Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition debuted two whole years ago this week and, to mark the occasion, Forgotten Empires has launched a huge anniversary update jammed with a load of new content and changes. The RTS game's two-year anniversary bash is now live, and it brings new co-op campaigns, Quick Play vs AI matchmaking, a new player handicap system for custom lobbies, and a ton more besides.
The two new co-op campaigns are called Tariq ibn Ziyad and Tamerlane. The first features five missions, while the latter features six. There aren't any details on what these are exactly in the patch notes, with only the various mission names listed, but now they're live you can always go get stuck in if you're keen to find out, stat. It's worth noting these are still tagged as 'beta' for now as the devs are continuing to monitor player feedback and make changes to co-op campaigns.
The new Quick Play vs AI feature is a neat addition that does exactly what its name says - it lets you dive into the mode, which is designed to let you set up certain types of games and matchmake more easily and quickly, and battle it out against an AI-controlled foe rather than using the existing human multiplayer option. From the devs' preview in the patch notes, it looks like you'll get a choice of pitting two, three, or four against the AI, and you can set options for its difficulty - with the example given being 'extreme'.
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