A Hotfix is being released today (June 26th) to address several stability and performance issues with Age of Empires IV since the launch of Season Five. Below is a short list of fixes found in this build.

Please Note: As part of downloading to this new Hotfix build, any saved games and observable matches made on previous builds will be unable to be loaded or replayed.

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—The Age of Empires Team

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◆Hotfix 7.0.5976◆

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• Fixed an issue where users on older Nvidia hardware were encountering a crash to a black screen at launch, or a “Failed to find a supported hardware rendering device” pop-up error.
  
• Fixed an issue where some users reported seeing FPS drops, hitching, or lag during team and late-game matches.
  
• We believe that reports of CPU usage should be remedied as a result of the Rendering change. Please reach out if you continue to see this.
  
• Fixed a server connection issue that was causing pop-up errors when users selected Empire Wars in Custom Games (as well as several crafted maps and mods).
  
• Fixed a crash that some users encountered on Tribute of resources.
  
• The Stone Shore Ranked Monument reward is no longer missing for all Team Ranks.
  
• The Surfboard Coat of Arms Sigil reward is no longer missing for Team Ranks Gold and above.

: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.

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