Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition News

Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition is teaming up with Minecraft Legends for a one-of-a-kind crossover event. Standing on Steam as one of the greatest strategy games of all time, Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition just announced the iconic collaboration by detailing what changes and rewards players can expect to see during the event. This is the first time developers Forgotten Empire and Mojang have worked together, marking an important moment for both fandoms as well as the community shared between them.

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[h2]            🤍June 27 – July 11🤍[/h2]

1. On the main menu, click the Profile Icon next to your name.
   
2. You should now be in the Profile Icons tab under Collections.
   
3. Select your favorite icon, then click the Select Icon button to lock in your choice.
   
4. You’re done!
   

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[h2]Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition[/h2]

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• Romans enabled for Ranked Play!
  
• Minecraft Legends event!
  
• Bug fixes based on your feedback!
  
• Balance changes!

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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[h2]Minecraft Legends Event[/h2]

[h3]                🤍June 27th – July 11th🤍[/h3]

Hello and welcome to the monthly Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Event!

This month we have some strange invaders coming from another game: Minecraft Legends!

A portal has been opened and hordes of Piglins and Creepers are already attacking our poor villagers, it’s time to fight back!

We hope you enjoy this particular event, good luck have fun.

New Rewards!

TODAY through July 11th, complete the in-game tasks within the time limit to unlock exclusive rewards!


[h3]Event F.A.Q.[/h3]

🢂 Q: Do I have to complete the challenges on consecutive days?
[expand]While challenges don’t have to be completed on consecutive days, only one challenge can be completed per day.

This means that you will need to play at least five different days to complete all of the challenges.
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🢂 Q: When is the last day I can complete the daily challenges?
[expand]The Minecraft Legends Event concludes July 11th.
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🢂 Q: What do I do if I accidentally unsubscribe from a special mod?
[expand]No problem! All you need to do is click your Profile Icon on the main menu, select Event Mods (under Collection), and then check the unlocked event mod you want to enable!
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🢂 Q: How do I change my profile icon?
[expand]You can update your profile icon in your profile:

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2. You should now be in the Profile Icons tab under Collections.
   
3. Select your favorite icon, then click the Select Icon button to lock in your choice.
   
4. You’re done!
   

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🢂 Q: How do I download and enable mods?
[expand]For information about how to subscribe to and prioritize your mods, visit this article.
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[h2]Message from the Dev Team[/h2]
After last months brief May/June overview from the development team, we wanted to follow up with a quick message from them about some great new additions coming to our game on the server side. These will be live TODAY. Our dev team will have more to share in the coming months about new features that are work in-progress, server-side updates, and more!

[h3]API Match History Privacy[/h3]
We’ve made a small, but significant, change to our match history API. This makes it so games that are marked as non-observable (no spectators allowed) cannot be found through third-party services. This helps tournament contestants train privately to ensure their strategies don’t leak and so they don’t get spied upon before a tournament.

In order to hide your match, simply set your multiplayer lobby’s visibility to private, or uncheck the ‘Allow Spectators’ box.

[h3]Matchmaking Speed[/h3]
We’ve heard your complaints about long queue times and have taken action to shorten them! This change will affect everyone whose queue times are shorter than 7 minutes. On average, you’ll notice a queue time reduction of around 20 to 30 seconds (20 seconds around the 1000 ELO mark, 30 seconds for the higher and lower ELOs).

After evaluating our initial results, we may tweak this a little further to shorten it by 45 seconds to a minute!

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.

• Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (Steam / Microsoft Store)
  
• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Steam / Microsoft Store)
  
• Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (Steam / Microsoft Store)
  
• Age of Empires IV (Steam / Microsoft Store)
  

• Routine server updates and maintenance.

• Ranked matchmaking will disabled exactly one hour before the maintenance window to prevent disruption to newly-formed matches.
  
  
• Any matches still in progress at the start of the maintenance window will be disrupted when it begins.
  
  
• DURING THE MAINTENANCE WINDOW, YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE GAME, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MATCHMAKE OR ACCESS ANY ONLINE FEATURES.