The Age of Empires III: DE Winter Wonderland Event Starts Now!

With the temperature slowly dropping in the northern hemisphere, we're sharing our winter season with *everyone* in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition! This month, we’ve prepared a sleigh-full of great, wacky, winter-themed rewards for you to unlock and enjoy for the rest of 2020!

All of these are yours to earn and enjoy as a part of the WINTER WONDERLAND EVENT!

• Unlock the new Winter Wonderland Map!
• Collect four new, exclusive profile icons!

Starting TODAY through JANUARY 3rd, complete the in-game tasks within the time limit to add the new rewards to your pile of presents! The first challenge unlocks a new visual mod and is required to save all of your unlocks:

🎯 Sign into Xbox Live.
🏆  Unlock the Jaeger Bearing Gifts 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 a Skirmish or Multiplayer game as the French in the Arctic Territories map.
🏆 [Mod] Unlock and keep the new Winter Wonderland Holiday Map.
🔄 Note that you will need to restart your game for the mod to work properly.
:alertalert: Note that installing the Winder Wonderland mod will result in un-modded lobbies not displaying in the lobby browser. You will need to manually disable the mod to view all un-modded lobbies.

🔒 Win any Single Player Skirmish game on the Winter Wonderland Holiday Map.
🧱 Unlocks the Red Monster Truck Filled with Presents profile icon.

🔒  Win a 1v1 Single Player Skirmish game against Hard AI on the Winter Wonderland Holiday Map.
🧱 Unlocks Red Nose Capybara profile icon. 

🔒 Play a Single Player or Multiplayer King of the Hill game.
🧱Unlocks Old Coot with a Confetti Cannon profile icon.

The Winter Wonderland map is a twist on an old favorite:

“During these festive times, players find themselves in a beautiful snow valley surrounding a frozen lake. A single circular trade route runs around the map. This map is filled with presents, decorated Christmas trees, and with reindeer and moose to fit the occasion.”

A few important notes:

• While running the mod, you will not be able to see non-modded lobbies. You can disable (uncheck) the mod to see those lobbies again, and then re-enable the mod to complete the related challenges.
  
• If you accidentally unsubscribe from the mod, you can search for "Winter Wonderland" in the Mod browser to re-subscribe to the mod.
  

We hope you enjoy the new battlefield!


In order to save all of your unlocks, you will need to complete the universal challenge to sign into Xbox Live at some point during the event. This is where we track your reward unlocks during these exclusive events, so you’ll want to ensure you have a free Xbox Live account to enjoy all the perks the Age series has to offer! It even comes with it’s own profile icon for completing the task!

Note that an Xbox Live account can be tied to an email address or even a phone number, and is NOT tied to the Xbox consoles or the paid Xbox Live service. More information can be found on the Xbox website.

We hope you enjoy the Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition Winter Wonderland Event! Again, don’t forget to sign into Xbox Live to keep everything you unlock!

—The Age of Empires Team


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