• For a whole year, the award-winning and best-selling strategy Age of Empires IV has been pleasing millions of fans of the series around the world. The new anniversary edition will take you to the epicenter of the great historical battles that forever changed the fate of the world.



• To create a mighty empire, you will be able to use both familiar and completely new methods of warfare — and all this on giant maps in high-quality 4K resolution. The anniversary edition of Age of Empires IV is a next—generation real-time strategy game. Expect a lot of free new content and features, including brand new civilizations, new maps, additional in-game updates and languages, as well as new challenges, skill tests, taunts and cheats. It´s time to plunge into the depths of history!



• Two new civilizations, 8 new maps — Lead the powerful West African civilization of Mali, one of the richest trading powers in the history of mankind, and develop the economy by extracting resources and investing in gold.



• Or create one of the greatest empires in history by standing at the head of the Ottoman civilization with its excellently trained army, which has at its disposal the largest firearms siege guns in history — huge bombards capable of crushing the enemy´s resistance with one shot.



• Change the game with Mods (Beta) — Change the game on your own with the powerful tools included in the latest beta version of the mod editor. Develop your own maps for skirmishes and multiplayer battles, create unique tasks, collect sets of settings based on data and come up with new game modes for Age of Empires IV.



• Go back to history — Witness historical events by leading one of 10 detailed recreations of civilizations from all over the world — from England to China and the Delhi Sultanate. Build cities, extract resources, and fight on land and at sea in 4 different campaigns of 35 tasks that span a period of 500 years — from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance.



• A story accessible to everyone — Age of Empires IV contains a training system for novice players that helps to understand the basics of real-time strategy, as well as a story mode in which novice players will be able to complete campaigns without much effort. And the most experienced players will face serious challenges, new game features, strategic elements and tactical techniques.



• Challenge the whole world — Watch matches, fight together with friends — and against them. The strategy supports online matches of up to 8 participants in PVP and PVE modes, rating games and much more!



• Move to fame together with historical figures — Join Jeanne D´Ark in her fight against the British or conquer Asia by leading the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan. The choice is yours — and your every decision determines the course of history!