[ENG] Magazine Ep. #03 August 2025

Start the game already!

Welcome back to a new edition of the magazine! There’s once again a lot of news to cover from the past month, and here’s the program: In the News section, we’ll talk about Regicide Rumble VI, Jordan joining Onimaru, the Public Update Preview, the Town Center Tango 2 drama, layoffs at Capture Age, a tournament announcement from GL, and the current status of the LingYuan Cup qualifiers. Then there’ll be a brief look at Franchise News regarding esports tournaments from Age of Mythology and Age of Empires IV. In the Game News, I’ll tell you about my time playing Stronghold Crusader DE and Wandering Village, and I’ll briefly introduce two new city-building simulations that are set to be released at the end of August.In the Podcast News, I’ll mainly be responding to a few emails I received. And finally, as always, there’s the Tournament Outlook for August 2025. If you’re enjoying the program and like my other podcasts too, you can support me and the podcast on Patreon or Steady. Both platforms offer different tiers depending on what kind of spare change you have each month. But you can also support me for free by telling others about the podcast, sharing the episodes, and giving them a positive rating on Spotify or wherever you listen. Please enjoy this episode of the Magazine! 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 Intro 01:55 News 18:02 Franchise News 20:15 Game News 24:47 Podcast News 39:45 Tournament Outlook August 2025 Links: Regicide Rumble VI Final: https://youtu.be/qv40NSUMz7E?si=yJhSIk7CrnUc2MML Quintessiential Cookout: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Quintessential_Cookout TCT2: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1lxn2dx/town_center_tango_2_cancelled_after_finals/?tl=de Capture Age Layoffs: https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1m80oak/age_of_empires_support_studio_captureage_lays_off Sudden Dessaster 2: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Sudden_Dessaster/2 LingYuan Cup: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/LingYuan_Cup Midweek Madness: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Midweek_Madness Daniela's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/daniela_aoe