Microsoft's upcoming real-time strategy Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition has been rated over on Brazilian rating board, which could mean the official release date is closer than expected.

According to Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Creative Director Adam Isgreen, the beloved strategy could launch on Xbox One after the PC release. Isgreen said that the devs will try to build a control scheme specifically for Xbox One.

You had to be living under a breathtaking rock not to have heard about Age of Empires' highly anticipated comeback but the game's creative director Adam Isgreen insists that this is no comeback, as the game still has a nice playerbase.

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition will pioneer one of the previously unseen arts - it will feature cross-play between PC and PC. Microsoft are touting it as crossplay between Windows Store and Steam but the feature is still mind-boggling.

Microsoft confirmed that their upcoming shooter Gears 5 along with Age of Empires I, II and III: Definitive Editions will be available on Steam, not only Windows Store. Furthermore, they also want to offer their games on other PC stores.

Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is set to launch on 20 February 2018. Reviews agree that the expanded zoom feature and gameplay are some of the best things about the remaster. Some of the pitfalls are the connectivity issues and the fact it's not available via Steam.

Despite never being truly gone, the Age of Empires series and its spin-offs have been absent from mainstream gaming scene for almost 12 years. Microsoft has now announced that Relic Entertainment is developing a full fledged sequel for one of the defining games of the RTS genre.