The Era of Classic Game Remasters

Looking at the reasons behind game remasters with a focus on Age of Empires II Definitive Edition

A lot of remastered versions of classic games have been released recently. The biggest was probably Classic World of Warcraft last year with millions of people watching on Twitch for the first week. Other noteworthy ones are Age of Empires II Definitive Edition (2019), Command & Conquer Remastered (2020), StarCraft: Remastered (2017), and WarCraft III: Reforged (2020).