Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 141935

Welcome to THE exciting update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition! We’ve decided the legendarily long patch notes weren’t long enough already, and have decided to include even more changes! You can view these addition changes below. And if you haven’t seen our mammoth patch notes preview already, can read that here!

This is our largest ever update for AoE II: DE, and while there are plenty of notable things to look forward to in the notes below, here’s some of the big highlights:

• Bug fixes based on your feedback!
  
• New Visuals for Castles, Elite Unique Units, Monks and Monasteries!
  
• Technology Tree UI updates!
  
• Balance changes!
  
• New Maps!
  
• New features and content to support:
  
  
  • Random Map Scripting
    
  • Scenario Editor
    
  • Modding

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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Thank you again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it is today!

—The Age of Empires Team
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Game

[h3]Stability & Performance[/h3]

• Improved game performance when using the assisted farm placement feature.
  
  • Note: this change does not affect multiplayer latency behavior.

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Added a new Chicken player profile icon as a reward for playing 175 games.
  
• Changed the name of Mayans civilization to Maya.
  
• Changed the name of Incas civilization to Inca.

[h3]Xbox[/h3]

• Fixed a crash happening when opening the minimap on some Xbox models.
  
• Fixed an issue that was freezing the game when dismissing the Chat & Diplomacy menu whilst viewing a Replay.
  
• Fixed Winged Hussar icon not showing in the Civilization Bonuses section of the Technology Tree for Lithuanians.

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.

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