Considering the recent IPs acquisitions, how could be the future for AoE4 and the Franchise?

Age of Empires IV IV - Discussion
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Considering the recent IPs acquisitions, how could be the future for AoE4 and the Franchise?

Well you probably did hear by now the news, MS did buy quite a lot of IPs.

We have now Empire Earth, Lords of the Realm, Lords of Magic: Legends of Urak, Ground Control, World in Conflict, Dark Reign, NetStorm: Islands At War, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, Star Trek: Armada, Warcraft and Starcraft. And probably way more RTS IPs.

So what does it mean for AoE4 and other possible games from MS-Relic cooperation?

Will MS let Relic make sequels for all of them?

I can quite imagine Warcraft 4 by Relic, if Microsoft lets them first make Age of mythology 2.
Or why not Starcraft 3, after let Relic make Rise of Nations 2 and Empire Earth 4 ?

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I’m not sure about the rest, but I’m positive more content for wow and SC2 are coming. Perhaps even SC3 at some point.