We are excited to announce the Public Update Preview on the Steam for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. You can find more details about it on our Age II: DE Steam forums.
The Public Update Preview discussion will only appear if the signed in account owns Age II: DE.
How do I access the Public Update Preview branch?
If you'd like to join us in early play of upcoming Updates for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, you can find and download the Public Update Preview build using the instructions provided below.
- Locate Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition in your Steam Games Library
- Right-click the game title and select Properties at the bottom of the menu
- In the window that appears, select the BETAS tab on the left
- If a Public Update Preview is active, you will see it in the list with the prefix 'pup'
- Your game will then receive an update, and you can launch the game from there
- To return to the Live game, simply repeat steps 1-3, and once on the BETAS tab select NONE in the list - your game will then update back to the Live build version
Where do I go to provide feedback?
Every time we make a build available through the Public Update Preview, we’ll create a Steam sub-forum specifically for you to provide feedback. This is where you can let us know if you see something troublesome and if your issue is difficult for us to track down, we may ask you to submit a Customer Support ticket so we can gather additional information.
If I find a crash or some other bug that I’d usually send files to help you track, where do I do that?
You can continue to use our Customer Support portal for sending us files when you encounter issues, you’ll just indicate that you found this issue in the Public Update Preview.
Will the Public Update Preview be available on Windows?
The Public Update Preview is currently only available on Steam.