Spring is in the air and with it some great deals on all your favorite Age of Empires titles! Enjoy savings on all the Definitive Edition games, plus maybe pick up a copy of a DLC or two! Don’t miss your chance and take advantage of the Spring Sale now through March 21st at 10:00 AM PDT (1:00 PM ET / 17:00 UTC).

Only a few more hours left for the New Year, New Age Sale on Steam - there's no better time to complete your collection. From now until February 29th at 10am PT, almost everything in the Age of Empires catalogue is up to 50% off. Go on, treat yourself.

Did you miss it? We just recently announced at our New Year, New Age broadcast that we’ll be bringing Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition players another DLC at the end of 2024!

Whilst we can’t spill all of the details at this point, Director of Production Earnest Yuen was able to sneak in a couple of spoilers…

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With such a fantastic roster of titles, there’s never been a better time to complete your Age of Empires collection! We’re celebrating our 50 million players with a New Year, New Age Sale on Steam. From today until February 29th, almost everything in the Age of Empires catalogue is up to 50% off. Go on, treat yourself.

We on the Age of Empires team want to say a huge thank you to our 50 million players around the world. 2023 was a huge year for our games and our community. We wanted to share a look at what there is to look forward to in 2024, and we’ve just wrapped our New Year, New Age show which did just that. If you watched, thank you for joining us! If you weren’t able to join us live, or you just want a reminder of all the things we covered, here’s a rundown of what’s coming this year.

• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition new DLC – Victors and Vanquished – coming March 14th
  
• Age of Mythology: Retold coming to Xbox and PC in 2024
  
• Age of Empires Mobile first look
  
• New Year, New Age Sale with games and DLC up to 50% off
  
• Age of Empires IV update and Season 7 coming early Spring
  
• New Year, New Age login reward for Age of Empires IV available now
  
• Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition free to play now! New DLC coming end of 2024
  
• Red Bull Wololo: El Reinado coming later this year

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition had a landmark year in 2023 with the addition of the Return of Rome and The Mountain Royals expansions. More than four years after launch, the game continues to grow. Telling more stories from the world’s rich history as well as bringing more civilizations to play.

The next chapter for Age of Empires II: DE will be the single player focused DLC Victors and Vanquished, coming March 14th. Introduced in today’s show by its Creator, Ramsey Abdulrahim, this DLC will be like no other we’ve made before for AoE II: DE. Victors and Vanquished features 19 epic scenarios. Your strategy and choices will decide your fate: will you emerge as the ultimate victor, or fall as the vanquished? You’ll play as Ragnar Lothbrok, Oda Nobunaga, Charlemagne and more. Each scenario features professional voice acting, new music, achievement and the quality you’d expect from an official Age of Empires scenario.

Pre-Order Now!
Victors and Vanquished will be launching soon, and you can pre-order today and receive a 15% discount! Victors and Vanquished comes to Steam on March 14th 2024.

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Age of Mythology: Retold is another title that got its debut at our 25th anniversary. Since then, we’ve continued to develop this exciting reimagining of fan favorite Age of Mythology.

Today Art Director Melinda Rose gave players worldwide their first look at Retold via three in-game units, brought to life through amazing AR technology. Showcasing Medusa, Pegasus and Cerberus from the Greek pantheon, Melinda took us through how each unit has been updated, given completely new art and even had gameplay tweaks that will intensify their strengths and unique powers making them even more important in your strategy. They will be stronger, faster, bigger and bolder.

We are also beyond thrilled to announce that players do not have long to wait. Age of Mythology: Retold is coming to Steam in 2024 and is available to wishlist now!

If you want more information about what we showed today, be sure to follow the Age of Mythology social channels and visit http://www.ageofempires.com/.

• Age of Mythology on X
  
• Age of Mythology on Facebook[www.facebook.com]
  
• Age of Mythology on Instagram[www.instagram.com]

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At our 25th anniversary event we announced Age of Empires Mobile and we’ve been getting questions from intrigued and excited players ever since.

Today we’re so excited to unveil this partnership with the fantastic team at TiMi Studio Group, who are bringing this brand-new Age of Empires world to life. Age of Empires Mobile is a mobile war strategy game where players will embark on an exhilarating adventure and forge unbreakable bonds with friends. Featuring rich real-time controls, stunning visuals and historical heroes on grand battlefields, this addition to the franchise has so much to offer.

The game features elements from Age of Empires games, merged with brand-new and mobile-specific gameplay. You’ll engage in strategic resource management, develop unique technologies and train diverse armies to build and defend your kingdom.

In the New Year New Age show, we premiered the first gameplay trailer for Age of Empires Mobile as well as a behind the scenes look with the team at TiMi Studio Group.

You can pre-register now for Age of Empires Mobile on iOS and Google Play. For more information about the game, visit http://www.aoemobile.com/.

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With such a fantastic roster of titles, there’s never been a better time to complete your Age of Empires collection! We’re celebrating our 50 million players with a New Year, New Age Sale on Steam! From today until the 29th of February, almost everything in the Age of Empires catalogue is up to 50% off. Go on, treat yourself.

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In November, we launched the best-selling Age of Empires expansion of all time, The Sultans Ascend, for Age of Empires IV. We’re so thrilled to see players enjoying the content, which included two new civs, four variant civs, and all new campaign, ten new maps and two new biomes.

If you haven’t yet experienced The Sultans Ascend, it’s available now! Buy now and receive a 10% discount for a limited time.

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Today we announced that Age of Empires IV will receive its next major update. Coming in early Spring, it will also mark the launch of Season 7.

As an added thank you to our players, if you log in to the game now, you’ll be able to earn a limited time New Year, New Age reward!

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Our partners and friends at Red Bull gave us the great honor today to announce that their next Age of Empires event, Red Bull Wololo: El Reinado will be coming in 2024!
Whilst we’re not ready to share the details just yet, we recommend subscribing to Age of Empires and Red Bull Gaming channels to be sure you don’t miss information when we share it in the not-too-distant future.

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One final announcement for the show was that we’ll be bringing Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition players another DLC at the end of 2024!

Whilst we can’t spill all of the details at this point, Director of Production Earnest Yuen was able to sneak in a couple of spoilers…

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In 2023 Age of Empires:

• Launched two titles on Xbox consoles and cloud
  
• Released the best-selling Age of Empires expansion of all time, The Sultans Ascend for Age of Empires IV
  
• Released the two fastest selling Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition DLC ever, Return of Rome and The Mountain Royals
  
• Managed 51 game updates
  
• Our players performed 200 million Wololos, built 350 million castles and employed 1.5 billion valiant scout sheep

It was truly the biggest year for Age of Empires yet! Thank you to over 50 million players worldwide who have joined us on our journey so far.

We have so much lined up for 2024 and can’t wait to bring you along with us.

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That’s the rundown of the show! Head to the Age of Empires YouTube channel if you want to rewatch any of what we showed today.

A heartfelt thank you to each and every one who’s played Age of Empires so far. It’s your love and passion that has kept this franchise going for the last 26 years and we can’t wait for these new chapters in our epic story in 2024.

Welcome trailblazers to another exciting update for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition! While there are plenty of notable fixes and features in today’s update, you can look forward to lots of bug fixes, balance updates, plus a few things we’ve tweaked to make your gameplay experience stellar.

💬 DISCUSS: Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition Forum
🗣 JOIN: The Age of Empires Official Discord[discord.gg]

[h4]This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming! [/h4]

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Game

Stability and Performance

• Fixed an issue with the Hero Cosmetic rewards not being unlocked for some players.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game could crash when picking up treasure if the player name contains a % character.

UI

• Added legacy hotkeys for units in Blockhouses, Grenadiers in Barracks, Ordinance Riflemen and Karelian Jaegers.
  
• Cards of Salteadores are now colored green to use another color from Chinacos and Soldados.
  
• Added new icons for recently added team cards.
  
• Updated the icons of the Japanese Attack cards for Samurai, Yumi, Ashigaru and Yabusame.
  
• Fixed the dark player color in the Ram icon.
  
• Fixed the head size in the Wokou Ronin and Masterless Samurai icon.
  
• Fixed the Inspiring Flag’s icon when returning from Mexican revolutions.
  
• Fixed the Guerilla Tactics icon in the Yucatan revolution.
  
• Fixed the outdated Observers card tooltip in the Yucatan revolution.

Sound

• The following cards now play a jingle upon arrival:
  
  • Marvelous Year (Spanish)
    
  • British Grenadiers (British)
• Georgian Hussars (Russians): Now speak Georgian.

Graphics

• Mounted Riflemen now display swords while in the melee stance.
  
• Masterless Samurai now wear a brown robe to be distinguishable from Wokou Ronin.
  
• Upgraded Spies now wear a historical mask.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Jesuit Church skin not always showing up correctly for the Ethiopians.

[h4]This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming! [/h4]

[www.ageofempires.com]

:alertalert: DISCLAIMER

This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.
For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

It’s a new year and a time to reset, reflect and think about what the next few months has in store.

Here on the Age of Empires team, we’ve got a LOT lined up for 2024. Instead of trying to summarize it in a lengthy blog post, we decided to make a show of it! We’re excited to announce the “New Year, New Age” livestream on February 23rd at 10:00 am PT (1:00 pm ET / 18:00 UTC).

With so much to come in 2024, we want to show our players around the world what to expect from the Age of Empires franchise this year. We’ll be revealing more information on some of our most anticipated titles for 2024 – so expect to see a sneak peek of Age of Mythology: Retold and a first look at Age of Empires Mobile. If you’re eager to know what’s next for our games already in your library, don’t worry, we’ll have updates for those titles too.

• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition: We’ll reveal a brand-new campaign-focused expansion and an extended look at exclusive gameplay.
  
• Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition: After giving our players a new way to play for free in 2023, we are excited to reveal a new DLC with new civilizations.
  
• Age of Empires IV: Coming off our best-selling expansion ever with The Sultans Ascend, we will share updates on an upcoming brand-new season and a new in-game reward.
  
• Age of Empires Mobile: TiMi Studio Group, the award-winning developer, will share a first-time look at gameplay and give us a behind the scenes look into their studio. The team will share their passion for Age of Empires and their vision to bring the franchise to new and existing fans alike.
  
• Age of Mythology: Retold: The team will take us behind the curtain in the studio to show how they are developing this beloved game for a new, modern experience. Fans can expect a unique unveiling of a few mythological creatures that you won’t want to miss.

Lastly, making a return appearance after hosting our 25th anniversary show, Welyn, will be streaming the event on his Twitch channel. He’ll give his expert impressions and reactions to all the news, reveals, teases and gameplay.

Mark your calendars for February 23rd at 10:00 am PT to watch on the channels listed below:

• Welyn’s Twitch[www.twitch.tv]
  
• Age of Empires Twitch [www.twitch.tv]
  
• Age of Empires YouTube
  
• Age of Empires Steam Page
  
• https://www.ageofempires.com/

We’re so grateful to get to spend another year bringing established and new players all over the world more Age of Empires content. We hope you’ll join us at New Year, New Age as we take a look at what’s to come.

Stay tuned to Age of Empires channels for more details about the show over the next coming weeks.

See you there!

For more Age of Empires information, visit http://www.ageofempires.com

Hello Explorers!

Looking to see what's ahead for our next update? Then look no further as we have just enabled the Public Update Preview Program for our January Update.

Jump in to get an early look at the upcoming changes, see which bugs have been addressed, and help make our release even better by helping us find any last minute issues and lending your voice to our forums.

More information on January's Public Update Preview Program can be found here: https://steamproxy.net/app/933110/discussions/5/4146194159908028558/


Details on how to participate in the Public Update Preview Program can be found here: https://steamproxy.net/games/933110/announcements/detail/3061863764824320236

Please join us in strengthening the quality of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition by sharing your voice on the official 🛠 Public Update Preview forums. (Note that you must own the game and login to Steam to access the PUP forum.) We’re definitely listening, and looking for every opportunity to make this the game you love to play! :)

- The World's Edge Team

It's lovely weather to browse the Steam Winter Sale together with you! 🎵 Snag up to 75% savings on the Age of Empires franchise.

Don’t wait – sale ends January 4th at 10 AM PT (18:00 UTC).

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