The Age of Empires 3 will be delisted on October 30, 17 years after its release. Taking Steam, Xbox Game Studios has announced that the beloved PC version will also shut down its servers on the same date.
“After many years of support, we will be withdrawing the title from sale,” says Xbox Game Studios. “Additionally, multiplayer services for the game will cease to function on October 30, 2024. This is because the technology is no longer supported.”
The Age of Empires 3 it will still work offline
Players who already own the game will be able to continue playing the 2007 original offline after October 30, with the campaign and skirmish content continuing to function as intended. The move will not affect Age of Empires 3: definitive editionencouraging multiplayer fans to upgrade to that version.
October has proven to be a bad month for fans of classic games, as announced by Sony LittleBigPlanet 3—and all DLC in the series will be removed from the list by the end of the month. The move comes amid broader concerns game preservation, with the fear that without a concerted effort from publishers, an increasing number of games will be lost over time.
In addition to the Definitive Editions that repackage the original entries of the beloved RTS franchise, those of 2021 The Age of Empires IV it was the last major release in the series with spin-offs The age of mythology remade for PC and Xbox and released last month.
