Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition screenshot shows a naval battle with ships and buildings on the coast. Snowy landscape.

Overhead gameplay of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Troops are battling near city walls and buildings.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition scene with army, city, and water. The scene evokes a Mayan civilization.

A scene from Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, showing an army in front of a large structure, surrounded by buildings and trees.

The best real-time strategy that we were able to experience in Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings comes to life again in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. This remaster of the original game from 1999 modernizes the old graphics to deliver a much better experience with graphics in 4K, but it also includes new units and buildings.

In Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, you will choose one of thirteen different civilizations and guide it through a period of a thousand years of history that is divided into four ages - the Dark Age, the Feudal Age, the Castle Age, and the Imperial Age. As one of the precursors of the RTS genre and one of the most popular games of its time, it follows the standard mechanics that you can find in many other games. As you progress through the different levels of the campaign, you have to gather resources to create buildings and troops that you will send to explore the map and fight your enemies. When you have developed your civilization to a certain extent a, change of era will unlock new buildings, which allow you to recruit more powerful and advanced troops, or boost the combat capabilities of the troops in your army.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition comes with all the content DLC released for the original game, including The Conquerors, The Forgotten, The African Kingdoms, and Rise of the Rajas. It also features a new campaign called The Last Khans and four new civilizations that you have never played before: Bulgarians, Cumans, Lithuanians, and Tatars.

You can also jump to multiplayer online mode anytime, where your leadership and strategic skills will be put to a test against other players with 35 different civilizations.

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Patch Notes

4/24/26 (New Public Update Preview - May)
11/6/25 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Minor Update 160062)
9/16/25 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Minor Update 155976)
7/19/25 (New Public Update Preview - July)
6/25/25 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 147949)
5/28/25 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 145651)
5/24/25 (New Public Update Preview - May)
5/12/25 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 144358)
4/28/25 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 143191)
1/30/25 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Minor Update 133431)
12/10/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 130746)
11/27/24 (New Public Update Preview - December Patch)
10/18/24 (New Public Update Preview - October Patch)
7/19/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Wololo Map Update 118476)
7/2/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 117204)
6/7/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Hotfix 114480)
5/16/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Hotfix 113358)
4/30/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Update 111772)
4/4/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Hotfix 109739)
3/26/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Update 108769)
2/23/24 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 104954)
7/27/23 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Update 90260)
6/8/23 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Hotfix 85614)
6/1/23 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Hotfix 85208)
4/28/23 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Hotfix 82587)
3/8/23 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Update 78174)
2/23/23 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Update 77209)
9/21/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – September 20)
9/7/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – September 6)
8/24/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – August 23)
8/10/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – August 9)
7/27/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – July 26)
7/13/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – July 12)
6/29/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – June 28)
6/29/22 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Update 63482)
6/15/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – June 14)
6/1/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – May 31)
5/18/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – May 17)
5/4/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – May 3)
3/23/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – March 22)
2/23/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – February 22)
2/9/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – February 08)
1/26/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – January 25)
1/12/22 (Ranked Map Rotation – January 11)
12/15/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – December 14)
12/1/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – November 30)
11/17/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – November 16)
11/3/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – November 02)
10/20/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – October 19)
10/6/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – October 05)
9/22/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – September 21)
9/10/21 (Server Maintenance - Friday, September 10, 2021)
9/9/21 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Hotfix 53347)
9/8/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – September 07!)
8/25/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – August 24)
8/11/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – August 10)
7/28/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – July 27!)
7/14/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – July 13)
6/30/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – June 29)
6/16/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – June 15)
6/2/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – June 01)
5/19/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – May 18)
5/5/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – May 04)
4/21/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – April 20)
4/7/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – April 06)
3/24/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – March 23!)
3/10/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – March 09!)
2/24/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – February 23)
2/10/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – February 09!)
1/29/21 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Hotfix 44834)
1/27/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – January 26)
1/13/21 (Ranked Map Rotation – January 12)
12/16/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – December 15)
12/2/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – December 01)
11/18/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – November 17!)
11/4/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – November 3!)
10/21/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – October 20!)
10/7/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – October 06)
9/23/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – September 22)
9/9/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – September 08)
8/26/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – August 25)
8/12/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – August 11)
7/29/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – July 28)
7/28/20 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Hotfix 39515)
7/15/20 (Ranked Map Rotation – July 14)
6/30/20 (Ranked Map Rotation - June 29)
3/22/20 (Server Maintenance - Saturday March 21)
2/13/20 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Hotfix 35209)
1/24/20 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Hotfix 34793)
1/13/20 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Hotfix 34397)
12/20/19 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Hotfix 34223)
11/25/19 (Server Maintenance: Tuesday, November 26)
11/16/19 (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — Update 32911)
11/15/19 (Server Maintenance: Thursday, November 14)

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