Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition News

It’s that time again! Visit the official Age of Empires forum to vote for your Ranked map pool for the next two weeks.

[h3]1v1 Random Maps[/h3]
✔ ARABIA
✔ ARENA
✔ ISLANDS
✔ MEGARANDOM

[h3]Team Games[/h3]
✔ ARABIA
✔ ARENA
✔ BLACK FOREST
✔ MOUNTAIN RIDGE
✔ NOMAD
✔ TEAM ISLANDS

To participate in the community ranked map pool vote, you will need to login to the official Age forum using your free Microsoft account. Then, click the images below to jump to this week’s polls.

:alertalert: Polls are open until NOON Pacific on Sunday, AUGUST 23 (or 3:00p Eastern / 19:00 UTC), so be sure to cast your vote and check back to see which maps emerge victorious!

Are you ready for the Red Bull Wololo II Main Event? The Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition 1v1 online tournament is back with the upcoming finals pitting the best of the best against each other in a fierce battle for supremacy—and you can watch all the action live!

Players compete on a custom version of Empire Wars: a game mode that starts each civilization with a small town and active economy during the second Age. This results in a faster start and plenty of action, guaranteeing high-level, innovative gameplay and incredible competitive strategies.

As for the competitors: eight winners from the recent qualifiers—four from each of the two qualifying weekends—are set to join eight pro players to battle it out for the $30,000 prize, with the finals taking place from August 20th to the 23rd.

With some unbelievable talent on show, you won’t want to miss a moment—and you can stream the whole event on the official Red Bull Twitch and YouTube channels.

INVITED:

• TheViper
  
• Hera
  
• MbL
  
• DauT
  
• Liereyy
  
• Mr_Yo
  
• TaToH
  
• LaaaaaN
  

QUALIFIERS:

• ACCM
  
• Capoch
  
• Dogao
  
• Miguel
  
• Nicov
  
• TheMax
  
• Villese
  
• Vinchester
  

Watch the event live on the official Red Bull Twitch and YouTube channels with your hosts Zero Empires, T90Official, Nili_Aoe, and Dave_Aoe leading us through all the action.

• Thursday, August 20 @ 13 GMT: Round of 16
• Friday, August 21 @ 13 GMT: Round of 16
• Saturday, August 22 @ 13 GMT: Quarterfinals
• Sunday, August 23 @ 13 GMT: Semifinals & Grand Final

[h3]👉 Watch on twitch.tv[/h3]
[h3]👉 Watch on YouTube[/h3]

Here is the latest Ranked Map Rotation as determined by the developer picks and community vote. For the next two weeks, you’ll be able to pick from the new set of maps listed below!

Map pools as of: 6p Pacific (9p ET / 20:00 UTC / 22:00 CEST) on Tuesday, August 11 to Tuesday, August 25

This week's 1v1 Community Map Picks are in BOLD.

This week's TG Community Map Picks are in BOLD.

WHAT: Server Maintenance (Matchmaking Servers)
WHEN: Tuesday, August 11 @ 2:00p PT / 5:00p ET / 21:00 UTC (Countdown)
EST. DOWNTIME: 1-2 HOURS

[h3]GAMES & PLATFORMS IMPACTED[/h3]

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

[h3]OBJECTIVES[/h3]

• Regular server updates and maintenance.

[h3]DETAILS[/h3]This coming Tuesday, August 11th, the platform team will be taking the multiplayer servers down for regular maintenance. This will prevent the creation of new matches during the down time and disrupt any matches in progress, so we recommend wrapping your games at least 10 minutes before the maintenance window.

[h3]:alertalert: DURING THIS TIME, YOU CAN STILL LAUNCH THE GAME, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MATCHMAKE OR ACCESS ANY ONLINE FEATURES.[/h3]

The downtime is expected to last between 1 and 2 hours. We will update this thread with any changes to the schedule as they arise, as well as the all-clear when the maintenance is complete.

Thank you for your patience!

It’s that time again! Visit the official Age of Empires forum to vote for your Ranked map pool for the next two weeks.

[h3]1v1 Random Maps[/h3]
✔ ARABIA
✔ ARENA
✔ ACROPOLIS
✔ MEDITERRANEAN

[h3]Team Games[/h3]
✔ ARABIA
✔ ARENA
✔ BLACK FOREST
✔ GHOST LAKE
✔ MEGARANDOM
✔ SERENGETI

To participate in the community ranked map pool vote, you will need to login to the official Age forum using your free Microsoft account. Then, click the images below to jump to this week’s polls.

:alertalert: Polls are open until NOON Pacific on Sunday, August 9th (or 3:00p Eastern / 19:00 UTC), so be sure to cast your vote and check back to see which maps emerge victorious!