Season Five Update – Order of the Dragon

"We’re turning up the heat in Season Five with Map Monsters: Summer Party Edition! Scout the land and scour the sea in search for the elusive Wild Man and mysterious Dragon Turtle in our Summer Party event! Start a match off strong in Empire Wars – a new, quick-to-action game mode where players start with a burgeoning empire of pre-built buildings and villagers already tasked to resources. But that’s not all: We’ve packed this update with loads of new content and features, ready for you to dive in starting June 15th!"

A few highlights include:

Three new maps: Golden Heights, Migration, and Volcanic Island!

The start of Ranked Season Five, bringing with it new rewards and an updated map pool rotation!

Team Voice Chat – strategize with your friends in-match with the new team voice chat! Or use the speech-to-text feature to more easily send communications to your team!

Visual upgrades, and performance-related improvements!

New trade updates based directly on community feedback!

New unique options for every civilization! From unique tech to unique units, we’re making design changes so that each civilization’s personality shines through!

Additional support for mods that make it easier for everyone in the lobby to start the match.

… and a whole lot of bug fixes & balance changes!