What does a lazer bear wearing a festive holiday hat have in common with an alluvial clay cornucopia? The limited-time special Holidaze Event to celebrate Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays!

Complete twelve challenges to earn new profile icons from November 25th to December 22nd! One new challenge will be added each day from the event’s start, and challenges will remain available until the end of the event for all who want to complete them. Plus, some of the world has become themed for the duration of the event! Keep an eye out for turkeys and pumpkins to collect for your Thanksgiving celebrations!

For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

Welcome heroes to another exciting update – covering UI improvements, stability and performance changes, gameplay fixes, PLUS a new campaign difficulty mode and a festive Holidaze Event! So take a peek and jump in to the latest for Age of Mythology: Retold!

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

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Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Mythology: Retold a success thus far!

—The Age of Mythology Team

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New! Holidaze Event!

What does a lazer bear wearing a festive holiday hat have in common with the alluvial clay cornucopia? The limited-time special Holidaze Event to celebrate Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays! Complete twelve challenges to earn new profile icons from November 25th to December 22nd! One new challenge will be added each day from the event’s start, and challenges will remain available until the end of the event for all who want to complete them. Plus, some of the world has become themed for the duration of the event! Keep an eye out for turkeys and pumpkins to collect for your Thanksgiving celebrations!

November 25th – December 22nd

New Campaign Difficulty: Ludicrous

• Experience a new level of challenge with the new Ludicrous difficulty!
  
• Revisit the campaigns or try them for the first time!
  
• Ludicrous difficulty combines the Titan difficulty with new modifiers to raise the difficulty to Ludicrous levels!

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

[www.ageofempires.com]

:alertalert: DISCLAIMER

This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.
For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

Recently, we launched Arena of the Gods in Age of Mythology: Retold and we'd like to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the latest survey!

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Enter the fray now in Arena of the Gods - part of the free update for Age of Mythology: Retold! Remember, you must own the base game to play!

Welcome heroes to a small update aimed at adjustments for Arena of the Gods, addressing stability and performance issues, plus spectating fixes, and more! Take a peek at the notes before jumping in game to check out the latest for Age of Mythology: Retold!

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Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Mythology: Retold a success thus far!

—The Age of Mythology Team

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• Minor localization updates for many languages.
  
• Updates to some lighting used in Arena of the Gods missions.
  
• Fix for an Out-of-Sync that could occur when arrows were fired near map edges on some maps.
  
• Fix for an Out-of-Sync that could occur while spectating games.
  
• Fix for a bug causing a long duration black screen when trying to skip Arena of the Gods cutscenes.
  
• Camera edge panning has been restored to the old behavior when the cursor leaves the screen, cursor lock is off, and the game is run in a windowed mode.
  
• Fix for a crash that could occur when swapping between the editor and gameplay.
  
• Minor fixes for UI navigation when traversing the Arena of the Gods screen with a controller or keyboard.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed unlimited pauses in multiplayer games.
  
• Fixed a bug that left players stuck viewing a “Please Wait” when trying to observe Ranked or Quickmatch games.
  
• Failure to join a game while on a “Please Wait” dialog should now show a failed to join message instead of remaining stuck indefinitely on the “Please Wait” dialog.
  
• Fixes for newly introduced lighting and camera track triggers for use in the editor and with XS scripting.
  
  • ‘Lighting: Set Color Attribute Parameter’ trigger effect now calls the correct function.
    
  • ‘Lighting: Set Boolean Parameter’ trigger effect properly displays the correct attributes, ensuring new trigger effect works as expected.
    
  • Updates to the dynamic camera track generation functions to make them accessible when used on dynamic maps.

:alertalert: DISCLAIMER

This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.

For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

Welcome heroes – the gods have summoned you! Arena of the Gods, the latest mythic journey in Age of Mythology: Retold, is available to play now!

Step into the shoes of a legendary hero and forge your destiny! In this new game mode, engage in 35 exhilarating skirmish missions across mythical landscapes where divine challenges await. Whether you battle solo or team up with a friend**, the arena is fraught with World Twists that bring the chaos of shifting weather and ancient powers to the forefront! It’s time to challenge the deities themselves – jump into the latest update for Age of Mytholgy: Retold and enter the Arena of the Gods!

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[[/hr]Arena of the Gods will be available as a free update* for all owners of Age of Mythology: Retold, available now! Don’t own Age of Mythology: Retold yet? Available now on Steam!

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In a world where the gods reign supreme, Arena of the Gods beckons you to answer their call. This all-new mode invites you to embody a legendary hero through 35 skirmish missions filled with mythological wonder and peril. 

Playing as Kastor, embark on missions which will take you across fabled landscapes, pitting you against mythical enemies and – should you be victorious – reward you with Blessings from the gods themselves.

• 35 Epic Skirmishes: Battle through diverse mythological landscapes with selectable difficulty.
  
• Solo or Co-Op: Play as a hero alone or team up with another friend for cooperative fun.**
  
• Earn Blessings: Gain powerful abilities like Poseidon’s Rushing Tides and Thor’s Crashing Thunder.
  
• Dynamic World Twists: Enjoy ever-changing conditions that keep battles fresh and exciting.

As you navigate these legendary landscapes—facing the icy embrace of the Tundra or the treacherous shores of the Black Sea—every battle brings fresh challenges and unique gameplay. The gods watch your every move, and their divine will shapes your destiny.

Enhance Your Strategy with Blessings
Choose your path to glory, with new and powerful Blessings unlocked with each victory. Will you race your way to the final encounter, or strategically defeat every opponent across all fronts to fully customize your strategy? The choice is yours. Use your Blessings to forge and master your unique strategy for each encounter!

Earn the favor of the gods and get Blessings for each victory. Below are just a few of the many enhancements to your strategy!

• Freyr’s Chosen Few (Unique): Houses/Manors are more expensive but spawn a Villager upon building.
  
• Gaia’s Lashing Roots: Heroes and Legends deal area of effect damage.
  
• Odin’s Outlaw Wisdom: Special Abilities and God Powers recharge faster.

Experience World Twists
But be careful, the mythical landscape is full of World Twists! The ever-changing twists add a new level of fun challenges that will constantly redefine the battlefield. Will you be able to harness the power of World Twists, or break beneath them as the other would-be heroes who came before you?

Forge your destiny despite the challenges ahead. Below are just a few of the many interesting World Twists!

• Gaia’s Remnants of Atlantis: Clusters of units are spawned across the map for the player(s) to collect once they accomplish certain objectives.
  
• Thoth’s World Twist: Double effect for all God technologies.
  
• Freyja’s World Twist: Cavalry is more expensive to train but transforms into infantry upon death.

Your journey is one of mythic proportions, where every victory brings you closer to becoming a legend worthy of divine favor. Enter the Arena of the Gods—embrace your role as the hero, face mythic trials, earn Blessings, and claim your destiny in this epic adventure. Only the challenge of the gods awaits!

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https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1934680/Age_of_Mythology_Retold/

Enter the arena now, when Arena of the Gods will be added to Age of Mythology: Retold as part of a free update**! Remember, you must own the base game to play!

*Requires Age of Mythology: Retold or Xbox Game Pass membership (Ultimate and PC only).
**Online console multiplayer requires Game Pass Ultimate or Core, sold separately. 

Welcome heroes to another exciting update – covering a host of fixes, balance changes, UI improvements, and so much more!

Plus, today is also the launch of Arena of the Gods – the latest mythic journey in Age of Mythology: Retold! You are invited to step into the shoes of a legendary hero and forge your destiny! In this new game mode, you can engage in 35 exhilarating skirmish missions across mythical landscapes where divine challenges await. Whether you battle solo or team up with a friend**, the arena is fraught with World Twists that bring the chaos of shifting weather and ancient powers to the forefront!

So take a peek and jump in to the latest for Age of Mythology: Retold!

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

[www.ageofempires.com]

💬 DISCUSS: Age of Mythology: Retold Forum[forums.ageofempires.com]💬DISCUSS: Age of Mythology: Retold Steam Forum
🗣 JOIN: The Age of Empires Official Discord[discord.gg]

Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Mythology: Retold a success thus far!

—The Age of Mythology Team

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New Game Mode: Arena of the Gods

• Legends Awaken! Journey with your Legend through a path of your choice.
  
• Co-op missions! Share the experience with a friend or play solo; the choice is yours.
  
• World Twists modify the world for you and the gods that you defy.
  
• Earn Blessings of the gods as you progress! Blessings provide options with new abilities to aid your progression.
  
• 12 new achievements to earn in Arena of the Gods!

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

[www.ageofempires.com]

:alertalert: DISCLAIMER

This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.
For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

Enjoy 20% off Age of Mythology: Retold starting now through November 11th! Choose from either Age of Mythology: Retold, Age of Mythology: Retold Premium Edition, or Age of Mythology: Retold Premium Edition Upgrade! Don't wait to challenge the gods and forge your destiny!

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1934680/Age_of_Mythology_Retold/

The gods have summoned you! Arena of the Gods, the latest mythic journey in Age of Mythology: Retold, invites you to step into the shoes of a legendary hero and forge your destiny!

In this new game mode, you can engage in 35 exhilarating skirmish missions across mythical landscapes where divine challenges await. Whether you battle solo or team up with a friend**, the arena is fraught with World Twists that bring the chaos of shifting weather and ancient powers to the forefront!

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[[/hr]Arena of the Gods will be available as a free update* for all owners of Age of Mythology: Retold, coming November 7th! Don’t own Age of Mythology: Retold yet? Available now on Steam!

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1934680/Age_of_Mythology_Retold/

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[[/hr]
In a world where the gods reign supreme, Arena of the Gods beckons you to answer their call. This all-new mode invites you to embody a legendary hero through 35 skirmish missions filled with mythological wonder and peril. 

Playing as Kastor, embark on missions which will take you across fabled landscapes, pitting you against mythical enemies and – should you be victorious – reward you with Blessings from the gods themselves.

• 35 Epic Skirmishes: Battle through diverse mythological landscapes with selectable difficulty.
  
• Solo or Co-Op: Play as a hero alone or team up with another friend for cooperative fun.**
  
• Earn Blessings: Gain powerful abilities like Poseidon’s Rushing Tides and Thor’s Crashing Thunder.
  
• Dynamic World Twists: Enjoy ever-changing conditions that keep battles fresh and exciting.

As you navigate these legendary landscapes—facing the icy embrace of the Tundra or the treacherous shores of the Black Sea—every battle brings fresh challenges and unique gameplay. The gods watch your every move, and their divine will shapes your destiny.

Enhance Your Strategy with Blessings
Choose your path to glory, with new and powerful Blessings unlocked with each victory. Will you race your way to the final encounter, or strategically defeat every opponent across all fronts to fully customize your strategy? The choice is yours. Use your Blessings to forge and master your unique strategy for each encounter!

Earn the favor of the gods and get Blessings for each victory. Below are just a few of the many enhancements to your strategy!

• Freyr’s Chosen Few (Unique): Houses/Manors are more expensive but spawn a Villager upon building.
  
• Gaia’s Lashing Roots: Heroes and Legends deal area of effect damage.
  
• Odin’s Outlaw Wisdom: Special Abilities and God Powers recharge faster.

Experience World Twists
But be careful, the mythical landscape is full of World Twists! The ever-changing twists add a new level of fun challenges that will constantly redefine the battlefield. Will you be able to harness the power of World Twists, or break beneath them as the other would-be heroes who came before you?

Forge your destiny despite the challenges ahead. Below are just a few of the many interesting World Twists!

• Gaia’s Remnants of Atlantis: Clusters of units are spawned across the map for the player(s) to collect once they accomplish certain objectives.
  
• Thoth’s World Twist: Double effect for all God technologies.
  
• Freyja’s World Twist: Cavalry is more expensive to train but transforms into infantry upon death.

Your journey is one of mythic proportions, where every victory brings you closer to becoming a legend worthy of divine favor. Enter the Arena of the Gods—embrace your role as the hero, face mythic trials, earn Blessings, and claim your destiny in this epic adventure. Only the challenge of the gods awaits!

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https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1934680/Age_of_Mythology_Retold/
Enter the arena on November 7th, when Arena of the Gods will be added to Age of Mythology: Retold as part of a free update**! Remember, you must own the base game to play!

*Requires Age of Mythology: Retold or Xbox Game Pass membership (Ultimate and PC only).
**Online console multiplayer requires Game Pass Ultimate or Core, sold separately. 

Welcome to an exciting October update – covering a host of fixes and quality-of-life improvements, Stability and Performance fixes, especially in the Scenario Editor and late-game matches, new UI and Social features, including multiplayer lobby browser updates with improved filtering options, along with improvements to the Save/Load menus, and finishing off with Gameplay improvements to unit AI behavior and formations, improved villager tasking on drop sites, as well as addressing animation and visual issues.

So take a peek and jump in to the latest for Age of Mythology: Retold!

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

[www.ageofempires.com]

💬 DISCUSS: Age of Mythology: Retold Forum[forums.ageofempires.com]💬DISCUSS: Age of Mythology: Retold Steam Forum
🗣 JOIN: The Age of Empires Official Discord[discord.gg]

Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Mythology: Retold a success thus far!

—The Age of Mythology Team

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Stability & Performance

• Fixes for various situations where a crash could occur.
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur on some Intel GPUs when rendering the Hesperides Tree.
  
• Fix for a crash that could occur on some GPUs.
  
• Fixed a performance issue that could occur when placing Town Centers in the Scenario Editor or in late-game matches.
  
• Various minor fixes for stability and performance.
  
• Fix for a situation causing an out-of-sync when wonder age affected a formation.
  
• Improved performance when refreshing the current state of your friend list. Players with many friends should no longer experience significant performance drops in the main menu.
  
• Fixes for some situations causing loading a save game to fail.
  
• Updates to save game formats have happened to ensure ongoing future stability in later patches. If you experience problems with saved games from previous patches please contact support.
  
• Fixed an out-of-sync that could occur when multiple players experience a connection interruption simultaneously in a short period.

Localization

• Updates for localized strings.
  
• Fixes for truncation in some screens when using some languages on controller.

Achievements

• Fixes for some achievements unlocking before the intended criteria was met.

Graphics

• Fixed a bug causing incorrect animation blending to be applied during some birth animations.
  
• VFX updates for Asgardian Bastion, Einheri, Valkyrie, Set Monuments, and more.
  
• Fixed flickering that could occur on the Summoning Tree unit.
  
• Targets hit by the UFO’s attack will now have the burning shader effect applied.
  
• A “zzz” visual effect now displays above idle Villagers.
  
• Nidhogg’s range indicator will now display a more accurate path.
  
• Fixed a bug causing z-fighting between water and land in some situations on the edge of the world.
  
• Fixed a bug causing Centaur arrows to appear incorrectly when their scale increases.
  
• Minor visual updates for some units.

UI

• Minor ongoing visual improvements to many areas of the UI.
  
• Player relationships for units can now be seen in the Unit Stats Panel.
  
• Notifications of a full building production queue can no longer be displayed more than once in a row.
  
• Fixes for Social Panel UI related to handling friend requests.
  
• The Friends list will now appear in a sorted order. Ordered by Online status and then by Name.
  
• Favor gatherer count in the UI for Norse now correctly accounts for Godis.
  
• Fix for clients’ UI not knowing the current download progress of saved games in a multiplayer lobby.
  
• Fix for Spectator HUD power bar colors not updating when switching player sides in 1v1.
  
• The Browse Games lobby is now searchable by Game ID, Game ID URLs, and player names.
  
• Improvements to the multiplayer browse game screen:
  
  • The list should now show a more complete collection of available games.
    
  • The screen will no longer prevent you from selecting games when some items in the list have populated.
    
  • Improvements to the filter functionality to find relevant games.
    
  • Old games that are stale and no longer active or joinable should be much less likely to appear in the list.
• 4v4 Ranked and Quick Play is now available when queuing for automated matchmaking.
  
• Fixed a bug causing a graphics warning dialog to continue showing after selecting “Don’t Show Again.”
  
• File loading dialog can now sort by the Date/Time column and will default to sorting by newest.
  
• Fixed a bug causing chat messages to appear twice for the sender in some situations.
  
• Fixed an issue with the in-game tech tree, where it could not be properly navigated using controller.
  
• Right-clicking minor god portraits will now pre-queue the Age-up.
  
• Fixed a bug causing mods intended to be safe for ranked to not be treated as safe. For example, mods including modifications to the 4K UI and some data mods such as String mods should now be safe for ranked.
  
• Update to party invite searching to search while typing and allow partial name searches on known friends.
  
• Minor visual improvements to the Mods menus.
  
• QoL improvements to the Load / Save menus.
  
• Fixed a bug causing whisper chats to not send/receive properly.
  
• The Tech Tree, Learn Tab, and Chat are now available while queuing for games.
  
• Fixed a bug preventing queuing for matchmaking when leaving and re-entering matchmaking quickly.

Hotkeys

• Control-Double Click on Atlantean Citizens will avoid selecting units that are not performing the same gathering/hunting action type.
  
• Hotkey conflicts are now taken into account when trying to reset hotkeys.
  
• Units currently empowering a building are now excluded from Select All Heroes / Military Units hotkeys.
  
• Fixed a bug causing the find land military hotkey also to find naval units.

Controller/Xbox

• Easy Military Drag Select is now an option on Xbox.
  
• Updates to Minimap quality of life for controller players.
  
• Added Navigation Waypoints to the controller Minimap.
  
• Units added through custom map scripts will now appear in the controller ring menu.
  
• Added a new option for fast panning the minimap in controller mode.
  
• Livestock and fishing boats can now be moved in the controller Minimap.
  
• Marquee selection will no longer function when in the controller Minimap mode.
  
• Fixed instructions specific to the controller that were showing incorrectly in some scenarios and menus.
  
• Fixed a bug causing gather points to not behave as expected while in the Minimap mode with a unit hovered by the controller cursor.
  
• Attack move can now be issued through the controller Minimap.
  
• Command all military can now be used in the controller Minimap.
  
• Ongoing polish and improvements for controller UI and functionality.

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

[www.ageofempires.com]

:alertalert: DISCLAIMER

This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.
For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

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• Fixed a rare crash related to certain integrated GPUs.
  
• Fixed an issue with slow/clunky building rotation speed introduced in the previous update.
  
• Fixed an issue where disconnecting whilst entering quick/ranked match locks you out of those modes until closing and restarting the game.
  
• Fixed an issue where multiple resource timers caused small but noticeable dips in framerate.
  
• Fixed an issue where newly built town centers were not properly generating Lush for Gaia.
  
• Fixed an occasional visual glitch for Chariot Archers when they were in motion or attacking.
  
• Various other crash and stability fixes.