Age of Empires II-inspired Empires Apart to be published by Slitherine in 2017

Slitherine – a company who delivered a throng of classic strategy games, such as Panzer Corps, Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon, and Order of Battle: World War II – is going to publish Empires Apart. This modern/old-school RTS inspired by Ensemble Studios’ cult Age of Empires II has been worked on by Italian developer DESTINYbit for over a year now and is due some time in 2017.

Empires Apart is based on classic mechanics of the genre, therefore, your main tasks are to gather resources, build a base, recruit an army, and wage battles. The game will offer several Medieval civilizations, each one with unique buildings and units as well as different role: Rush, Boom or Support, which will be especially important in team-based multiplayer. The player will also be able to choose a specialization in order to boost a specific aspect of a faction (e.g. cavalry or navy), as well as a hero. If you want to learn more about Empires Apart’s mechanics, head over to the official website.

Empires Apart is based on Unreal Engine 4, but it has an original, old-school visual style, which you can see on the screenshots below:

Smells like classic.

Factions will serve different roles in team-based gameplay.

Empires Apart will feature procedurally generated maps.

The game will be based on core mechanics of the RTS genre.