Xbox has announced that the upcoming Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition DLC announced last year has officially been canceled, a decision the devs say "was not made lightly".
In a post on Steam announcing the cancellation, the Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition development team says it canceled the DLC "after serious consideration", apologizing for not providing updates regarding said DLC since its announcement last February.
The DLC, which was revealed as part of the New Year, New Age event, came about because Xbox and the Age of Empires team wanted players to feel like "part of the franchise celebration", but that enthusiasm led to DLC being revealed "before it had been built".
Xbox and the Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition development teams say they now feel the DLC's announcement was "premature", hence the cancellation. They acknowledge this will come as a "huge disappointment" and pledge to continue maintaining the game's servers.
While the DLC was indeed announced last year, Xbox never officially revealed exactly what it would entail. All the studio released was a teaser showing World's Edge production director Earnest Yuen pointing to two flags: the Danish flag, and the flag of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
