Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Animated Icons Bundle

Customize your player icon with fancy new animated options! These are for those who want to freshen up their presence and wish to support the development of the game. These icons provide no gameplay benefit and are purely cosmetic.

• La Hire's Dry Humor Collection is a set of eight animated recognizable situations, funny animations and memes.

• Joan's Marvelous Moving Masterpieces are a display of eight animated historically inspired art pieces showing the diversity from across all the lands.

• Barbarossa's Barrel of Pickled Goods contains a fine selection of eight animated art pieces and Age of Empires logic and other memes.

• PS Plus required for online play
• In-game purchases optional
• Supports up to 8 online players with PS Plus
• Online play optional
• 1 player
• Remote Play supported
• Accessibility features (20)
• PS5 Version
  Vibration function supported (DualSense wireless controller)

Accessibility Features

Visuals

Colour Alternatives

You don't need to rely on understanding colour to play the game, or important colours can be changed to make them easier to tell apart.

High Contrast Visuals

Audio

Volume Controls

You can turn down and mute individual audio volumes.

Screen Reader (Advanced)

The screen reader will fully communicate contextual text and visual information essential to gameplay.

Visual Cue Alternatives

Visual information is also communicated through audio or controller vibration.

Subtitles and Captions

Subtitles (Advanced)

Spoken dialogue in the game is fully subtitled.

Controls

Controller Remapping (Basic)

You can change the controls to an alternative preset layout, or some remapping support is provided.

Adjustable Stick Sensitivity (Basic)

Some stick sensitivity options are provided.

Playable without Button Holds

You can play the game and navigate menus without holding down buttons.

Playable without Rapid Button Presses

You can play the game and navigate menus without needing to press buttons rapidly or within a time limit.

Playable without Touch Controls

You can play the game without needing to use touch-based controls.

Gameplay

Adjustable Difficulty (Basic)

You can reduce the overall challenge of the game by choosing an alternative preset difficulty level.

Game Speed (Advanced)

You can reduce the overall speed of the game to slow down gameplay.

Control Reminders

You can review the game controls at any time.

Practice Mode

You can access a consequence-free environment throughout the game to practise how to play.

Game Pausing

You can pause the game at any time during gameplay or cinematics (offline play only).

Manual Saving

You can create manual save points that allow you to return to the game exactly where you left off.

Online Communication

Text Chat Transcription

Text chats can be read aloud to you.

Quick Chat

You can send and receive preset words, phrases or icons to communicate more easily with other players.

Ping Communication

You can mark points of interest or specific information for other players on their HUDs or maps without needing to use voice or text entry communications.

• Platform: PS5
• Release: 6/5/2025
• Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
• Genres: Strategy