As we head towards the close of another year, we’re reflecting on 12 months of expansions, updates, gameplay moments, esports and we’re celebrating you – our players. 2025 has been the most content-rich year in franchise history: From launching 6 expansions across 3 games, to bringing titles to PlayStation 5, becoming the Louvre’s first gaming partner, and meeting players at Gamescom with three playable demos — this year was all about leveling up together.
We’ve not only grown in content but also in players, growing to more than 70 million around the world.
Let’s take a closer look at what you helped bring to life in 2025:
- Immortal Pillars and Heavenly Spear expanded the stories of Age of Mythology: Retold – introducing new Chinese and Japanese pantheons, innovative myth units, new epic campaigns, and thirteen new maps.
- Knights of Cross and Rose and Dynasties of the East added new civs, game modes, maps, and biomes to Age of Empires IV. We’ve also been thrilled to see how much fun you’ve been having with the new Crucible mode. Have you spawned a pink sheep yet?
- The Three Kingdoms and Chronicles: Alexander the Great explored new characters, civilizations and tales for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition as the game has continued to grow, more than six years after its debut in 2019.
- We created more opportunities for you to engage with the Age franchise wherever you choose to play, welcoming new players with the releases of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Age of Mythology: Retold, and Age of Empires IV on PlayStation 5.
- We made history – literally – by becoming the first gaming partner of the Louvre museum in Paris. We will forever be honored to have had the opportunity to work with them to share the stories of the Mamluk Dynasty.
While we plan to take an end of year rest, we’re already geared up for 2026. Here’s a preview of what you can expect in the first half of next year from the Age of Empires and Age of Mythology franchises. We remain, as ever, grateful for the love and support you show these games that we all care for so deeply.
Coming in 2026:
- Red Bull Wololo: Londinium is the Biggest Wololo Yet
- Age of Mythology Retold Expands Further in 2026
- Age of Empires Mobile: PC Edition Launches Early 2026
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is Heading to South America in February 2026
- Age of Empires IV Brings Two New Expansions in 2026
