No, I think it was some auto repair from Steam or something, checked with some friends, they didn’t get it.
Ah, ok…I didn’t say anything then…
Unlike the usual depot updates we’ve been seeing, there were 36 updates on the 26th that look like the following, and 10 of these changes applied to both AoE III and to uniquely ID’d mystery apps.
https://steamdb.info/app/2453090/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453092/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453094/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453095/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453100/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453102/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453105/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453110/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453120/
https://steamdb.info/app/2453124/
Here you can see the same style of update for what turned out to be the Hero Cosmetic Pack Vol. 1 and Lizzie.
Interestingly, going back through the history I found that the Knights of the Mediterranean DLC had its initial secret squirrel update added alongside Mexico’s back in November 2021, and African Royals’ was added in March 2021, which means if these 10 apps are indeed DLCs they won’t necessarily be releasing soon or at the same time.
Edit: The updates for African Royals and United States were also added at the same time:
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Yes, I think the dlc is coming…
AOE-3 would need at least another 5 DLC to be considered a complete game.
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Imagine we wait all this time for…cosmetic packs. 
*shudders.
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Actually if the developers intend to add civilizations from the Middle East, Asia or Oceania, they are going to have to do a lot more than just 10 civilizations to make the game feel complete.
Yes, I think that with the European dlc the game got the basics it needed up to now…
Yes, the game doesn’t need that many dlcs to be complete… it just needs a couple of dlcs to fill in the gaps (South Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Oceania and little else, in America many peoples are represented either as major or minor civs)…
North America yes, South and Central America no. (the continent does not feel complete)
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Yes, I completely agree, I suppose they will do it when the time comes…
If there are 10 mystery apps being updated, they are probably cosmetics hmmm
I hope it’s not Cosmetic Pack but serious Dlc with new factions and misssions.
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Optimistically, we will get an expansion and the global conquest mode, plus a new campaign and 3 new civilizations. 
Pessimistically, we’ll get one last patch and some maintenance for the rest of the year, then the juice will be abandoned entirely. 
Realistically, we will get a new civilization and skin pack for our explorers, after that maybe they will add more civilizations during the year. 
Which do you think has the best chance of happening?
- Optimistic.
- Pessimistic.
- Realistic.
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But Santa told me that this game is dead
Even when we have monthly patches. And devs read us in here and in reddit
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its been like, 30 days since a patch. dead game.
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It’s not dead, the devs are busy developing Retold, that’s why they don’t update the game that often…
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Bizarre, we will get a expansion (Danes, Egyptians and Greeks) with preorder of Age of Mythology + Weather effects + Enchanted Grove biome (like AoE 4). 
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this is my current theory, although im less certain about greeks
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My theory is, that they didnt create a new database for AOM and just use the AOE3 one.
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If that’s the case, I think the developers should tell us to avoid confusion.
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