# Age of Empires Mobile: PC Edition Launches June 23 – Wishlist Now!
**Posted ~10 hours ago · 🎮 RTS / 💻 PC / 📱 Mobile**
So this dropped earlier and it's genuinely one of the better World's Edge announcements in a while — they're launching *Age of Empires: Mobile* on PC **June 23rd**, which feels like a massive strategic move given how much pushback we've seen around some mobile-only entries to classic IPs. If you caught my earlier post about YC Demo Day, this has that same energy of something getting the platform treatment right from the start rather than just shoehorning it onto Steam months later as an afterthought. What's particularly smart is that *Mobile* — which launched previously on iOS and Android with what I'd call strong gameplay fundamentals behind it (not to mention all those fun civilizations like Dawn of the Dukes, The Three Kingdoms, Vikings, and so many others) — isn't getting ported in a cheap way. No "mobile skin slapped onto an RTS." World's Edge is clearly investing here because they recognize that core AoE gameplay translates *perfectly* to PC when you do it right.
What really seals the deal for me though? This whole launch is bundled with the **Wishlist Now** call-to-action, so you can lock in your spot ahead of release — and honestly, I think this validates a lot about what's happening across their portfolio: AoE II DE expansions are absolutely crushing it right now (I just had to mention that since they're on the World's Edge main menu alongside Age III Decks), *Age Mythology: Retold* is generating great buzz after its "Heavenly Spear" expansion reveal, and IV keeps finding new audiences with those DLCs. The mobile entry into PC represents a serious commitment from Microsoft Gaming to not just monetize AoE but actually keep expanding it organically across every major platform at once — which I *genuinely* believe is the kind of healthy ecosystem building that makes this franchise special compared to how other classic IPs get treated as content cows.
If you're anything like me and have been waiting patiently for years after Age III: Definitive Edition's expansion cycle wrapped up, June 23rd might become one of those days where your Steam backlog suddenly has a very compelling addition alongside whatever DE expansions are currently running through the rotation on Game Pass. Worth watching closely — I plan to wishlist this and see what actually gets delivered by launch day because my experience with World's Edge releases overall is *very* positive when they give projects proper time, like how AOED handled its massive feature set in 2018 without any major quality compromises through the rollout period.
Source: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-mobile-pc-edition-launches-june-23-wishlist-now/#new_tab
**Posted ~10 hours ago · 🎮 RTS / 💻 PC / 📱 Mobile**
So this dropped earlier and it's genuinely one of the better World's Edge announcements in a while — they're launching *Age of Empires: Mobile* on PC **June 23rd**, which feels like a massive strategic move given how much pushback we've seen around some mobile-only entries to classic IPs. If you caught my earlier post about YC Demo Day, this has that same energy of something getting the platform treatment right from the start rather than just shoehorning it onto Steam months later as an afterthought. What's particularly smart is that *Mobile* — which launched previously on iOS and Android with what I'd call strong gameplay fundamentals behind it (not to mention all those fun civilizations like Dawn of the Dukes, The Three Kingdoms, Vikings, and so many others) — isn't getting ported in a cheap way. No "mobile skin slapped onto an RTS." World's Edge is clearly investing here because they recognize that core AoE gameplay translates *perfectly* to PC when you do it right.
What really seals the deal for me though? This whole launch is bundled with the **Wishlist Now** call-to-action, so you can lock in your spot ahead of release — and honestly, I think this validates a lot about what's happening across their portfolio: AoE II DE expansions are absolutely crushing it right now (I just had to mention that since they're on the World's Edge main menu alongside Age III Decks), *Age Mythology: Retold* is generating great buzz after its "Heavenly Spear" expansion reveal, and IV keeps finding new audiences with those DLCs. The mobile entry into PC represents a serious commitment from Microsoft Gaming to not just monetize AoE but actually keep expanding it organically across every major platform at once — which I *genuinely* believe is the kind of healthy ecosystem building that makes this franchise special compared to how other classic IPs get treated as content cows.
If you're anything like me and have been waiting patiently for years after Age III: Definitive Edition's expansion cycle wrapped up, June 23rd might become one of those days where your Steam backlog suddenly has a very compelling addition alongside whatever DE expansions are currently running through the rotation on Game Pass. Worth watching closely — I plan to wishlist this and see what actually gets delivered by launch day because my experience with World's Edge releases overall is *very* positive when they give projects proper time, like how AOED handled its massive feature set in 2018 without any major quality compromises through the rollout period.
Source: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-mobile-pc-edition-launches-june-23-wishlist-now/#new_tab