# \[Age of Empires III: DE\] Pre-Order The African Royals! **URL:** \ **Category:** 📢 News & Announcements\ **Created:** [July 20, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697 "2021-07-20T22:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RinTheYordle](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/rintheyordle/32/56766_2.png) [@RinTheYordle](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/RinTheYordle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/1 "2021-07-20T22:55:47Z")
![AfricanRoyals_KeyArt_1920x1080](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/c/5cc263a0288ba7eb9f86922d005d39686f1ef15f.jpeg) # Age of Empires III: DE - The African Royals DLC * * * On **August 2nd, 2021** , Get ready to experience history from the unique perspectives of some of Africa’s most famous rulers: _Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition– The African Royals_ is available for pre-order [RIGHT NOW!](https://www.ageofempires.com/buy-now#Age_of_Empires_III_DE__The_African_Royals) We’re bringing a new continent to _Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition_, adding two brand-new civilizations and their magnificent kingdoms: the **Ethiopians** and the **Hausa** of Africa! Gain new Alliances with every Age and use your Influence to hire units and research technologies. In addition, experience **3 all-new Historical Battles** , **15 new African maps** , **5 new Indigenous African Civilizations to Ally with** , and play your way through several **new Achievements!** * * * ### 🧾 LEARN MORE: > [🡒 READ THE FULL BLOG AND PRE-ORDER HERE!](https://www.ageofempires.com/news/preorder-aoe3de-african-royals/) # * * * ---
**Author:** ![Jonasnee8581](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/jonasnee8581/32/72521_2.png) [@Jonasnee8581](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Jonasnee8581)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/2 "2021-07-20T23:04:46Z")
cant wait to see them ingame, hope this wont be the last content we see for AOE 3 😌 when will we get some info on maps and natives? i am excited to see those. ---
**Author:** ![FiveWind6951746](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/fivewind6951746/32/183206_2.png) [@FiveWind6951746](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/FiveWind6951746)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/3 "2021-07-20T23:07:46Z")
So excited for this! and hopefully there’s more to come! So glad to support a game I have loved since it came out all those years ago AoEIIIDE still has so much room to expand! A few civ suggestions for future DLC: Italians, Danes, Polish, Navajo, Persians, Omani, Moroccans… ---
**Author:** ![ArrivedLeader22](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/arrivedleader22/32/29255_2.png) [@ArrivedLeader22](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/ArrivedLeader22)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/4 "2021-07-20T23:17:20Z")
I’m so hyped for more contents. The game has huge potentials. Please don’t waste them. ---
**Author:** ![AssertiveWall20](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/assertivewall20/32/102618_2.png) [@AssertiveWall20](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AssertiveWall20)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/5 "2021-07-20T23:36:34Z")
Loving it! Already preordered! Keep em coming and I’ll keep buying em! ---
**Author:** ![Coranhon1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/coranhon1/32/141713_2.png) [@Coranhon1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Coranhon1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/6 "2021-07-20T23:38:14Z")
So Indians are one of the choices to Age-Up, good ---
**Author:** ![Matuiss4](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@Matuiss4](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Matuiss4)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/7 "2021-07-20T23:38:45Z")
Nice! And I spotted some QOL changes as well. Good stuff, already pre-ordered. ---
**Author:** ![AgeOfAwesomenes](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/ageofawesomenes/32/71495_2.png) [@AgeOfAwesomenes](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AgeOfAwesomenes)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/8 "2021-07-20T23:58:45Z")
Great news , super excited for new content for my favorite game. Going to preorder now ---
**Author:** ![Matuiss4](https://forums.ageofempires.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@Matuiss4](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Matuiss4)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/9 "2021-07-21T00:07:05Z")
The Ethiopian units mechanic (closer it is to enemy → faster it attacks) seems fun. The Hausa **Lifidi Knight** scares me a bit tho, with mechanics that kinda (in theory) breaks the counter system(dual-resistance) Overall the civs seem VERY unique, congrats. ---
**Author:** ![FurtherLime7936](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/furtherlime7936/32/113417_2.png) [@FurtherLime7936](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/FurtherLime7936)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/10 "2021-07-21T00:19:28Z")
> [@Matuiss4](#): > > The Hausa **Lifidi Knight** scares me a bit tho, with mechanics that kinda (in theory) breaks the counter system(dual-resistance) Kinda similar to the Carolean with Svea Guard (Above their counters) ---
**Author:** ![Jonasnee8581](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/jonasnee8581/32/72521_2.png) [@Jonasnee8581](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Jonasnee8581)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/11 "2021-07-21T07:29:22Z")
Svea guard replace the melee resist tho, tho obviously no unit will really do amazing in melee vs them due to their high melee dmg. ---
**Author:** ![Nerwesta5022](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/nerwesta5022/32/29270_2.png) [@Nerwesta5022](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Nerwesta5022)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/12 "2021-07-22T21:43:54Z")
Is this Tewodros II on the right ? I guess so ---
**Author:** ![AceCard32543944](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/acecard32543944/32/28298_2.png) [@AceCard32543944](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/AceCard32543944)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/13 "2021-07-24T10:31:27Z")
3 new historical battles and no new campaigns. It’s become a tradition: AOE3 will **never** have new campaigns, regardless of how many DLCs will come. ---
**Author:** ![Coranhon1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/coranhon1/32/141713_2.png) [@Coranhon1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Coranhon1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/14 "2021-07-25T00:50:45Z")
Which ones? Do you care to describe? ---
**Author:** ![Coranhon1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/coranhon1/32/141713_2.png) [@Coranhon1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Coranhon1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/15 "2021-07-25T00:51:49Z")
Devs lose a golden opportunity to make something to remember ---
**Author:** ![FurtherLime7936](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/furtherlime7936/32/113417_2.png) [@FurtherLime7936](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/FurtherLime7936)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/16 "2021-07-25T01:07:21Z")
Don’t worry next one will add one I guess, if is Napoleon, excellent ---
**Author:** ![Abrahamburger2](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/abrahamburger2/32/34952_2.png) [@Abrahamburger2](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Abrahamburger2)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/17 "2021-07-25T01:11:02Z")
I think the quality of life changes is mainly just choosing different shipment points for resources/ villagers and military units. ---
**Author:** ![RaucousTrack414](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/raucoustrack414/32/32897_2.png) [@RaucousTrack414](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/RaucousTrack414)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/18 "2021-07-29T04:29:34Z")
I’m looking forward to the African patch. I hope we can realize the great potential in this game. ---
**Author:** ![RinTheYordle](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/rintheyordle/32/56766_2.png) [@RinTheYordle](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/RinTheYordle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/age-of-empires-iii-de-pre-order-the-african-royals/137697/19 "2021-07-30T00:54:56Z")
Hey everyone! How are you liking the content our influencers are making so far? Any favorite things you’re seeing for the African Royals coming SOON!!? If you haven’t seen the content yet or don’t know what I’m talking about, you can find all the vods and more live streams right here: > **[LIVE PREVIEW: Age of Empires III: DE - The African Royals - Age of Empires](https://www.ageofempires.com/news/preview-african-royals/)** > > Curious about the two new civilizations, their unique units, and how they function with Influence? Want to get a glimpse at one of the three new Historical