Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is an upcoming remaster of Age of Empires II.

It features 4K resolution graphical upgrades, a fully remastered soundtrack, and new civilizations. . It is expected to be released on November 14th, 2019.

New features

 * The Age of Empires II HD base game and all expansions ported into the Definitive Edition
 * New graphics and effects, including building demolition
 * New soundtrack
 * Remastered original soundtrack
 * Each soundtrack set now begins with a theme of the civilization you are playing as
 * Allows you to select sets of soundtracks from the options
 * Toggleable options for old school fans
 * Automatic farm reseeding
 * Global queue
 * Mixed units and tech queue
 * Progress bar for buildings, effects on them if they are working
 * Fish trap reseed
 * Automatic farm and fish trap reseed
 * Zoom
 * Challenge maps to learn mechanics such as boar luring and build orders
 * New server-based multiplayer
 * New AI that doesn't cheat, and a new level of difficulty: extreme
 * Reworked GUI with villagers working in each resource displayed in the top
 * Reworked and improved old campaigns, including changes to the civilizations displayed for a more accurate representation
 * Changes to some civilizations architectural sets
 * Byzantines and Spanish now use the Mediterranean European set
 * The Last Khans content
 * Includes popular mods, like smalltree and grid
 * Modding possibility via Age of Empires web
 * New units and objects, and redesign for some old ones (p.e "sea wall")
 * Crests for each civilization which appear in various places
 * Improved spectator mode and multiplayer, including native streaming support
 * Crossplay between Steam and Microsoft Store
 * New functions on the main menu
 * Historical Battles (Battles of the Conquerors and Battles of the Forgotten renamed and combined into one new section)
 * The Art of War (new tutorial-like feature, Learn to Play still does exists)

Civilizations
Like Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms and Rise of the Rajas, this expansion adds four new civilizations from the same general geographical area (Eastern Europe and Central Asia, in this case).


 * Bulgarians (Eastern Europe)
 * Lithuanians (Eastern Europe)
 * Cumans (new Central Asia architecture)
 * Tatars (Central Asia)

Common

 * Steppe Lancer: Ranged melee cavalry, available at the Stable for Central Asian civilizations (Cumans and Tatars).

Unique

 * Konnik: Castle unique unit of the Bulgarians, cavalry unit that creates a Dismounted Konnik infantry when killed at no cost.
 * Kipchak: Castle unique unit of the Cumans, multi-shot cavalry archer.
 * Leitis: Castle unique unit of the Lithuanians, cavalry with an attack that ignores armor.
 * Keshik: Castle unique unit of the Tatars, cavalry that generates gold while attacking.

Fauna

 * Pig (herdable)
 * Goose (herdable)
 * Cow A (herdable)
 * Cow B (herdable)
 * Ibex (huntable)

Unknown

 * Bactrian Camel
 * Pack camel (name unreleased)
 * Large ox cart (name unreleased)
 * Small ox cart (name unreleased)
 * Chariot (name unreleased)

Buildings

 * Krepost: Unique building of the Bulgarians, small Castle that can train Konniks but not research technologies.

Common

 * Supplies: Militia line units cost . Cost: . Available to all civilizations except Goths.

Unique

 * Silk Armor (Tatars): Scout line and Cavalry Archers +1 pierce armor.
 * Timurid Siegecraft (Tatars): Trebuchets +1 range.
 * Stirrups (Bulgarians): Scout line and Konniks +25% attack speed.
 * Bagains (Bulgarians): Militia line +3 armor.
 * Steppe Husbandry (Cumans): Scout line and Cavalry Archers train 80% faster.
 * Cuman Mercenaries (Cumans): Team members can train up to 10 Elite Kypchaks for free at the Castle.
 * Hill Forts (Lithuanians): Town Centers have +3 range.
 * Tower Shields (Lithuanians): Spearman and Skirmisher lines +1 pierce armor.

Campaigns

 * Tamerlane (Tatars)
 * Ivaylo (Bulgarians)
 * Kotyan Khan (Cumans)
 * Pachacuti (Incas)

Changelog

 * Tracking removed: Effects apply to all civilizations for free upon reaching the Feudal Age. Slavs receive free Supplies instead.
 * Tower HP reduced.
 * Camel renamed Camel Rider (and its upgrades renamed accordingly).
 * Arbalest renamed Arbalester.