At the end of 2024, Microsoft’s Age of Empires team announced new DLC for Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition, but the studio has now canceled the expansion, saying the announcement itself was “premature.”
In a blog post (via PC Gamer), the developer said it canceled the DLC “after serious consideration,” going on to assure fans the decision “was not made lightly.”
Explaining what happened in the first place, Microsoft said it announced the DLC too early, “before it had been built.” Looking back on this, the team said, “We now feel that announcement was premature.”