Age of Empires Dev Tracker

The first entry of our newest series of blogs, Sage of Empires, is now live! These articles reflect on the histories of the different civilizations you play as across the Age of Empires franchise.

📜 Read the Sage's introduction to the community here:

Surprise! Our villagers got the wheelbarrow upgrade and completed the work at super speed.

All servers are back online! If you continue to see any issues, please reach out to for assistance.

⚠️ OUTAGE UPDATE ⚠️

Our villagers are working hard to bring the servers back online. The issue has been identified and a solution is currently being deployed. We will have you all playing again soon! We will continue to post updates to this thread as we have more information.

@chip19801 Knew we forgot to do something... 🤦

@AKSandstorm007 It's always a good time for smashing pumpkins!

@HerrBeutel Sorry! We meant it lovingly! We even drew a heart on it!

@MC_Boyd We promise they're safe and sound!

While everyone is waiting so patiently... Maybe we can throw something out of one of these for fun? 🤔

@arimaulana_id See? You're so awesome that the servers couldn't handle you for the first match. That takes SKILLS.

@robertvhoesel That's the best idea we've heard yet. Come on servers, you can do it!

@nathanias Of course not, we've got a full crew of responsible villagers harvesting lumber right now! Just... experimentally.

⚠️ SERVER OUTAGE ⚠️

Servers are currently experiencing downtime for all Age titles. Users may have trouble creating/connecting to any online features in game. We are working towards a solution and will continue to update here as we know more. Thank you for your patience.

@man_orc @thegameawards We appreciate the support from you and look forward to doing even better in the new year!

Only 4 remain! ⚔️ Watch TheViper, Liereyy, Vinchester, and Jordan fight for a spot in the finals and their shot at the crown in the #AgeIIDE #KOTDIV tournament. 👑

Catch the semifinals and finals LIVE Sat 15 GMT & Sun 14 GMT!

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@MSFSofficial Thank you so much, friends!

@ForzaHorizon @thegameawards Come on, let's go celebrate!

@CivGame We couldn't have done it without you, friend!

@XboxGamePassPC And HOW!

Huge congratulations to these teams and their communities! #TheGameAwards

We are so incredibly grateful to have won the award for Best Sim/Strategy at @TheGameAwards! We appreciate the community's support and are excited to bring you even better things for Age of Empires IV next year. Thank you and congratulations to everyone!