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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Celebrates Lunar New Year With New Update

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is celebrating the Chinese new year and the release of the first co-op campaigns with an all-new event.

Updated: Feb 1, 2022 3:13 pm
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Celebrates Lunar New Year With New Update

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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is celebrating the Chinese new year and the release of the first co-op campaigns with an all-new event. The content update comes with a host of new challenges that players can complete for limited-time rewards. Age of Empires: Definitive Edition Update 58259 is now live and the event will run until February 14.

What’s New in The New Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Update?

Starting today through February 14th, players can complete the in-game tasks within the time limit to unlock exclusive rewards. You will need to play at least five different days to complete all of the challenges, and logging in every day is not necessary. In addition to the new content update, there is also a host of bug fixes and performance tweaks that have been added as part of the new update.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Update 58259 Patch Notes

Here are some of the highlights of the new update: 

  • Mods uploaded in-game now receive the correct tags.
  • The “credits” music tracks can now be modded.
  • Added a “NOMODS” launch parameter for debugging purposes which disables the mods system.

The new update resolves modding issues that players have been facing when using Age of Empires II cheats in the Definitive Edition of the game. To check out the full patch notes, click here.


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