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[A picture of a bunch of men brawling]: AoE3DE players stupidly arguing if Denmark should be a civilization in the game after being teased
[A picture of a large number of people seated at a conference around a large circular table]: AoE4 players agreeing that the upcoming Vikings civ should be called Denmark/Danes
Context: in early 2024, at a franchise-wide presentation, World's Edge announced an upcoming AoE3 DLC which would include Denmark and Poland. A year later, they announced that the DLC had been cancelled, and they implied all future development on AoE3 had also been ceased.
In a post last week, World's Edge announced AoE4 would be getting two new DLC next year. The second one will include 2 new civs, one of which will be "Vikings". This rather busy thread on the official forums is titled 'please don't call them "vikings"', on the basis that aoe4 civs are usually named after specific polities, not general cultures like aoe2 civs. And that "vikings" doesn't even refer to a general culture, but to a specific activity/occupation. Instead, they should be called "Norsemen", "Northmen", or "Danes". Names that were actually used historically to refer to the societies responsible for viking.
Wait, they were working on aoe 3 until last year?! Wild. Never really vibed with 4
Yup! The last balance & patch update was in October 2024. Early 2024 they announced there would be a new DLC in late 2024. Prior to the patch, also in October 2024, they announced the DLC was delayed, before in January 2025 it was cancelled entirely.
Prior to that, in August 2023 it went free-to-play with a limited rotating roster of civs, with the option to pay to unlock fully. And it received its last DLC in May 2022.
AoE2 and 4 are both still receiving regular updates, as is Age of Mythology. Though only 2 and 4 are getting representation at the Wololo tournament at the Royal Albert Hall early next year.
Wild, aoe3 was my first experience with a non-blizzard rts like 15 years ago. Got peer pressured out of checking it out again over the years because 'game old'
Yeah, if you weren't already aware, all 4 of the main Age games got remasters, starting with Age of Empires: Definitive Edition in 2018, and most recently ending with Age of Mythology: Retold last year. And they have all (with the partial exception of the first one) been extremely well-done. In many ways they feel like completely new, modern RTSes, while retaining the spirit that made them great back in the late '90s/early '00s.