On the finish of 2024, Microsoft’s Age of Empires group introduced new DLC for Age of Empires 3: Definitive Version, however the studio has now canceled the enlargement, saying the announcement itself was “untimely.”
In a blog post (via PC Gamer), the developer mentioned it canceled the DLC “after severe consideration,” occurring to guarantee followers the choice “was not made frivolously.”
Explaining what occurred within the first place, Microsoft mentioned it introduced the DLC too early, “earlier than it had been constructed.” Wanting again on this, the group mentioned, “We now really feel that announcement was untimely.”
“We all know that it is a large disappointment, and lots of of you had been excited for extra content material. We had been capable of put out a patch for the sport in direction of the tip of final 12 months however perceive that it was not the scale and scope you had been hoping for,” the developer mentioned.
The Age of Empires growth group went on to say that, though the promised DLC is just not coming, the studio will preserve the sport’s servers on-line and supply buyer assist providers. The group additionally pointed followers to the official Age of Empires 3 mods web page to search out one thing new to play.
The canceled DLC was initially anticipated to launch in 2024, however was delayed indefinitely previous to its cancellation. Particulars about what the content material can be had been by no means disclosed.
The final enlargement for Age of Empires 3: Definitive Version was 2022’s Knights of the Mediterranean. Age of Empires 3: Definitive Version is just not the latest version of the sport, as Microsoft launched Age of Empires IV in 2021 and Age of Mythology: Retold in 2024.