Quinn Duffy, design director of Age of Empires 4, announced his departure from the studio after 24 years at Relic Entertainment.
“In Relic, I was passionate about both history and the type of real-time strategy. So I can’t tell you how exciting it is for me to help create the new game in this beloved and icomic series,” Duffy says. Quinn Duffy was appointed design director of Real-Time Strategy games in 2021 after many years at Relic.
Relic Entertainment is now listed as one of the best representatives of the GZS genre. Relic, who has also developed famous series such as Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, recently produced one of the most successful examples of the genre with Age of Empires 4.
It’s unclear how Duffy will go after that, but he has yet to comment. But given how much he loves the species, he’ll probably find himself in a similar position again.
