Microsoft is celebrating the first year of Age of Empires Definitive Edition with a huge update

Last year in February when Microsoft released Age of Empires Definitive Edition, then they mentioned that this game is a tribute to those Real Time Strategy (RTS) game lovers who made the whole Age of Empires franchise a huge success. This year, Microsoft Studios is again sending a love letter with a massive update in the game, Age of Empires Definitive Edition.

According to the official website of Age of Empires, the update is currently in the works and it will be ready very very soon -

It will be released soon, and will include some of the community’s most-requested features, including automatic farm reseeding, mixed unit queues, dead unit decay, and more!

Here is the detailed changelog which you can expect with the next update

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New Features:

• Automatic Farm Reseed – New Option in the Granary
• Mixed unit Queues – Players can now train different units at the same time from buildings
• Mixed tech Queues – Players can now queue units and techs at the same time from buildings
• Added resolution options to full-screen mode
• Fallen Units now decay over-time

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Unit Behavior:

• Units navigate better when going through narrow paths
• Ship acceleration removed to improve tasked response times
• Builders no longer fail to build wall pieces under certain circumstances
• Improved intercept targeting behaviour

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Improvement:

• AI should no longer get stuck in the Stone Age under certain circumstances
• AI can now hunt Elephants
• AI Scouts are less prone to killing themselves to hazards
• AI units pick their targets better
• General AI build orders/strategies have been updated to be more efficient

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Bugfixes:

• Fixed various crashes at game-end
• Destroyed buildings disappear much faster.

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It is evident that Microsoft has not left this age as it is after it failed to reach the expectations. They are still showing some love towards AOE DE, meanwhile, the Age of Empires 4 is in the works by Relic Games. So, what do you think about AoE Definitive Edition? Will it continue to get support from Microsoft Studios even after the fail? Let us know in the comments below!