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When Age of Empires Four was released last year, information technology received nearly universal praise from fans and critics alike. The Microsoft published RTS was hailed as a solid new entry in the series, which brought the jiff of fresh air needed in a sequel. At present, many fans accept been wondering what's next.

Well, it seems that the fourth entry in the series might be making the jump to console. Twitter user @ALumia_Italia, who uses the Insider Hub to follow Microsoft codenames for everything from new games to new builds of Windows, has plant a brand-new mention of the RTS. As you lot can see in the tweet beneath, they accept discovered the codename "XIP_CAR_JANUARY_2022."

Furthermore, as @ALumia_Italia points out, "CAR" is a shortened form for Cardinal, which happened to be Age of Empire IV's codename. They have also theorized that XIP may represent Xbox Insider Program, which coincidentally happens to exist the commencement mention of "XIP" in conjunction with the game'south codename. Previously, the RTS had ever been listed similarly to the Tweet beneath.

Now, porting a game from PC to Xbox would not be a showtime for Microsoft. They did this just last year with Microsoft's Flight Simulator and Gears Tactics, both of which found tremendous success. Therefore, this lateral motility merely makes sense, and it's likely only a thing of fourth dimension before we go the proclamation.