Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition News

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition adds the Poles and Bohemians in a new DLC

A new expansion is out now for medieval RTS game Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Dawn of the Dukes includes three new fully voiced campaigns and two new civilisations, the Poles and the Bohemians. The DLC arrives alongside an extensive patch that fixes many of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition's issues with stability and AI.

Dawn of the Dukes is the second official expansion for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, and is focused on central and eastern Europe. Playing as the Poles, you'll find they are a cavalry civilisation that, while lacking the heavy cavalry fielded by their neighbors, could nonetheless win the day thanks to high manoeuverability and organisation. The Bohemians, on the other hand, are a monk and gunpowder civilisation that relies on advanced weaponry and novel tactics to gain the upper hand on more numerous opponents.

The three campaigns cover the stories of Lithuanian princes Algirdas and Kestutis' struggle against the Teutonic Knights, Poland's first female monarch Jadwiga's quest to unite Poland and Lithuania, and legendary Czech general Jan Zizka's fight against the Holy Roman Empire.

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Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition adds new civilisations - the Poles and the Bohemians

Historical RTS Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition has a brand new DLC with two new civilisations for you to play as. Dawn Of The Dukes introduces the Poles, farmers and nobles with great cavalry units and blokes with giant hammers, and the Bohemians, a civilisation of gunpowder and monks with explosive medieval tanks. This is the second decent chunk of newness for the game in six months, which isn't bad for a game that's over 20 years old.

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 10 to Tuesday, August 24

👤 1v1 MAP POOL

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

ARABIA

ARENA

ATACAMA

FOUR LAKES

GHOST LAKE

GREEN LAND

MEGARANDOM

👥 TEAM GAME MAP POOL

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

ARABIA

ARENA

BLACK FOREST

FORTRESS

LOMBARDIA

LOWLAND

MEGARANDOM

NOMAD

TEAM ISLANDS

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition gets 2 new civilizations, 3 new campaigns

While Age of Empires 4 is only months away, its beloved predecessor Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition is still being added to. The Dawn of the Dukes expansion brings the Bohemians and the Poles as playable civilizations with unique units and technologies, as well as three new campaigns...
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Join the Jungle Summer Vacation Event!

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is traveling deep into the heart of the jungle for our next event, the Jungle Summer Vacation!

It's time to get away from the familiar trees of the Black Forest and the heat of the Arabia sands. Put on your adventuring hat, grab a map and a pair of binoculars. Explore the dense jungle and discover all new jungle-themed treasures in this months JUNGLE SUMMER VACATION event!

Unlock a tasty new Trebuchet projectile!
Unlock three new Jungle-Adventure profile icons!
Unlock the Amazon Archer visual replacement for the Arbalester!

New Rewards!

Starting TODAY through August 24th, complete in-game tasks within the time limit to unlock exclusive goodies!

Each of the following challenges must be unlocked in order and on separate days:

🔒 Sign into Xbox Live.
🏆 Unlocks the Swinging Rattan Archer profile icon.
💾 *Required* if you want to save any rewards unlocked during the event!

Each of the following challenges must be unlocked in order and on separate days:

🔒 Play a Skirmish or Multiplayer match on the "Amazon Tunnel" map.
🧱[Mod] Replaces all birds with Macaws.

🔒 Play a Skirmish or Multiplayer match as the Burmese, Khmer, Malay or Vietnamese.
🏆 Unlocks the Snake profile icon.

🔒 Construct 6 Trebuchets in any one game. 
🧱[Mod] Trebuchet projectiles replaced with Bunches of Bananas.

🔒 Reach the Feudal Age in 14 minutes or faster in any one game.
🏆 Unlocks the Boar Wearing Sunglasses profile icon.

🔒 Play a Skirmish or Multiplayer match as the Aztecs, Incas or Mayans.
🧱[Mod] Visually replaces the Arbalester with the Amazon Archer.

Keep It All!

Remember: if you sign in to Xbox Live during the event, you’ll get to keep all of the mods and profile icons you’ve achieved! Sign in, earn your rewards, and enjoy!

We hope you enjoy this the Jungle Summer Vacation event!

—The Age of Empires Team