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Cysion

Bert Beeckman, also known by his gaming name Cysion, is the Belgian founder and currently the CEO of Forgotten Empires.

Cysion led the design and development of all HD Edition expansions, and now acts as the production head for the team. He created an unofficial Forgotten Empires mod, and later the HD Edition and The Forgotten. This wave of resurgence was also followed by Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon and all the Definitive Editions, including Age of Mythology: Retold.

Projects and contributions[]

Game Time Contribution
Age of Empires II: Forgotten Empires 2012 Lead designer and developer
Led to found the company
Aoe2 hb Age of Empires II: HD Edition and expansions 2013-18 Lead designer and developer
Incas AoE2 Incas 2013 Gave male voice lines for units
Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon 2015 Lead designer and developer
Age of Empires Definitive Edition icon Age of Empires: Definitive Edition 2017-18 Lead designer
Production
AoEIIDE icon Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and expansions 2017-23 Lead designer
Production
Age3DE Icon Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition and expansions 2020-23 Lead designer
Production
GameIcon-AoE4 Age of Empires IV 2021-23 Production
In charge of game balance along with his team

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AoE Offical Website 25 year recap at Twitter

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Developers of Age of Empires series
Ensemble Studios Logo
Tony Goodman · Brian Sullivan · Bruce Campbell Shelley · Dave Pottinger · Sandy Petersen · Angelo Laudon · Brad J. Crow · Matt Pritchard · Stephen Rippy · Richard Geldreich
FE Logo White Green Medium
Bert Beeckman · Peter Piepenburg · Alexander Fleger · Matt Pritchard · Richard Geldreich · Atomhawk
Campaign creators
Ramsey Abdulrahim
Other development studios
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