Hello, good day, and HAPPY DECEMBER, explorers!
Thanks for your patience while we pull something big together for you! This month’s update is the first major release to introduce a *slew* of new features and fixes to Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. The team has been working hard on new systems that they’re excited to now share with you, as well as fixes and adjustments requested by all of you (the community) over the past month. They’ve been tinkering with a little of everything for everyone: from game balance and performance improvements to civilization adjustments, AI tweaks (to inject some real strategic thinking into those computer players), and other improvements to make the game better than ever!
While the full changelog can be found below, here’s the abbreviated summary of what’s dropping today:
- Introducing the FIRST Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition Challenge Event!
- New Stockholm (Home City) Customization!
- View players’ Casual Rank on a new hover menu
- New Profile Avatar system to add that *personal* flare when dominating your opponents on the battlefield
- A ton of stability and performance improvements
- The return of the Villager gathering improvements
- Several fixes for units getting stuck in structures and the terrain!
- Balance adjustments to 11 different civilizations
- New map pools!
- New Treaty games in Ranked matchmaking!
- AI training montage: Complete! Rematch Status: Waiting for players…
- …and more!
You can read the full list below while downloading the update on the Microsoft Store and Steam! Once you’ve had the opportunity to play it, we’ll be looking to hear what you think and what you want to see *next* over on our official discussion channels:
We also want to hear if you’re encountering issues following today’s release! If you’ve already tinkered with your antivirus and worked through the troubleshooting steps that have helped others, remember to reach out to our support team for assistance! We’re here to help, and will continue to work with you over the holiday break to get in and enjoying the game.
That’s it for now! As always, there’s *much* more to come in the months to follow! The new year will only bring more good things to Age III: DE, and we hope you’re as excited as we are to go on this journey in 2021!
Happy holidays!
—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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