Age of Mythology: Retold, the upcoming remaster of the 2012 Age of Empires spin-off of the same name, will release on Xbox and PC simultaneously later this year.
Age of Mythology: Retold is a real-time strategy game by World's Edge and Xbox Game Studios. In it, players can command gods from Greek, Norse, and Egyptian gods in epic battles over warring territories in single-player or co-op campaigns. Although Age of Mythology doesn't have a concrete release window, the game will launch as a day one Game Pass alongside its release on Steam and Xbox consoles.
"In Age of Mythology Retold, we're not only upgrading the engine and bringing all of those quality of life improvements that you've come to expect from World's Edge, but in addition to that we're doing even more to update the art," art director Melinda Rose said in an announcement video. "That means all new 3D models, all new animations, textures, UI, VFX, the whole shebang."
To showcase Age of Mythology: Retold's updated 3D character models, Rose brought out life-sized augmented reality models of Medusa, Pegasus, and Cerberus.
"Our goal is to not only pay homage to the past but to breathe new life into this game and maximize the mythology," Rose said.
Today's Age of Mythology: Retold news coincides with World's Edge studio and TiMi Studio Group's other big announcement that they are working together to bring Age of Empires to mobile devices later this year. In short, 2024 spells exciting times for stalwart real-time strategy gamers across all platforms.
In our review for Age of Mythology, we rated the game a 9.3, saying it "blows open the doors of the series by taking a step away from history and giving the designers a bit more latitude."
Hopefully, Retold will continue the work its predecessor achieved by providing yet another all-timer RTS game for fans when it releases later this year.
Isaiah Colbert is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow them on Twitter @ShinEyeZehUhh.
