Age of Empires Dev Tracker

Although technology has advanced to the level it has today, Sage prefers a more quaint approach to writing. ✒️ Learn about their own tools of the trade and the first of many civ's writing tools in the latest Sage of Empires blog.

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Thank you @HardcoreGamer! 🏆 Congratulations to all of the nominees and their teams!

Get ready to greet the seasons, Age fans! ❄️ This year's December event is all about celebrating the holidays southern hemisphere style in #AgeofEmpiresIIDE. ☀️ Check out the new blog and get ready for fun in the sun and unique rewards!

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👑 The final day of #KOTDIV is upon us! Watch as @TheViperAOE and Vinchester battle it out in the Grand Final! But first - watch as @Liereyy1 and @JorDan_AoE duke it out for bronze. LIVE NOW over at

⚔️ Semifinals live NOW! Watch TheViper, Liereyy, Vinchester, and Jordan fight for a spot in the finals and their shot at the crown in the #AgeIIDE #KOTDIV tournament.

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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.

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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.

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

⚠️ 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.

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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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!

Starting today, you can update Age of Empires IV with a new patch that includes a few high profile fixes. The patch corresponds with build v. 9369 and focuses on key balance adjustments ahead of the upcoming holiday season.

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