Age of Mythology: Retold News

Today’s patch is aimed at addressing stability and performance issues, important balance changes, and a few significant campaign changes. Thank you for playing and keep the feedback coming!

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

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Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Mythology: Retold a success thus far!

—The Age of Mythology Team
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        ◆ Update 17.27932 ◆

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Game

[h3]Stability & Performance[/h3]

• Fixes for many of the most commonly experienced and reported crashes.
  
• Fixes for some situations that would lead to an out-of-sync state.
  
• Minor performance improvements throughout gameplay.
  
• Now playable on Microsoft Store with the ROG Ally, Legion Go, and when using a wireless Xbox 360 controller.
  
• Many other minor fixes and improvements, with more to come from your continued player feedback!

Developer’s note: Thank you to everyone submitting Bugsplat reports! Consistently submitting Bugsplat reports every time you encounter a crash helps us to improve everyone’s stability and experience as quickly as possible.

[h3]Localization[/h3]

• Updates for localized strings.
  
• Additional updates to Localized Voice Over content.

[h3]Achievements[/h3]

• Fixes for achievement tracking while offline.
  
• Achievement criteria fixed for Annihilation, Poseidon’s Revolt, and Centum Centauri.

[h3]Graphics[/h3]

• Fixed visuals that would flicker after finishing a match to show an outdated state.

[h3]Audio[/h3]

• Battle cry sounds are properly played when using Boost abilities.

[h3]UI[/h3]

• The Technology Tree is now accessible from the Learn tab.
  
• Minor updates to how stats are shown in the compendium.

[h3]Hotkeys[/h3]

• Sky Passage foundations can no longer eject units using a hotkey.

[h3]Controller/Xbox[/h3]

• Additional places added to access Xbox Live profiles when interacting with social features.
  
• Command panel will refresh when swapping between input modes.
  
• Controller UI will now hide the age-up button at the maximum age.
  
• Improved visibility of controller selection marquee over water.
  
• Various controller UI Radial menu improvements.
  
• Minor contextual improvements for D-pad Quick Find.
  
• Players using controllers can now target units in the Fog of War.
  
• Build menus and gameplay should now properly respond to controller inputs when connected via Bluetooth.

[h2]Ongoing...[/h2]
[h3]Investigation[/h3]
As always, we are continuing to track issues reported by the community for future updates.

For other known issues, please visit this page to see what’s being tracked!

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

[h3]:alertalert: DISCLAIMER[/h3]This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.

For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

Not only did you all become Mythic this week, you became LEGENDARY. 🔱

Our teams are hard at work logging all your reports and looking to release a patch next week.

Thank you so much for playing, we hope you're enjoying Age of Mythology: Retold!
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Today is the global launch for Age of Mythology: Retold and we couldn’t be more excited. 22 years since the original game became legend, this project has been a complete labor of love by all involved. We have such passion for the game, the potential of mythology for epic stories and the chaos you can create when armed with god powers.

We are so thankful to established and new players alike who’ve played so far. Today we open up the game to everyone and can’t wait to see the adventures you have. As we celebrate this moment, we want to hear from you. Share your stories, your memories, and what you’d like to see us change and balance as we grow the game. We’ll be listening.

Prostagma! Age of Mythology: Retold is now available! Ready to get mythic? Play the Greek, Egyptian, Norse and Atlantean pantheons, all the missions, and all the fun today!

[h2]Ready to get Mythic? Buy Now![/h2]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1934680/Age_of_Mythology_Retold/

New to Age of Mythology: Retold, and unsure where to start? Check out our full launch overview to help you dive in where suits you best!

To our amazing players around the world,

Hi. This is Earnest Yuen, Senior Director of Production at World’s Edge. As we are hours away from the global launch of Age of Mythology: Retold, it feels like another significant moment for this franchise we all love so much.

Since 2018, we have been pushing the Age franchise forward. With Definitive Editions that brought back the games you know and love, to a new chapter in Age of Empires IV, eleven expansions and so many updates I’ve lost track. And now, today, we’re entering a new era with the release of Age of Mythology: Retold.

Every time we released a new game, a new expansion, we heard from you loud and clear on: “What about Age of Mythology?”, “When is it our turn?”. We’d always wanted to revisit Age of Mythology and finally were able to reveal at the franchise’s 25th anniversary that that time had come, Retold was in the works!

Age of Mythology holds a special place in the hearts of many of us working on Retold. Many of us got to play (and wowed!) by it shortly after the magical Y2K time (so nostalgic), some of us in our childhood bedrooms, college dorms, internet cafes and more. The mythological theme allowed for so much chaos, so much fun, so much mythological power.

When it came to retelling those stories, those legends, we wanted to recreate the game as you remembered it. When we think back to our formative gaming experiences, those rose tinted glasses really take effect and we remember the fantastic graphics, the slick gameplay and emotive music. But, the technology of 2002 limited what the game could be. We’re blessed in 2024 with the ability to take all the potential of the original game and push it to the max. We’ve heard from many of you that you think Retold is our most beautiful game yet. From art, to music, to unit design, to balance, to god powers, we’ve looked at every element of the game and thought about how we could create the most fun. Thank you lovely Age of Myth players, reading the positive feedback really helped our team’s morale and make us want to push even further for our fans.

There is so much to be excited about with Age of Mythology: Retold. It’s the franchise’s only game with mythological pantheons, with super weapons, with lightning storms and laser crocs and titans. In what other game can you live out the fantasy of Odin going up against Ra? In the last few months I’ve had the honor of getting to meet with press and players to talk about the game and I hope that I’ve been able to represent the excitement and passion the team has for bringing this game to all of you.

Advanced Access has been a great way to start this launch journey for Retold. We’ve been able to hear even earlier than usual what you like, what we need to improve and where we should spend time on creating fixes. The team has already managed to get out one game update to improve the experience and we’re readying our next.

I’m so grateful for the team we have. As you know, World’s Edge act as the stewards of the franchise and we’re fortunate to work with development partners around the world to bring you these games. Many of those developers have grown up with the franchise and are now the people determining its future. It’s a great honor to have that responsibility and opportunity and we’re all so grateful to do what we do. Huge thank you to everyone who has and continue to work diligently on bringing the best Age of Mythology to the world, including everyone at World’s Edge studio and our awesome partners at Forgotten Empires, Tantalus, CaptureAge, Virtuos and many others, as well as everyone who worked on the original Age of Mythology. You are all my heroes. Your passion and craftmanship is why we get to have this game in the world.

With just a few hours to go until the game is available everywhere, I wanted to speak on behalf of the team and thank you for loving Age of Mythology. Thank you for pushing for it to get its moment in the spotlight. With expansions and game modes and updates to come, we’re really just getting started. And we’re so thrilled that you’re coming on this journey with us. Now let’s play some Age of Mythology: Retold!

Earnest and the Age of Mythology: Retold Team