Age of Empires IV released an announcement stating that the servers would go down for scheduled server maintenance.

On 6 December 2021 at 10:01 PM CET Age of Empires IV posted a tweet stating the following, “IN ONE HOUR, Multiplayer servers for Age I, II, III:DE and IV will be down for maintenance. Please make sure you finalize any MP games at least 10 minutes prior.”

Castle on a hill. Image by Age of Empires IV.

On the official Age of Empires IV forum, Age of Empires specified that the servers would go offline 1 hour before scheduled server maintenance to “prevent disruption to newly-formed matches.” 

Furthermore, they stated that “Any matches still in progress at the start of the maintenance window will be disrupted when the servers are taken offline.”

They also specified that players would be able to open and play the game during maintenance, they just wouldn’t be able to access or use any online features.

Fortress. Image by Age of Empires IV.

The objectives of the maintenance, as stated in the official forum, were routine server maintenance. Age of Empires IV specified that there would be no “player-facing changes,” hence players would not be required to download any updates after the maintenance was completed.

Server maintenance was successfully completed at 00:34 AM CET on 7 December 2021, and Age of Empires IV has requested that players report any issues that may have arisen as a result of the maintenance.