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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition| Developers |
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| Windows | February 20, 2018[1] |
- 2Game data
- 5Audio settings
- 6Network
- 7Other information
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| ⤏ Go to series page |
| Age of Empires | 1997 |
| Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings | 1999 |
| Age of Mythology | 2002 |
| Age of Empires III | 2005 |
| Age of Empires Online | 2011 |
| Age of Empires II (2013) | 2013 |
| Age of Mythology: Extended Edition | 2014 |
| Age of Empires: Castle Siege | 2014 |
| Age of Empires: Definitive Edition | 2018 |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | 2019 |
| Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition | 2020 |
| Age of Empires IV | TBA |
Key points
- Updated version of the original Age of Empires.
General information
- Official website for the series
- Official Discord server for the series
- Overview of new features
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
Age Of Empires 2 Definitive Edition Xbox One Game Pass
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Green Man Gaming |
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| Humble Store |
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| Microsoft Store | Xbox Game Pass for PC |
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| Steam | launched in 8/19/2019 |
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- All versions require Arxan Anti-TamperDRM.[citation needed]
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%PackagesActiveSyncLocalStateGamesAge of Empires DEConfig |
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| Steam | %USERPROFILE%GamesAge of Empires DEConfig |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1017900/pfx/[Note 1] |
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Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%PackagesActiveSyncLocalStateGamesAge of Empires DESaved Games |
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| Steam | %USERPROFILE%GamesAge of Empires DEUsers<user-id>Saved Games |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1017900/pfx/[Note 1] |
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Save game cloud syncing[edit]
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Video settings[edit]
Game Settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution |
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| Multi-monitor |
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| Ultra-widescreen | Menus fixed in 16:9 |
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| 4K Ultra HD |
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| Field of view (FOV) |
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| Windowed | Window can be resized at any time to any aspect ratio. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed |
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| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Anti-aliasing (AA) | On/off (unspecified method). |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) |
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
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| High dynamic range display (HDR) |
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Input settings[edit]
Hotkey Editor
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping |
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| Mouse acceleration |
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| Mouse sensitivity |
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| Mouse input in menus |
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| Mouse Y-axis inversion |
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| Controller |
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| Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Audio settings[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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- Campaign narration is read aloud from the text on the UI before starting a mission. No in-game narration or subtitles.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
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| Simplified Chinese |
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| Traditional Chinese |
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| French |
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| German |
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| Hindi |
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| Italian |
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| Japanese |
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| Korean |
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| Brazilian Portuguese |
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| Russian |
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| Spanish |
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| Latin American Spanish |
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| Vietnamese |
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Network[edit]
- Elo and Ranked matches have been introduced in Update 10 (May 14, 2019).[2]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes |
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| LAN play | 8 | Requires connection to the master server for lobby creation |
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| Online play | 8 |
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Connection types
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| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | Online lobby browser with visible player Elo rating. |
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| Peer-to-peer |
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| Dedicated |
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| Self-hosting |
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| Direct IP |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
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System requirements[edit]
| Windows |
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| Minimum | Recommended |
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| Operating system (OS) | 10 (1703) |
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| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz Dual Core | Intel Core i5 Quad Core 2.4 GHz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 16 GB |
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 17.23 GB |
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| Video card (GPU) | Intel HD 4000
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650
ATI Radeon HD 5850
2 GB of VRAM |
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- 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.01.1File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1017900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1017900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
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- ↑Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Release Date & Last Chance to Get Into the Beta!
- ↑Age of Empires: Definitive Edition – Update 10
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