Hello, good day, and happy March, trailblazers! We’re back with new and wild frontiers for you to explore in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition!
This month’s release heralds a massive list of improvements to the game: with fixes and new features, tweaks to every playable civ in the game, and a ton of quality-of-life additions to keep things fresh! Here’s a small taste of what’s in store:
- NEW! Resources per Minute can now be toggled and displayed in the UI!
- NEW! View the range of your units with a new Attack Range Indicator option!
- Player Civilization Flags are now displayed on the in-game scoreboard
- Loads of stability and performance improvements, particularly for low-end machines
- UI updates GALORE, including a new chat system and numerous tech tree overhauls
- Improved invite system for inviting your friends, recent friends, clan friends, and cross-platform friends!
- Significant overhaul to the modding system, including the ability to use certain mods in ranked matches and custom games
- …and so much more!
The team’s focus is very much on improving the quality of life of the game while ensuring that it is more and more accessible to a larger audience, and this release takes some big steps in that direction. Where do we go from here? Well, we’ve got some really exciting stuff happening behind-the-scenes that we can’t wait to share with you, and (as always), we’re following your conversations and commentary over on our official channels:
Keep that discussion coming, enjoy today’s release, let us know what you think, and we’ll see you on the battlefield!
—The Age of Empires Team
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Please note that custom mods may not be compatible with the latest game update. If you are experiencing issues launching or playing the game after downloading the new build, try disabling your installed mods before trying again.
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