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Ranked Map Rotation – July 27!



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, July 27 to Tuesday, August 10
👤 1v1 MAP POOL
This week's 1v1 Community Map Picks are in BOLD.
ARABIA
ARENA
CRATER
HIDEOUT
ISLANDS
MARKETPLACE
VALLEY


👥 TEAM GAME MAP POOL
This week's TG Community Map Picks are in BOLD.
ARABIA
ARENA
BALTIC
BLACK FOREST
HIDEOUT
MEADOW
MEGARANDOM
NOMAD
SOCOTRA

Ranked Map Rotation – July 13



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, July 13 to Tuesday, July 27
👤 1v1 MAP POOL
This week's 1v1 Community Map Picks are in BOLD.
ACROPOLIS
AFRICAN CLEARING
ARABIA
ARCHIPELAGO
ARENA
FOUR LAKES
GOLD RUSH


👥 TEAM GAME MAP POOL
This week's TG Community Map Picks are in BOLD.
ARABIA
ARENA
BLACK FOREST
GOLDEN PIT
HILL FORT
MEGARANDOM
MIGRATION
NOMAD
OASIS

VOTE! Your Ranked Map Rotation starting July 13!



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

This Week's Dev Picks
[h3]1v1 Random Maps[/h3]
✔ ARABIA
✔ ARCHIPELAGO
✔ ARENA
✔ GOLD RUSH
[h3]Team Games[/h3]
✔ ARABIA
✔ ARENA
✔ BLACK FOREST
✔ HILL FORT
✔ MEGARANDOM
✔ MIGRATION
Cast Your Vote Now!

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, July 11 (or 3:00p Eastern / 19:00 UTC), so be sure to cast your vote and check back to see which maps emerge victorious!

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition now officially has co-op

Let the people rejoice, for co-op has arrived in the sainted lands of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. The updated version of the classic RTS game will now allow you and a friend to fight side by side through several historical battles, earning glory, honour, and high scores.


Co-op initially arrived in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition in the public update preview branch last month, and Forgotten Empires has been gathering feedback and making tweaks since then. Now the feature is available in the live branch, alongside a nice list of fixes, balance changes, and additions in the latest build.


Overall, the new build should be more stable, and Forgotten Empires says crashes and freezes should be much less likely now. The developer says it's also made several balance changes to civilisations, and many of the adjustments and fixes included in the new patch have come thanks to feedback from users who have participated in the public update preview program - so well done all around.


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Enjoy the Lords of the West Event!



Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is celebrating the month of July and The Lords of the West with a unique Event!

While this Event is active, everyone will be able to play as the Civilizations available in the popular expansion – the Burgundians and the Sicilians! This is true for all players, whether you own Lords of the West or not. The Civs will be playable in Multiplayer or Skirmish matches, and we’re including a fun group of Challenges specific to the Civs alongside some super cool rewards:
  • Grab a spiffy new Statue for your TCs!
  • Enjoy some very unique sand sculptures!
  • Get some cosplay going for your Knights!


New Rewards!
Starting July 6th through July 20th complete the in-game tasks within the time limit to unlock exclusive rewards!

Don’t forget, the first challenge unlocks a new profile icon and is required to save all of your unlocks:

🔒 Sign into Xbox Live.
🏆 Unlocks the Jacqueline in her Auto 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:
🔒 Win as the Burgundians.
🧱[Mod] Adds a statue of a Coustillier located under the Town Center..

🔒 Construct 3 Donjons.
🏆 Unlock a Serjeant building a Donjon profile icon.

🔒 Win as the Sicilians. 
🧱[Terrain Mod] Sand Donjons can now be found on beach terrain.

🔒 Train 20 Coustilliers.
🏆 Unlock a Coustillier Riding a Boar profile icon.

🔒 Train 50 Serjeants from Donjons.
🧱[Local Skin Mod] The Knight’s skin is replaced with Roger Bosso.


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 your access to the Lords of the West civilizations. If you enjoyed them and are interested in the Campaign content and learning more about this fascinating point in history, you can obtain those through Steam.

—The Age of Empires Team

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