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Join the Age of Empires II: DE Anniversary Event!

It’s November and we have a special birthday to celebrate this month!

On November 14th, 2019, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition released to the world; now you’re invited to join the 1-year anniversary bash, where we’ve prepared a huge pile of birthday-themed presents and profile icons to commemorate the event. All of these goodies are now available as part of the NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARY EVENT!

  • Unlock four new birthday-themed Profile Icons!
  • Unlock a HUGE Birthday Cake Monument for your Town Center!
  • Unlock an exciting Confetti Explosion when buildings research upgrades!
  • Unlock vibrant ‘1’-shaped Firework Explosions for Petards, Flaming Camels, and Demolition Ships.

New Rewards!

Starting TODAY through DECEMBER 1, complete the in-game tasks within the time limit to unwrap the pile of birthday presents! The first challenge unlocks a new profile icon and is required to save all of your unlocks:

DAY ~ 🎯 Sign into Xbox Live.
🏆 Unlocks the Exploding Demolition Ship profile icon.
đź’ľ *Required* if you want to save any rewards unlocked during the event!

Each of the following challenges must be unlocked in order and on separate days:

DAY 1 đź”’ Complete a Battle Royale game.
🧱 [Mod] Unlocks Town Center Birthday Party Decorations.
🏆 Unlocks the Birthday Cake profile icon.
DAY 2 đź”’ Using Quick Play, play an Empire Wars game.
🏆 Unlocks the Impenetrable Huskarl profile icon.
DAY 3 đź”’ Survive 15 minutes in a Battle Royale match.
🧱 [Mod] Unlocks ‘1′ shaped Fireworks Explosions for Petards, Flaming Camels, and Demolition Ships.
DAY 4 đź”’ Using Quick Play, play a Battle Royale game and place in the Top 4.
🏆 Unlocks the Cuman Party! profile icon.
DAY 5 đź”’ Using Quick Play, play any game and advance to the Imperial Age.
🧱 [Mod] “Research Complete” particles replaced with a Confetti Explosion.

Keep It!

Remember: if you sign in to Xbox Live during the event, you’ll get to keep all of the mods and profile icons you’ve achieved! Sign in, earn your rewards, and enjoy the birthday-themed event!

We hope you enjoy the November Anniversary Event! And don’t forget to sign into Xbox Live to ensure you keep everything you unlock!

—The Age of Empires Team

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