Age of Empires 2: HD Edition hasn’t really been a walk in the park since its release, mostly due to the fact that a lot of players were disappointed with the performance of the game. But all that is about to change.
Microsoft Studios, the developer, recently released a beta update that promises to offer up to 50 percent performance improvements on low-specs systems and up to 500 percent performance improvements on high-end systems.
“Right before launch we launched an update that resolved some of the issues XP users were seeing. Today we have updated a build focused on a number of concerns, and are placing it in as a ‘beta’ for users to start playing right away rather than wait until we move it to the main branch,” the official developer note says.
The company writes that multiplayer functionality will work only with others on the build, and that the build contains an updated version number for visibility.
“To access the build, simply right click on Age of Empires II: HD Edition in your Steam library, select ‘Properties’ and then choose the ‘Betas’ tab. From there use the drop down to select ‘performance’ and steam[sic] should download the update automatically,” the post adds.
Check here for the complete changelog.
