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Update 177723
Released in June 2026, this Definitive Edition update combined crash and performance work on PC and consoles with fixes to unit behavior, technologies, pathfinding, Villager tasks, campaign objectives, AI scripting, lobbies, UI, and hotkeys. It also revised balance for infantry, defenses, docks, ships, and several civilizations.
Overview
Released in June 2026, this Definitive Edition update combined crash and performance work on PC and consoles with fixes to unit behavior, technologies, pathfinding, Villager tasks, campaign objectives, AI scripting, lobbies, UI, and hotkeys. It also revised balance for infantry, defenses, docks, ships, and several civilizations.
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Released in June 2026, this Definitive Edition update combined crash and performance work on PC and consoles with fixes to unit behavior, technologies, pathfinding, Villager tasks, campaign objectives, AI scripting, lobbies, UI, and hotkeys. It also revised balance for infantry, defenses, docks, ships, and several civilizations. Read this entry as a version-specific record; a later update may have changed the current values of affected units, buildings, or technologies.
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