Age of Empires II Is Still Getting New Civilizations, More Than 21 Years Later

The classic real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings just keeps growing, and growing, and growing. Its latest expansion, decades after the game was originally released in 1999, is called Lords of the West and adds three more campaigns and two completely new civilizations: Burgundians and Sicilians.

Out today on PC, Lords of the West is a $10 add-on for the Definitive Edition of the game released back in 2019. In addition to the three (fully-voiced) campaigns, one each for the Burgundian and Sicilian civilizations, as well as an additional one for the Britons focused on Edward Longshanks, there are the two civilizations, one focused on cavalry and gunpowder tech, while the other is infantry-based with an interesting gold bonus technology.

Here are some of the highlights from Microsoft’s blog post:

Burgundians

• Economic upgrades are available one Age earlier than other civs
• Stable technologies cost -50%
• Gunpowder units gain +25% attack
• Relics generate both Gold & Food
• Coustillier cavalry unit - Utilizes a powerful shock attack when charging into battle.” Strong vs. infantry and archers. Weak vs. Camel Riders and Monks.
• Burgundian Vineyards tech - Convert all food into gold at a 2:1 ratio, Farmers slowly generate gold in addition to food.

Source: kotaku