We raised the physics timestep from the default of 1/50 (PAL region) to 1/60 (NTSC region). Physics and rendering are now in sync with each other on NTSC monitors for a smoother gameplay experience.

- Added Mythril fusion:
-- Combine 4 Mythril to the next rarity in the Forge
-- To combine, simply click on the Mythril displayed in the Forge
- Changed enemy scaling after battle 500
- Adjusted and optimized logic for combat spells
-- This should improve lag issues in the later stages
-- Please report any issues you find with the new system
- Fixed an issue where Artifacts could be duplicated in the Forge
- Fixed some display issues in the Forge
- Fixed a bug where rerolling too fast could lead to some issues

Adjustments to the shop interface
The level 1 store is adjusted to refresh two products, and the two products can be refreshed for free after purchasing two products

Payment interface adjustment

Adjustments to the combat interface

Add popup window title background
Add strokes to some fonts

Fourth patch in five days!

If you're enjoying the game, please consider leaving a review! It would help a lot, since they affect the game's visibility. I hope you enjoy the game, this has just begun! :D

• You can now view all Card Items in the Codex.
  
  
  
  
• Meet the Steel Tank, a new enemy found in Sector 3!
  
  
  
  
• There are 5 new card items!
  
• Some small changes in the wording of a few cards.

Are your heists getting lonely?
Do you miss having a partner-in-crime?

Well, now is the time to bring fellow bandits along on your mischievous adventures.
Rubber Bandits is currently 80% off for a very limited time.

Have your friends join you in a co-op crimesprees or throw things in their face in arcade mode. Life is never boring for a criminal.

Today’s patch (September 5th) kicks off a seasonal event and includes a small number of pointed fixes, including some minor stability improvements, a fix to the Groups & Chats UI on console, and some back-end changes that will allow us to better diagnose stability issues. We are still planning for a more comprehensive patch later this month – more on that below!

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Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it is today!

—The Age of Empires Team

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New! Seasonal Event: World Gaia Appreciation

We love our planet along with the plants, animals, peoples, and civilizations that have graced it throughout the ages. Come celebrate all this planet means to us as part of the World Gaia Appreciation Event from September 5th through September 29th.

• Fixed an issue where player list was not showing when interacting with Group, Player and Lobby chats. You can now see who is in those chat groups with you more easily. 
  
• Game will no longer crash to the Xbox Home screen when players select Play Again in the Summary menu while in an active group.

• Player campaign progression more accurately reflects where you left off when you start the campaign on Xbox console and pick up on Microsoft Store (PC). Note that we have a separate bug related to Achievements carrying over from Xbox platforms to Steam when linking an Xbox Live account.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused performance to noticeably decline after scrolling through match list in the Custom or Observer lobbies on Xbox consoles, and to a lesser extent on PC
  
• Additional stability improvements made to the MS Store PC version of the game and stability logging changes made on the back-end to help with ongoing crash investigations.

Chinese Imperial Official Supervisor Stacking

We are presently aware of an issue that allows for multiple Chinese Imperial Officials to stack their Supervise ability on a building. We consider this issue to be an exploit and will be correcting this behavior in the near future.

Coming Up…

We are continuing our plans to release a larger patch later this month, as mentioned in our 8.1.185 release notes. This upcoming patch includes stability fixes, a refreshed map pool, work necessary to enable some upcoming seasonal events and balance changes to reduce the effectiveness of late-game rams, address the strength of the Kremlin Levy Militia, improve the Ottoman Great Bombard, and much more.

: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.

Ready, Set, Royale!

The demo for Rubber Royale is now available free of charge to everyone.

Be among the first to race Pillagers’ Passage, knock-out five of your friends in Tropical Island and qualify for the Grand Finale in Collapsing Coliseum where only the most skilled Royalist will be crowned as the ultimate brawler.

Rubber Royale is a wacky and chaotic casual royale set in a high-speed knock-out setting. Easy to pick up, learn, rank up, earn stuff - it’s instant fun!

If you need some more sugar for your medicine here is a peek at the first level you will be tried with:



Now get out there and WIN!

Some nice new bugs were introduced in the last update, but I managed to squish all of them fairly easily.

Somehow enemies no longer recognized being on a different floor and were able to attack the player from below. This was due to a change I made in the combat system. It should be resolved now...

The actual key was changed and worked correctly, but I had hard-coded the "y" into some dialogues.

I updated the stun system, and made it happen (accidentally) every time you attack an enemy. Now it should work as before. Stunning effects are based on the type of weapon used.

Somehow, unlike every other item, coins and worms would only be picked up if you were facing them.

The player was somehow able to dig holes in a sloped area, but since they cannot be passed over, there was no way to pick up the stuff that was dug up.

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Sim Sanders has ordered his gang of criminal athletes to guard the Stadium security zone against any and all intruders! To start off, Hal will face a bunch of Footballers–tough guys who will charge at Hal as soon as he enters their view! The quickest and easiest way to dispatch them would be to slide INTO them, rather than attack them with the chakram!


Then there’s the threat of the basketballers and dodgeballers–the former will throw large basketballs that bounce off surfaces, while the latter can throw energized dodgeballs that will rapidly ricochet off walls and the ground!



Next come the Hockeymen–skilled athletes who will lay pucks on any flat surface and hit them towards Hal! Jump over the pucks to get close up and attack them before they can launch another one!


As Hal makes his way through the Stadium zone, he’ll come across a Sports Ball Launcher. These machines will charge up and fire out multiple types of sports balls as soon as Hal enters the room it’s stationed in!


Midway through the security zone, Hal will have to navigate through an obstacle course type of area that features all of the criminal athlete types, except for a Dodgeballer. Players will need to rely on their timing skills to slide away from hockey pucks, jump onto hanging pipelines, and evade a Basketballer’s attacks at the very end!


At the very end of the Stadium security zone, Hal will face the Jumbotron–Sim Sanders’ mechanized god that features multiple attacks that–like the obstacle course–will test players’ skills, and perhaps their patience, too…



Infiltrate the Stadium zone in Prison City–AVAILABLE NOW!