Age of Empires: Definitive Edition – Update 10

Age DE Team May 14, 2019

It’s that time again when we proudly welcome a Heavy Transport’s worth of new Age of Empires: Definitive Edition improvements! So please chant along with your best wololo for Update 10!

Update 10 comes packed full of fixes and features: including new Elo and ranked play options, an in-game global queue to keep track of all the units and techs across your town, numerous improvements to the AI and decision-making of computer-controlled teams, and much, much more! Be sure to read through the list below to stay ahead of your enemies.

Remember that you’ll need update your game in the Windows Store:

Open the Windows Store.
Click the [ ∙ ∙ ∙ ] symbol next to your profile picture.
Select Downloads and updates.
Press the Get updates button to automatically detect, download, and install the latest changes to your game!
Open the game. The title screen should read Build 22960.

That’s it; you’re ready to play!

We hope you enjoy everything we’ve included in this latest update! Feel free to post your initial thoughts below, or join in to the full discussion over on the official forum!

UPDATE 10

SPOTLIGHT

New Elo and ‘Ranked’ game modes have been added. Play against other players to improve your rating on the multiplayer battlefield!

AI

Update 10 introduces several advancements to individual unit AI, as well as to the tactical capabilities of your computer-controlled opponents. All of this is to provide more precise control and greater challenges on the battlefield.

AI units will more reliably navigate through narrow spaces
Improved the reliability of units as they path around obstacles
Units will now group up more effectively to reach their targets
AI-controlled soldiers will now prioritize defending against assaults on their town
AI-controlled villagers can now choose between defending against or fleeing from enemy aggressors
Fixed an issue where AI-controlled teams would build excessive amounts of storage pits
Fixed an issue where AI-controlled teams would not immediately task an available villager to the foundation of a newly placed building
Computer-controlled opponents will now utilize more effective strategies on higher difficulty levels
Added several new AI strategies and improved the computer’s ability to employ different battlefield tactics
The AI economy has been substantially improved, and now adjusts to the difficulty level and population cap more effectively
AI-controlled opponents are now more aggressive on “Deathmatch” type games
Elephants now properly chase villagers when attacked under all circumstances
Scouts now only auto-attack if they’ve been tasked to attack, or when attacked by a non-gaia unit (i.e. soldiers, archers, cavalry from another civilization)

GENERAL

Made several improvements to the local performance of the game
Roll-over tooltips no longer impact the game’s performance on lower-end machines
Improved the loading time of the tech tree
Implemented several small bug fixes and stability improvements

UI

Added a new Global Queue to see all currently queued techs and units
Increased the maximum zoom level of the camera in multiplayer matches
Added a parallax effect to the main menu

UNITS & STRUCTURES

Egyptian houses now have a unique skin in the Tool Age
Elephant Archer: Fixed a broken death animation

ACHIEVEMENTS

Several new Xbox Live achievements have been added to test your skills! You can view the full list of challenges as well as your progress by signing into your Xbox account page.