Age Of Empires 2 Game Pass



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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Developers
Publishers
Release dates
WindowsFebruary 20, 2018[1]
  • 2Game data
  • 5Audio settings
  • 6Network
  • 7Other information
⤏ Go to series page
Age of Empires1997
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings1999
Age of Mythology2002
Age of Empires III 2005
Age of Empires Online2011
Age of Empires II (2013)2013
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition2014
Age of Empires: Castle Siege2014
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition2018
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition2019
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition2020
Age of Empires IVTBA

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]

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SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft StoreXbox Game Pass for PC
Steam launched in 8/19/2019
All versions require Arxan Anti-TamperDRM.[citation needed]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%PackagesActiveSyncLocalStateGamesAge of Empires DEConfig
Steam %USERPROFILE%GamesAge of Empires DEConfig
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1017900/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location[edit]

SystemLocation
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%PackagesActiveSyncLocalStateGamesAge of Empires DESaved Games
Steam %USERPROFILE%GamesAge of Empires DEUsers<user-id>Saved Games
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1017900/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

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Video settings[edit]

Game Settings
Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen Menus fixed in 16:9
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedWindow can be resized at any time to any aspect ratio.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)On/off (unspecified method).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input settings[edit]

Hotkey Editor
Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller supportSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Campaign narration is read aloud from the text on the UI before starting a mission. No in-game narration or subtitles.

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Vietnamese

Network[edit]

Elo and Ranked matches have been introduced in Update 10 (May 14, 2019).[2]

Multiplayer types

TypeNativePlayersNotes
LAN play8 Requires connection to the master server for lobby creation
Online play8

Connection types

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TypeNativeNotes
MatchmakingOnline lobby browser with visible player Elo rating.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specsSupportedNotes
Direct3D11

System requirements[edit]

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)10 (1703)
Processor (CPU)1.8 GHz Dual Core Intel Core i5 Quad Core 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)4 GB16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)17.23 GB
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
64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. 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

Age Of Empires 2 Game Pass

Age Of Empires On Windows 10

  1. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Release Date & Last Chance to Get Into the Beta!
  2. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition – Update 10

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