While there is plenty of fixes and features coming with today’s build, here are some of the highlights to look for in the April update:

Greatest Medieval Technologies Event 🏹 April 29 – May 13 🏹

Come one, come all! The GREATEST MEDIEVAL TECHNOLOGIES EVENT is here to spotlight some of the most intimidating inventions in human history! From the evolution of siege technology to the advent of the crossbow, gunpowder, and even the defensive tools used to protect against these new technologies, we’re taking a closer look at the weapons of war that helped define and redefine the battlefields of their time.

This month, you can play and complete challenges in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition to permanently unlock new icons, never before seen cheat codes, and cosmetics celebrating the greatest medieval technologies!

Three new Profile Icons!

Two new Cheat Codes!

“Going Above and Beyond:” Stack the benefits of your research up to 256 times

Stack the benefits of your research up to 256 times “Tech Tech One Two Free:“ Why wait for invention when you can just remove those pesky research costs

Three exclusive visual mods!

Launch larger projectiles from Onagers, Mangonel, and Siege Onagers

Show off your might with Golden Bombard Cannons

Pew-pew in style with new tracer effects for the Hand Cannoneer, Janissary, and Conquistador

Today through May 13, check back in-game to complete daily challenges and unlock all the new content:

🎯 Sign into Xbox Live.

🏆 Unlocks the Crossbow profile icon.

🎯 Train three Arbalesters in a single game.

🏆 Unlocks the ‘Going Above and Beyond’ cheat code.

🎯 Research the Chain Mail technology.

🏆 Unlocks the Golden Bombard Cannon profile icon and the ‘larger Onagers projectiles’ mod.

🎯 Train three Fast Fire Ships in a single game.

🏆 Unlocks the ‘gold skin for Bombard Cannon’ mod.

🎯 Train three Bombard Cannons in a single game.

🏆 Unlocks the Hand Cannon profile icon and the ‘tracer effects for gunpowder units’ mod.

🎯 Destroy an enemy Castle with a Trebuchet.

🏆 Unlocks the ‘Tech Tech One Two Free’ cheat code.

Don’t forget to log into Xbox Live at some point during the event to keep the mods, profile icons, and cheat codes you unlock during the event!

We hope you enjoy the best that medieval history has to provide: both with the celebration AND with Age of Empires II!

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