{"id":51157,"date":"2020-10-28T14:38:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T21:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=51157"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:38:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T21:38:57","slug":"battle-royale-is-exactly-what-age-of-empires-ii-has-always-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2020\/10\/28\/battle-royale-is-exactly-what-age-of-empires-ii-has-always-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Royale is exactly what Age of Empires II has always needed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Age of Empires II: DE - November Update Preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WsJJKaImg9Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The one-year anniversary update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition includes a Battle Royale mode. No, really. The update will include some UI and balance changes and a quickplay option to get you into a game faster, but you don&#8217;t care about any of that nonsense! You want to know about Battle Royale because no multiplayer game can escape the gravitational pull of chicken dinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eight players start in random locations with a small cluster of troops that can capture buildings and resources to add to their armies. They must then crush all enemies before the slowly dwindling circle of fog kills them. The only things missing are cast iron skillets and dance emotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anniversary update for Age of Empires II: DE is coming this November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The one-year anniversary update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition includes a Battle Royale mode. No, really. 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