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Everyone’s invited to play Age Of Empires 4 this weekend in a stress testCome, play multiplayer toy soldiers!
Come, play multiplayer toy soldiers!
After running anAge Of Empires 4closed beta test for lucky ticketholders, the makers now want absolutely everyone to pile in and click men as hard as you can to see if the game explodes. The historical RTS is holding an open “technical stress test” this weekend, from Friday to Monday, to give the multiplayer backend a sound kicking and see if it stays stands. In short, hey, you can play AO4’s multiplayer for free this weekend.
Age of Empires IV - Official Gameplay Trailer - Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2021Watch on YouTube
Age of Empires IV - Official Gameplay Trailer - Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2021
The Age Of Empires 4 technical stress test will start at 6pm (10am Pacific) on Friday the 17th and run until 6pm (10am Pacific) on Monday the 20th. It’ll be on both Steam and the Xbox Insider Hub app. It’ll offer the tutorial, Mission Zero, as well as the option to play custom multiplayer matches against AI opponents but the test’s focus is proper meatbag vs. meatbag multiplayer.
The devsexplain, “we are interested in driving as many people into the Technical Stress Test build as possible during this window to make sure that our matchmaking, lobbies and additional systems hold strong.”
They’ve made a few changes since closed beta, too. Along with tweaking balance and fixing bugs, they’ve listened to requests to increase the maximum distance you can zoom out. And no, no NDA so you’re free to gab away.
