Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition News

Age of Empires IV: Festival of Ages - Now Live!

Our first major update of 2022 is now available, bringing with it Ranked Seasons, the Content Editor beta (and Mods!), Seasonal Events, Major Balance changes, as well as a ton of quality-of-life changes to Age of Empires IV!

Celebrate alongside us in our Season One update to Age of Empires IV: Festival of Ages!

Season One Overviews

Be sure to check out our previous posts for more information on everything coming to Season One:

Welcome to the Festival of Ages! Age of Empires IV – Season One Update Release Notes Customize Your Battle with the Age of Empires IV Content Editor Beta! All About Seasons in Age of Empires IV

Разработчики Age of Empires IV запускают первый сезон с новым контентом

Разработчики Age of Empires IV поделились информацией о первом сезоне, который начнётся 13 апреля. С указанной даты игроки получат возможность соревноваться в рейтинговых матчах, участвовать в специальных событиях и при этом получать всевозможные награды.

Age of Empires IV – Season One Update Release Notes

We’re thrilled to officially welcome you to Age of Empires IV Season One: Festival of Ages – our first major update of 2022 – launching tomorrow morning, April 7th! As we shared with our updated roadmap, our view for these major updates is that we should be offering something for everyone, so whether you’re a competitive player, a campaign enthusiast or someone who’s eager to get your hands on the Age of Empires IV Content Editor (Beta), we hope you’ll enjoy diving right into our largest set of release notes to date!

Read on to learn more about the new features coming to Age IV tomorrow, how we’re approaching civilization and map balance, and more below! We’ll also spend some time sharing what we learned from our first ever Public Update Preview (PUP) and some of what we have planned following the official release of the Season One update.

As a reminder, we’ve already shared a deep dive on the Content Editor & Mods as well as Ranked Season One, which is set to kick off next week, Wednesday, April 13th, so you’ll have some time to explore these changes before you hit the ranked ladder to demonstrate your prowess and earn rewards!

NOTE: Upon updating to this patch, you will no longer be able to utilize replays from previous updates. At times, saves will also be impacted, though we’ve taken additional steps to ensure your campaign saves are not impacted by this particular update. Skirmish saves from the previous patch are impacted and will no longer be accessible after you update.

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You can find details on these changes and more below!

All About Seasons in Age of Empires IV

Season One: Festival of Ages is upon us!

We’re excited to share our first Season with all of you, so let’s dive in and learn more about what exactly a Season entails.

What is a Season?

Seasons in Age of Empires IV consist of new content and rewards to progress towards and unlock over a set period of time.

Season One: Festival of Ages runs from 10AM PT on April 13th through 10AM PT on June 30th, during which time you will be able to participate in Ranked Seasons, complete Seasonal Events and earn Login Rewards.

Compete in Ranked Matches against fierce opponents throughout the season as you progress through the rankings, forging your path to conquest and triumph.

Demonstrate your strategic prowess as you compete for exclusive rewards.

The Ranked Season covers the entirety of Season One: Festival of Ages, running April 13th through June 30th.

Complete challenges for rewards and show off your accomplishments in your matches.

Numerous events will also take place over the course of Season One: Festival of Ages, each lasting for two weeks long, with a one week break between.

Event 1: April 13 – April 27

Event 2: May 4 – May 18
Stay tuned!

Event 3: May 26 – June 8
Stay tuned!

Event 4: June 15 – June 29
Stay tuned!

When you log in for the first time during each event period (as indicated above) you will receive an exclusive Login Reward. No tricks, no challenges, just log in and it’s yours!

Season One Overviews

Be sure to check out our other blogs on everything that’s coming to Season One:

Season One Overview

Customize Your Battle with the Age of Empires IV Content Editor Beta!

Season One: Festival of Ages is finally here and we’re celebrating with everything related to the beta launch of the Age of Empires IV Content Editor!

What is it?

The Age of Empires IV Content Editor will be your one-stop shop for custom play. Want to create your own highly specialized map? Want to play with a French Knight that’s overpowered to the nth degree? With this tool at your fingertips, you get the complete say on how to play.

With the launch of Season One, the Beta release of the Age of Empires IV Content Editor will allow you to play around with several customization options.

Crafted Maps

Create your own custom map for multiplayer, skirmishes, or custom games with Crafted Maps! Crafted Maps will be the easiest tool to use when customizing your match, containing terrain elements, wildlife, resources, units, and scripted events.

Difficulty Level: Beginner

Tuning Packs

Customize and modify the stats of your units with Tuning Packs! With this tool, you can modify the unit cost, speed, toughness, attacks – and anything else that affects unit behaviour.

Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Generated Maps

Love how maps in the game change each time you play them?

Now you can make your own Generated Maps using the Age of Empires IV

Content Editor Beta. Using the Generated Map mod, you’ll be able to create randomly generated maps that adhere to a set of rules of your choosing, while continuing to offer variation each time you play using our map generator. Get started with our templates and documentation and when you’re ready, put your programming skills to test as you create your own complex maps!

Generated Maps allow you to create randomly generated maps for skirmishes or multiplayer. It differs from Crafted Maps as you create scenarios based on data to nudge the random map generator in a specific direction you choose.

Difficulty Level: Experienced

Game Modes
Game Mode is the ultimate way to script your matches! This is for expert modders, requiring knowledge of both Lua and SCAR (short for SCripting At Relic). Re-write the fundamentals and change behaviours (I.e. Victory conditions) – create an entirely different game within the engine!

Difficulty Level: Expert

Watch the Tutorials

Ready to get started?
Take a look at the detailed tutorials for you on how to navigate and use the official Content Editor:

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Plus stay tuned, as more tutorials will be coming soon!

Season One Overviews

Be sure to check out our other blogs on everything that’s coming to Season One:

Season One Overview