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!

We’re extending the summer fun for as long as possible with a one-week encore of the SUMMER WORLD TOUR event!

Starting now through Monday, September 14 at 9p PT (or September 15 at 4:00 UTC), you can unlock every challenge and earn all the rewards at your own pace—though you’ll still need to complete them in consecutive order to obtain every unlock!

• Already have everything? Then you can relax and enjoy the final moments of summer! 🌞
  
• If you had trouble unlocking the challenge rewards, be sure to hit the “Leave Map” button on the match victory screen. That should provide the reward properly!

We look forward to capturing one last week of summer with you, and will see you on the battlefield!

👉 Read more about the Summer World Tour event.

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 this summer-themed event!

We hope you enjoy the final days of summer!

—The Age of Empires Team

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

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, September 06 (or 3:00p Eastern / 19:00 UTC), so be sure to cast your vote and check back to see which maps emerge victorious!

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!

Welcome, Age of Empires II:Definitive Edition fans, to the Summer World Tour Event!

It's August, and we're bringing the summer vibes to Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition! All of your favorite heroes and units are out enjoying the beach and soaking up the sun! Complete the new set of challenges to unlock summer themed profile icons and visual mods.  All of this is a part of the SUMMER WORLD TOUR EVENT!

• Unlock six new summer themed Profile Icons!
  
• Unlock giant Beach Balls for your Trebuchets!
  
• Unlock a new Beach Terrain decorated by beach towels.
  
• Unlock a relaxing Beach Scene for your Town Center!

Starting TODAY through SEPTEMBER 7th, complete the in-game tasks within the time limit to unlock a horde of themed goodies:

🎯 Sign into Xbox Live.
🏆 Unlocks the Summer Gbeto profile icon.
💾 This is *required* if you want to save any rewards obtained during the event!

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

🎯 Win a Standard or MP game playing as one of the following civilizations: The Berbers, the Ethiopians, or the Malians.
🏆 Unlocks the Summer Princess Yodit profile icon.
🧱 [Mod] Unlocks a Beach Scene underneath the Town Center.

🎯 Win a Standard or MP game playing as one of the following civilizations: The Italians, the Spanish, or the Portuguese.
🏆 Unlocks the Summer El Cid profile icon.

🎯 Win a Standard or MP game playing as one of the following civilizations: The Teutons, the Britons, or the Slavs.
🏆 Unlocks the Summer Barbarossa profile icon.
🧱 [Mod] Unlocks Beach Terrain with sun-bather towels.

🎯 Win a Standard or MP game playing as one of the following civilizations: The Indians, the Burmese, or the Vietnamese.
🏆 Unlocks the Summer Bayinnaung profile icon

🎯 Win a Standard or MP game playing as one of the following civilizations: The Aztecs, the Incas, or the Mayans.
🏆 Unlocks the Summer Plumed Archer profile icon.
🧱 [Mod] Trebuchets throw Beach Balls instead of rocks.

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 Summer World Tour event!

—The Age of Empires Team



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Happy summer, Age friends! All around the northern hemisphere, we’re soaking up the summer sun (responsibly) while trying to capture and bring a little of that warmth and happiness to Age of Empires II—and what better way to do that than with an all-new Summer Celebration and a new update!

This month’s update is focused on the stability and playability of the game—based largely on feedback and input from the community following the July update. It’s smaller than many of our previous updates, but includes several important changes to the game:

• Fixed an issue where Gates could not be constructed at certain angles.
  
• Fixed a crash triggered when several selected units were killed at the same time while spectating.
  
• Players should no longer matchmake on the Brazil server if they are not playing in a region where it makes sense to do so.
  
• Placement of resources in random maps is no longer constrained to cardinal directions.

Next month should be similar in scale as we amass changes to release in a larger, quarterly update. As always: what shows up each month depends largely on your input, so don’t be afraid to get involved in the community! Whether you want to start or join a conversation on the forum or bounce ideas off other players on Discord, we want to talk with you and hear what you’d like to see in Age of Empires II.

💬 DISCUSS: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Forum
🗣 JOIN: The Age of Empires Official Discord

We hope today’s build gives you a way to enjoy the summer in the safety of your own home, and can’t wait to hear what you think! We’ll see you on the battlefield!

—The Age of Empires Team


August marks the peak of summer in the northern hemisphere, so we’re dedicating the month to bringing those summer rays to everyone in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition! Some of your favorite heroes and units are ready to hit the pool, soak up the sun, and charge into battle with their pool noodles and beach balls. The next two weeks are dedicated to the SUMMER WORLD TOUR, which introduces an all-new set of daily challenges focused on the civilizations of the world! Play a new civ each day to unlock new summer-themed profile icons and visual mods for your game!

• Unlock six new summer-themed Profile Icons!
  
• Unlock giant Beach Balls for your Trebuchets!
  
• Unlock a new Beach Terrain decorated with beach towels.
  
• Unlock a relaxing Beach Scene for your Town Center!

▶︎ NEW REWARDS!
Starting TODAY through SEPTEMBER 7, complete in-game tasks to unlock a ton of themed goodies:

▶︎ KEEP IT FOREVER!!
Remember: if you sign in to Xbox Live at any point during the event, you’ll get to keep all of the mods and profile icons you’ve unlocked! Sign in, earn your rewards, and enjoy the Summer Celebration Event!


We’ve revamped the Community Stats page to include improved individual stats and leaderboard updates.

• Improved the look and information available on the stats pages.
  
• Information can now be filtered by game mode, as well as additional filters for civilization and specific maps.
  
• You can now download replay files directly from the website by clicking on a recent match and pressing the button next to a player’s name.

Check out all of the changes here.

• Fixed a crash triggered when several selected units were killed at the same time while spectating.

• Fixed an issue where Gates could not be constructed under certain circumstances.
  
• Units no longer perform actions when facing the wrong direction.

• Improved how sheep are spawned to prevent rare circumstances where sheep could fail to spawn entirely.
  
• The placement of resources in random maps is no longer constrained to cardinal directions.

• Baltic: On larger map sizes, the size of the lake has been increased slightly and balanced for all players.
  
• Islands: Deer now avoid berry bushes.
  
• Kilimanjaro: Relics are now spawned exclusively on the mountain.
  
• Mountain Ridge: The number and density of deep lakes has been adjusted to provide equal access to all players.
  
• Mountain Ridge: Slightly decreased the density of forests on the map.
  
• Nile Delta: Fixed an issue where the initial Transport Ships could spawn in land-locked lakes, preventing them from being usable to migrate.
  
• Ravines: Adjusted forest generation around the map.
  
• Ravines: Reduced the density of forests near the player starting positions to allow for more aggressive gameplay.
  
• Wolf Hill: Increased the amount of starting gold from one 3-tile deposit and one 4-tile deposit to three 4-tile deposits.
  
• Wolf Hill: Increased the amount of starting stone from one 3-tile deposit to two 3-tile deposits.

• Fixed an issue which would result in games being played on the Brazil server rather than the most ideal server for participants in the match.
  
• Players now automatically leave their multiplayer party when they exit the matchmaking screen.

• The map seeds from recorded games can now be used to generate the same map in the Scenario Editor.

◆ ONGOING INVESTIGATION ◆

As always, we are continuing to track issues reported by the community for future updates. Here is a brief update from our Production team regarding some of what is still in the works:

• Server-Specific Connectivity Issues: We’ve received reports that some users are experiencing connectivity issues when connecting to the Brazil server region. During last week’s server maintenance, we resolved an issue which resulted in users being incorrectly assigned to that server region; now we are continuing to monitor and investigate whether additional connectivity problems exist that still need to be addressed.
  
• Disconnect and Reconnect Fix: We have major stability fixes in the works for two reported issues:
  
  • One which caused players to disconnect from their matches.
    
  • One which prevented players from reconnecting to the dropped matches after a disruption in their connection.
  When implemented, players should be able to reconnect to their games if still within the game within 60 seconds. Following thorough testing, we hope to have this implemented in an upcoming release window.

:alertalert: DISCLAIMER

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.

Please note that custom mods may not be compatible with the latest game update. If you are experiencing issues launching or playing the game after downloading the new build, try disabling your installed mods before trying again.

Still having trouble? Visit our support page!

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

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

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!