as long as it wasn’t the case that content the content is visible but inaccessible. Like I think V&V shows up in the corner for everyone but is locked if you don’t have v&v. I think there’d be backlash if dlc 5 did something like that.
I literally just suggested splitting the dlc in half, but if it LOOKS like it was split in half (especially at the last minute) then it looks extra greedy.
IDK, maybe there are objectors no matter what ms does so ms shouldn’t over think it.
Interesting theory.
AoE 2 DE Anniversary could receive such a Chinese DLC. I find it hard to believe that they would add such DLC, as many as 4 new civs. I think it would be on a smaller scale - Tibetans & Jurchens civs + Campaigns for Far Eastern civs.
DLC to celebrate the 25th anniversary of AoE 2 could be the DLC we see on SteamDB. This could be a completely different type of DLC. I think this could be Forgotten 2.0. DLC. People talk about America and Africa being poorly represented. Such a DLC for the quarter-century of AoE 2 could perfectly solve this problem.
If there were to be two anniversary DLCs this year, that’s how I imagine them. Chinese DLC for “minor” DE Anniversary and huge DLC for 25th Anniversary of AoE 2.
I don’t think there were will be two totally separate DLCs (theme-wise). It overlaps too much with advertising and oversaturation.
It’s going to be either one, or one as a two-parter.
If you dig a bit in the past announcements you can see some hints about the next DLC and being developed together with the V&V.
I copy and paste some interesting lines from the patch of the V&V release.
this doesn’t at all mean that the DLC you love is going away, but it definitely means we’re trying new things in an effort to make you even more happy.
As much as it feels like we’ve already done so much in the 4+ years since launch in November, 2019 – heck, we even went through a global pandemic together and had this game to give us some good vibes during difficult times – there’s also this way in which it feels like you’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg still, because the releases we already have planned into 2025 kind of blow our minds.
And yes, it’s only March of 2024 and we definitely just said 2025… 
This likely means “More DLCs with civs in and campaigns”. So I think we can be pretty safely assured this is what this DLC is.
Even though we’ve pretty much nailed down who it is now. Jigs up guys! We all know, you can reveal it now
I remember this now. So new “Big” DLC will be released in 2025 then? That will be even longer than “Porto” steamdb file to DOI DLC release.
So no new DLC until 2025?
The year did not feel like Christmas tree.
That’s exactly what I thought. I was expecting a second content in 2024 for AoE2, and then another project in 2025…
In the end, we’re only getting clothes from Grandma.
It is possible that 2024 will have a report card of 0
This is the worst plan
Not necessarily. They said “into 2025” not “in 2025”. There’s definitely at least one planned release scheduled for 2025 (at least at the time v&v was released), but not necessarily ALL of the releases are planned for 2025
No. It’s quite clear they meant they have plans for DLCs up to somewhere in 2025. You don’t go “We have no plans for more content this year!” with a happy winking face.
See you all in 2025 then 
Did you just misinterpret it again…?
I think everyone in the community is like me
I still hope there will be news in November 2024
Everything might have been delayed because of resources being diverted toward AoM, so maybe now the plans are going into 2026.
Then why is the hidden achievement already up?
Also don’t forget, this DLC has been in development longer than any other. It’s already had a lot of time devoted to it, or has had development time despite AoM. They knew AoM would require a lot of work, and would have planned around it, it’s not an unexpected wrench.
I’m not sure the plans they were referring to ended with the next dlc.
