# Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 153638

- Product: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition)
- Vendor: World's Edge
- Date: 2025-08-20
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/813780/view/801196996387930593
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition/releases/2025-08-20-age-of-empires-ii-definitive-edition-update-15363

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- **fixed** — Fixed a crash that occurred when players without the Chronicles: Battle for Greece DLC tried to enter a Skirmish using a Chronicles Civilization-only set
- **fixed** — Fixed an out of sync issue on PS5

Welcome to a small update for _Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition_! This is the first of two small patches planned in the near future to address issues reported in the most recent update.

Today’s patch addresses key stability issues on console. Our teams are already working on a second patch to address gameplay issues and bugs. Please see our known issues page to see a list of these issues.

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Thank you again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make _Age of Empires_ what it is today!

—The _Age of Empires_ Team

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#####      ◆ Minor Update 153638 ◆

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##### Game

##### Stability & Performance

-  Fixed a crash that occurred when players without the _Chronicles: Battle for Greece_ DLC tried to enter a Skirmish using a _Chronicles_ Civilization-only set.

##### PlayStation

-  Fixed an out of sync issue on PS5.

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##### Ongoing...

##### Investigation

We are actively investigating out of sync issues reported for all our platforms, but at times these are very tricky to reproduce internally. In recent updates we’ve increased our logging to help us investigate this further, and we’re hopeful that the added detail from the new logs will help us get to the bottom of this issue!

As always, we are continuing to track issues reported by the community for future updates.

For other known issues, please visit [this page](https://support.ageofempires.com/hc/articles/360049490811) to see what’s being tracked!

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##### :alertalert: **DISCLAIMER**

This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.

For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our [social channels](https://twitter.com/ageofempires).

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