AGE OF EMPIRES 4 EXPANSION UPDATE

While we can’t share an exact release date just yet, we can share that it’s not too far off and that there will be the opportunity to preview it in the near future if you own the game on Steam.

AGE OF EMPIRES 4 EXPANSION UPDATE

Meaning, we’ll be looking to introduce changes that further the competitive experience and also quality of life improvements, new content, bug fixes, and more to meaningfully impact the way you engage with other parts of the game as well.įormerly known as the Spring Update, Season One is our first major update in 2022.

Seasons will contain something for everyone.

Themes! Our Seasons will have them, and these themes will show up in different areas too – from supporting art to some in-game surprises.More often than not, the seasonal ladder will kick off at least one week after the update that introduces the new Season to give players the chance to adjust to any gameplay changes.

As we start out, the seasonal ladder and corresponding updates will span approximately three months.

Seasons will be numbered sequentially, starting with Season One.

While we’ll adapt and evolve our Season strategy over time, we’re starting with a few basic guidelines: As a result, we’re pivoting to a different type of Season and planning to tie major content updates to the refresh of the Age IV ranked seasonal ladder. So why is the Spring Update now called Season One? During last year’s What’s Next for Age of Empires IV post, we were reminded that we’re serving a truly global community and that generalizing updates based on the four temperate seasons, such as Winter and Spring, doesn’t work for everyone. Chiefly, we’ve changed the way we’re referring to our quarterly updates (more on that in a second!) and visualizing our intention to approach balance and bug fixing at a monthly pace. Prior to diving too deeply into what to expect in our next two quarterly updates, we wanted to pause and explain why our latest roadmap looks a bit different from our previous roadmap.

How we collate feedback and data to guide our decision-making and how you can help us continue our journey to make Age of Empires IV the best it can be.

If and when we decide to make significant changes to this view, we also plan to let you know. Please note that some of these plans are still earlier in development and could change as we hear from you and as development progresses.

The features and improvements we’re looking to introduce between now and roughly July 2022.

More insight into our strategy for introducing improvements to the game – including our approach to providing larger quarterly updates that introduce significant quality of life features and new content, as well as our commitment to doing balance tuning and bug fixes in between these major updates with our monthly patches.

Our philosophy for Seasons and strong belief that Seasons can benefit all Age IV players, regardless of whether you lean into competition or prefer a more solo Age experience.

To provide a more specific view of what’s coming to Age of Empires IV, we’ll be covering a few key items we think you should know, including: It’s not only your time playing the game that matters to us, but also the time you take to let us know what is or isn’t working for you Age of Empires is built upon the premise that “it takes a village,” and we continuously learn that with you by our sides. With our first major update of 2022 approaching, along with the official start of Ranked Seasons, we wanted to take a moment to thank you all for continuing this journey with us as we continue to maintain and grow Age of Empires IV. Since then, we’ve been keeping an eye on your feedback across a variety of social platforms assessing data to better understand what civilizations need more tuning in the short-term, and what civilizations and maps will require more focused attention over time and running previews, such as the 1v1 Ranked Seasons Preview, with our Insiders hosted this past January.īy compiling and synthesizing the above feedback, we’ve put together a more comprehensive view of the next five or so months, which you can find below. Shortly after the release of Age of Empires IV last year, we shared a quick view of what we were planning with our first ever Community Roadmap.

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