Age of Empires: Definitive Edition News

Want to win a pre-order copy of the newly released Age of Empires: Definitive Edition on Steam or the Microsoft Store?

Throughout the week of Gamescom (August 20 – 24), we will be giving away keys to members of the official Age of Empires Discord, for followers of Age of Empires on Twitter, and during our weekly livestream this Thursday, August 22.

Be sure to join and follow our official channels so you don't miss a single giveaway!

• Age of Empires on Discord
• Age of Empires on Twitter
• Age of Empires on Mixer

Toss us a follow, come say hello, and join the rest of the Age community in celebrating the return of Age of Empires! (And be sure to stick around for more key giveaways in the future!)

Wololo!

—The Age of Empires Team

Hello knights of the Age of Empires: Definitive Edition! It's been less than a day since the official release of the Definitive Edition on Steam, and the whole community has been awesome at working with us and highlighting the biggest issues impacting your experience. Today's build contains a handful of fixes for some of the biggest and most glaring issues that cropped up with the release build over the past day. Give them a read and let us know if you continue to have issues!

In the meantime, keep taking notes of any issues you encounter; we'll be visiting the Steam boards and official Age of Empires forum to see what crops up:

• Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Forum
• Official Age of Empires Forums

Remember that you can also join us on Discord to organize games, troubleshoot issues, and interact with the outstanding Age of Empires community!

Enjoy the update!

AGE OF EMPIRES: DEFINITIVE EDITION - UPDATE 28218

• Fixed an issue where the game would halt due to anti-virus checks.
  
• Fixed several issues with duplicate region names and region-selection not behaving as expected.
  

• Fixed a issue on the campaign completion screens which would cause the text to be overwritten by the statistics buttons.
  

• Fixed a crash caused when closing the post-game statistics screen if a spectator was present.
  
• Improved the behavior of the lobby browser when refreshing the list.
  

We’re happy to announce the arrival of Age of Empires: Definitive Edition on Steam — now featuring cross-network play between the Windows 10 and Steam platforms. We believe that if you’re a fan of Age of Empires, you’re a part of our family, and that means we want you all playing together, no matter where you choose to game from.

Purchase Age of Empires: Definitive Edition on Steam

For more information, visit the official announcement over on Xbox Wire.

We’ll see you on the battlefield!