friendly</b>
2949s <b>like they create </b>
2950s <b>They are super creative as well</b>
2951s <b>And like on discord we have seen</b>
2953s <b>seen people have created a lot of like super fun memes</b>
2956s <b>They have done like graphics they create their own logos for alliance</b>
2960s <b>Lots of different things but</b>
2963s <b>I just like face to them like they are</b>
2964s <b>great entertainment</b>
2965s <b>I actually go out to discover and read them </b>
2967s <b>when I laugh like every day is super awesome</b>
2971s <b>I mean the community for Age of Empire</b>
2975s <b>really the things that kept this franchise going </b>
2977s <b>and I brought with me here a player guide</b>
2980s <b>It's 40 pages that was created by one of the top players</b>
2983s <b>in Age of Empire Mobile</b>
2985s <b>It's called</b>
2985s <b>Age of Empire Mobile: a guide to a new governor's path to glory</b>
2989s <b>It's by Sigarme</b>
2991s <b>And you know just these sorts of things are so incredible</b>
2995s <b>In terms of being able to help bring new players into the franchise</b>
2999s <b>Get them to the point where they are going to have fun</b>
3001s <b>I mean if you look at this</b>
3003s <b>if you want to hold it up really quick </b>
3004s <b>just show like there's pictures</b>
3006s <b>I mean this is from the top player</b>
3008s <b>in Age of Empire Mobile right now so</b>
3012s <b>if you're looking for guides like this</b>
3014s <b>like you can find those over on the discord</b>
3018s <b>there's a whole bunch of other types</b>
3020s <b>And actually I think 12 </b>
3022s <b>so you know him right</b>
3024s <b>I do actually know Sigarme</b>
3025s <b>I talked to him a little bit</b>
3027s <b>especially when it came to making</b>
3030s <b>you know making my own </b>
3032s <b>account for this game when it came to growing it</b>
3035s <b>And figure out how best to approach the meta</b>
3037s <b>I'm an expert at mobile games</b>
3039s <b>But he's definitely an expert at Age of Empire Mobile</b>
3041s <b>It was a very humbling experience</b>
3043s <b>Having somebody be so open and so friendly with me</b>
3046s <b>And obviously it's the same type of person</b>
3048s <b>who would make a 40 page guide for the community</b>
3050s <b>And that just goes to show how strong a mobile game community is</b>
3053s <b>Especially when it comes to Age of Empires Mobile</b>
3057s <b>step by step everything yeah </b>
3061s <b>It's very detailed</b>
3062s <b>I mean this obviously has a lot of work put into it</b>
3066s <b>It's full of text photos</b>
3068s <b>I mean it is really a labor love</b>
3071s <b>I mean it's fantastic to see that the community already has people </b>
3075s <b>People that are this committed to</b>
3077s <b>creating a great experience for other players</b>
3080s <b>And he's just putting this out there</b>
3082s <b>It's absolutely awesome</b>
3084s <b>so thank you Sigarme</b>
3085s <b>I mean I'm sure that the Age of Empires Mobile community is very happy </b>
3089s <b>and very lucky to have you</b>
3090s <b>so go check them out on discord</b>
3092s <b>if you want to see more user generated content</b>
3095s <b>from the Age of Empires Mobile community</b>
3097s <b>Now</b>
3098s <b>actually when the creator of this guide Sigarme</b>
3100s <b>Learned that we were going to have this global launch show</b>
3103s <b>He recorded a video for us to celebrate</b>
3106s <b>So we're going to take a quick look at that together</b>
3111s <b>Hey everyone and thanks a lot for having me here</b>
3113s <b>I’m Sigarme, I’ve been a beta tester since day one</b>
3116s <b>and I’m also a small YouTube creator and Twitch streamer</b>
3119s <b>providing in-depth guides and content to help the AoEM community grow</b>
3124s <b>Starting off as a complete beginner in this area</b>
3126s <b>creating guides for AoEM has been an incredible journey</b>
3130s <b>The feedback from the community</b>
3132s <b>especially for my beginner’s guide</b>
3133s <b>has been overwhelmingly positive and I couldn’t be more thankful about it</b>
3138s <b>It's been exciting to share strategies with new and veteran players alike</b>
3142s <b>Having joined the Age of Empires Mobile community very early</b>
3145s <b>I can confidently say the community has been supportive and passionate about the game</b>
3150s <b>What I love most is how everyone is committed to improving it</b>
3153s <b>We’re constantly providing feedback to the developers</b>
3156s <b>voicing both satisfaction and dissatisfaction</b>
3159s <b>constructively of course</b>
3161s <b>That’s a very important step as it helps the staff align with the community’s desires</b>
3166s <b>and many community-driven suggestions have already been implemented</b>
3171s <b>and I’m sure many more are on the way</b>
3173s <b>With the global release coming up on October 17th</b>
3176s <b>I’m incredibly excited to see AoEM reach an even wider audience</b>
3181s <b>I know the community is eager to welcome new players</b>
3184s <b>and I can’t wait to see the game grow and evolve post-launch</b>
3188s <b>Best of luck to all the new governors out there and see you on the battlefield</b>
3193s <b>All right and I just want to say one last time</b>
3195s <b>Big thank you to Sigarme for putting this together</b>
3198s <b>It's really incredible stuff</b>
3199s <b>If you want to find more guides like this</b>
3201s <b>If you're a new player wanting to get into Age of Empire Mobile</b>
3204s <b>Go over to the discord channel and check it out</b>
3206s <b>You'll find some amazing content there</b>
3209s <b>From watching online</b>
3211s <b>This is actually not the only guide available right now</b>
3213s <b>There are lots of other content that's been created as well right</b>
3217s <b>yes yes</b>
3217s <b>We have lots of moderators and content creators in the community</b>
3222s <b>and we are so lucky to have them</b>
3224s <b>And besides these kind of documents and websites </b>
3230s <b>We also have video content creators and streamers like 12</b>
3236s <b>As soon as I saw that Age of Empire had a mobile release</b>
3239s <b>As somebody who loves Age of Empire and mobile games</b>
3241s <b>I was immediately interested whether that be the community reaching out to</b>
3245s <b>how I could make content for it</b>
3247s <b>how I could come out and record with all of you</b>
3251s <b>you know hopped in the community and the discord </b>
3253s <b>looking around to see what was going on</b>
3255s <b>reach up with the wonderful folks at TiMi </b>
3258s <b>So it's been nothing but a pleasure and an honor </b>
3261s <b>to be talking to the the developers of the mobile game </b>
3266s <b>you know the the predecessors of other Age of Empire titles </b>
3269s <b>and being able to talk with the community as well</b>
3273s <b>and some of my friends are also coming along </b>
3275s <b>as Chisgule</b>
3276s <b>Omniarch</b>
3278s <b>and King Schmuck will all be here with me</b>
3281s <b>It's a game of a lot of competition</b>
3284s <b>where there's always something to do</b>
3286s <b>and it's absolute pleasure to be here</b>
3288s <b>it is a true dream come true and I love the franchise</b>
3293s <b>so it's a pleasure to be here in every capacity</b>
3295s <b>I'm happy that you were all able to be here today</b>
3298s <b>I'm happy I was able to facilitate</b>
3300s <b>because it does seem like everybody's had a really great time</b>
3303s <b>discussing this fantastic game launch event</b>
3308s <b>and I think it's definitely been a dream come true for me as well</b>
3312s <b>to be able to jump into a brand new community</b>
3315s <b>and be able to help out just a little bit</b>
3317s <b>thank you 12 thank you Marta and everyone</b>
3320s <b>now that tight knit and welcoming community</b>
3322s <b>it's a huge reason</b>
3323s <b>why so many players continue to choose Age of Empire</b>
3326s <b>and it's really great to see that spirit</b>
3328s <b>being carried through into the mobile game</b>
3332s <b>I'd like to announce something very exciting</b>
3336s <b>Age of Empire Mobile is officially recruiting </b>
3339s <b>creators from all over the world</b>
3342s <b>we welcome more content creators </b>
3345s <b>to join us and to experience the game</b>
3348s <b>or maybe even become our official content creators</b>
3352s <b>and we looking forward to seeing all of your works</b>
3357s <b>lots of community members from all across the world now</b>
3360s <b>so it's fantastic</b>
3361s <b>we are definitely excited to welcome all the new players</b>
3364s <b>to like all the different places including discord</b>
3367s <b>as well as we were talking about earlier</b>
3369s <b>and yeah hopefully everybody chat and talk about their experience</b>
3374s <b>one thing I want to emphasize here is like</b>
3377s <b>we not only have discord but also we offers like</b>
3381s <b>Facebook, X, YouTube and also</b>
3387s <b>like for example in Korea we have a Naver</b>
3391s <b>this kind of social media for different players all over the world </b>
3397s <b>and also we are very excited to see that </b>
3401s <b>our global pre-registration has been recorded reached 5 millions</b>
3409s <b>that means 5 millions players gonna join us</b>
3413s <b>right </b>
3414s <b>awesome </b>
3415s <b>so you just heard it right here</b>
3417s <b>in addition to those pre registration awards</b>
3420s <b>and in addition to those exclusive codes we've been giving away</b>
3424s <b>during this launch event</b>
3426s <b>they're also going to be giving away a few exclusive</b>
3430s <b>gifts and extra heroes to those </b>
3432s <b>who complete specific tasks within the game upon the launch</b>
3436s <b>so definitely make sure to keep an eye out for those </b>
3439s <b>that way you can get</b>
3440s <b>the best experience out of Age of Empire Mobile</b>
3443s <b>so thank you to all the players </b>
3445s <b>who are watching and to our guests for sharing their insights</b>
3448s <b>while this show is coming to an end</b>
3450s <b>and the Age of Empire Mobile</b>
3451s <b>global launch is just around the corner</b>
3454s <b>we've also received congratulatory videos from players</b>
3457s <b>creators and partners from around the world to</b>
3459s <b>celebrate the global launch</b>
3461s <b>to close out the show</b>
3462s <b>let's watch these wonderful messages together</b>
3858s <b>All right </b>
3859s <b>I'm gonna be following Sigarme's guide to get ready for the launch</b>
3862s <b>and I'll see you all in game</b>
3865s <b>see you</b>