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Njengesiqhelo kule minyaka idlulileyo, iMicrosoft ibinenxalenye elungileyo yoqwalaselo kumnyhadala, umsitho onawo yayisetyenziselwa ukubonisa ubudala be-Empire IV, Umdlalo ophuhliswe yiRelic Entertainment kwaye uza kufumaneka kuphela Windows 10 kwaye unokufikelela kwiVenkile yeWindows.
Kodwa ayizukuphela kobudala boBukhosi obuzakufika kwintengiso kungekudala, kodwa iMicrosoft isebenzisa ithuba lesikhumbuzo seminyaka engamashumi amabini Inguqulelo entsha kwi-4k ebizwa ngokuba luVavanyo oluCacisiweyo, Inguqulelo eya kufikelela eluntwini ngo-Okthobha 19, kodwa ayizukuphela kwenguqulelo ehlaziyiweyo, kuba abafana baseRedmond bazokwazisa ngeenguqulelo ezintsha zoHlelo lweDefinitive ze-Age of Empires II kunye ne-II, iinguqulelo eziza kubandakanya zonke Ukwanda okuthe kwangena kwimarike ukusukela oko bamiliselwa.
Ukuba uyafuna zama i-betas ezahlukeneyo zezi nguqulelo, ungajoyina i-Age ye-Empires Insider IV ngokusebenzisa ikhonkco elilandelayo, kwaye ngenxa yoko babe nokufikelela okukhethekileyo kuphuhliso lwe-Age of Empire franchise. Ukuze ube yinxalenye yale nkqubo, ekuphela kwento efunwa ngu-Microsoft kuthi kukuba iakhawunti yethu ye-Xbox Live ibe ngaphezu kweminyaka eli-18 ubudala, ngenxa yezizathu ezicacileyo.