In February 2024, World’s Edge announced new DLC for Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition that was scheduled to release at the end of 2024. However, in October, the DLC’s release was pushed to an unspecified ‘future date,’ and it has now been completely canceled.

“We apologize that we haven’t provided any updates to you since our announcement of the DLC,” the studio stated on Steam. “While considering the inclusions for last year’s [New Year, New Age] show, we wanted to ensure that Age 3: DE players felt part of the franchise celebration. Unfortunately, this led us to announce content before it had been properly developed, and we now believe this announcement was premature.”

The last expansion for Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition, Knights of the Mediterranean, was released in May 2022, and with the cancelation of this DLC, the game may be entering a maintenance phase. The studio stated they will continue to maintain servers and provide customer support, but it appears there are no immediate plans for new content.