Thanks to everyone who’s joined us in Early Access, as well as started in on climbing the Ranked Season Twelve ladder! We’ve been keeping an eye on your feedback as we’ve been heading into the full release of Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition on PlayStation 5 and the launch of the Dynasties of the East expansion on all platforms. We’re rolling out a small patch today that includes some crash fixes, as well as some fixes for known issues on the PlayStation 5.
Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it is today!
—The Age of Empires Team
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in the Microsoft Store:
- Open the Microsoft Store.
- Click the [∙ ∙ ∙ ] symbol next to your profile picture.
- Select Downloads and updates.
- Press the Get updates button to automatically detect, download, and install the latest changes to your game!
- Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 15.1.7064.
If you are unable to launch the game after downloading the update, make sure you add (or re-add) the Age of Empires IV client or folder as an exception to your firewall and antivirus program. That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in Steam:
- Open Steam.
- Click on Library to see your games list.
- Click Downloads at the bottom of the Library window.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] click the Download Now button to manually download the new update.
- Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 15.1.7064.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in the Xbox App for Windows.
- Open the Xbox app.
- Games that are installed show up on the left side of the app.
- Hover over the game or click it, and then select Update.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] hover over the game, select More Options (…), choose Manage. Under the Files tab, choose the option to Check for Updates.
- Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 15.1.7064.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Thanks to everyone who’s joined us in Early Access, as well as started in on climbing the Ranked Season 12 ladder! We’ve been keeping an eye on your feedback as we’ve been heading into the full release of Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition on PlayStation 5 and the launch of the Dynasties of the East expansion on all platforms. We’re rolling out a small patch today that includes some crash fixes, as well as some fixes for known issues on the PlayStation 5.
- Under the games tab from the PlayStation Home Screen Locate the game and hover over it. Make sure not to select it!
- While hovering over the game press the Pause button (☰) on your controller.
- In the new pop up menu select the Check for Update option.
- If there is a new update available, this will automatically start the download. If your game is on the most recent version, selecting this option will confirm that information for you.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Still having trouble? Visit our support site!
Please Note: As part of updating to this latest build, any saved games and observable matches made on previous builds will be unable to be loaded or replayed.
UX/UI & Menus (Console)
- The “UI Narration” setting no longer resets to default after relaunching the game. If you’re disabling the narrator, you should only have to do so once now.
- Fixed an issue where several in-game settings would reset to default after launching the game in offline mode.
General Changes & Bugfixes
- Introduced fixes for two of our top crashes to improve stability, including:
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash when accessing old Match History.
- Fixed an issue that could lead to a crash on launch.
- Fixed an issue where some map textures were missing or showing up incorrectly on certain maps and biomes on Xbox One consoles.
Investigation
Known Issues
Please note that we are aware of and reviewing other known issues, which can be found at Age of Empires IV Known Issues & Solutions – Age of Empires Support. We wanted to highlight two known issues along with workarounds here:
- Options menu does not recognize L1 or R1 button presses when navigating through menus.
- Workaround: You can double press the L1 or R1 button to continue navigation as planned.
- If you’re still experiencing a crash on launch on Steam following this update, please reach out to support and attempt to download Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 from the Visual Studio website. You can find other steps to try here: The game crashes shortly after it launches or when trying to start a game – Age of Empires Support
Your reports continue being crucial to our prioritization and implementation of fixes and features in the game. Keep them coming!
For other known issues, please visit this page to see what’s being tracked!