[ENG] Magazine Ep. #01 June 2025

Start the game already!

Welcome to the new issue of your monthly Age of Empires podcast magazine! I've put together an exciting program for you, with both old and new segments. As always, we'll start with the news, which is of course dominated by Warlords 4. There will be spoilers, so if you don't want to hear them, check the timecodes and skip that section. We'll also talk about Town Center Tango 2, the pitfalls of the PS5 version, and, of course, the topic that everyone is talking about: the Khitan. There's a few updates on AoE 4 and AoM, as an event has started in both games. In a new segment called Games News, I'll be giving you some news about RTS and strategy games outside the franchise that were released last month or will be released the upcoming month and that might be interesting for those who not only like AoE 2 but also enjoy playing strategy games and RTS in general. Today's episode features games like Tempest Rising among other things and some sad news relating to Battle Aces. We'll wrap up the episode with podcast news and the look ahead to the tournaments in June. Enjoy this issue of the magazine and thank you for listening! Chris Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK Support the Podcast on: Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealready Steady (german): steadyhq.com/startthegamealready/ Timecodes: 00:00 Content 01:57 AoE 2 News 34:21 Franchise News 38:36 Games News 50:18 Podcast News 52:38 Tournament outlook June 2025 Links: Warlords 4: liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Warlords/4 TCT2: liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Town_Center_Tango/2 Mentioned game in TCT2 segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-s5zkCF2sc AoE 4 Event: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-patch-13-2-4553/ AoM Update: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-mythology-retold-update-18-27100/ AoM Event: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-mythology-retold-update-18-21333/ AoC Classic 2025: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1kpjgy2/announcing_500_aoc_classic_2025_tournament/ Dynamic Battle Team: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EEjYfWOuvs8wh2dGvyGgclC17FQCkQ2lbJD3GpTUGEU/edit?tab=t.0 Yodesla: https://www.twitch.tv/yodesla/about EGCTV: https://www.twitch.tv/egctv?lang=de Music: www.purple-planet.com