The next game in the "Age of Empires" series, which has a history of nearly 30 years, is under development and is suspected to use Epic's Unreal 5 engine.This means that the company will abandon the Essence engine and Bang engine used in Age of Empires 4 and Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition respectively.

According to multiple job postings posted on Microsoft's official website, Xbox Game Studios is "working hard to continue the great legacy of Age of Empires."As development continues, World’s Edge, the studio behind Age of Empires IV, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, and Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, is hiring for two positions that require the use of Unreal Engine.

The two positions, Pricing Unreal Engine Engineer and Senior Unreal Engine Engineer, require candidates to have "a background in all aspects of Unreal Engine game development and experience leading external resources."