Empire at War Got a Huge Update! 

The fact that this nearly 20 year old game keeps getting official patches is proof that it is more than deserving of a sequel.

Man, gotta appreciate Petroglyph for helping a game almost 20 years old thrive. Not a lot of other developers who would do that

you can really tell how much they care about the modders

Wow it's crazy to me that it's getting any updates at all, but porting to 64-bit I would never have expected.

First Half-Life and now this, love it when devs go back to polish their older games

Imagine a dev team patching a 20year old game mainly to help dedicated modding communities to improve their content. All of this for free. Petroglyph is really an amazing studio

Find you a partner the same way Petroglyph loves EaW.

5:30 Whoah whoah whoah, whoah. Hold up. You mean the Avenger and Allecto dont have to do 100% of the work for the Imperial Navy anymore?

So great they came in and dropped this update! Well done Petroglyph. also looking forward to that new RTS they have in the works. Seems interesting. Well done on the video Corey!

I love petro, even tho EaW is 15 plus years old at this point, they still set time and money for people to work on issues we find, it's why the game still feels alive, with people like you Corey here to help it!

I literally clapped for joy when you mentioned the fix to the ship names thing... such a small thing but so thankful they finally changed that lol

The simple fact they are going back into EAW engine and code might be a sign that they might be gearing up to start working on EAW 2. Only speculation here but one can only hope

Petroglyph is the 🐐 Same with all the mod teams.

Oh wow, I thought it was JUST the 64 bit change. This is pretty amazing for future changes!

First Half Life, now Empire at War; I love that older games are still getting updates

I love how this beloved 17 year old game is still getting official patches.

I instantly thought of How Corey would react to this update when I went on Steam.

This exact situation also happened with Sins of a Solar Empire 2, which is also an old and iconic Strategy space game. People were confused why Sins was getting updates after 10 years and it turns out they were testing player engagement and eventually made a sequel (now early access). Devs don't usually update 10+ year old games just for the sake of being nice, and this is the 3rd year in a row that EAW has been updated.....so maybe something is actually happening? One can dream

Man, this gives me hopes for a EaW sequel. However, seeing how sequels are being released that bastardize why we loved the original, do we really want to see a sequel? I don't want to see EaW get Dawn of War 3'ed

The moment you said unit veterancy i heard the Command and Conquer Generals pilot sounds

So crazy how these old games still get official love.

Round of applause for Petroglyph for sure.

i knew i remembered seeing a rancor eat someone, glad to know i'm not insane

I was about to ask if unit veterancy was now possible to some limited capacity and you answered it in the video, I look forward to seeing what you folks decide to do with that, veterancy tends to be a pretty cool mechanic in other RTS games, and I could even see it being used to represent a character's growth as a commander or warrior within a campaign, like for example Luke Skywalker in Imperial Reign developing further as a force hero, or Revan and their companions actually leveling up to an extent in Revan's Revenge, as if they really were characters in an RPG.

So excited for the new doors this opens for you and the team!

I hope this helps with Remake's stability

holy shit. Mods are gonna get even bigger.

5:40 RIP Alecto, you will no longer be every single ISD1 I build. Also, with how the specific units presist between tactical and galactic level now, is there a chance of something akin to a veterancy mechanic reentering into the discussion of possibility?

6:20 UNIT VETERANCY, coming soon(tm) to EAW:X... EDIT: 7:01 GET HYPE

I guess that explains why all my save files are now gone

For those trying out the new patch. Previously under 32 bit mode many need to run compatibility mode, limiting the cpu and gpu. TURN Compatibility Off. Let your computer run normally, let the game run normally. If you are experiencing stuttering or lag issues this will likely help....alot. Pass on what you have learned. 😊

Yes!! Unit vet status is gonna be killer if it doesn't kill the engine!

I honestly thought that some mod got updated, thanks for breaking down the patch! Can't wait for the modders to start making some more crazy stuff.

This is awesome! Great video. Gonna boot it up again haven’t played in a year I think.

Can't wait to see what your modders are able to create now with these new possibilitys👍🏻

oh I've been waiting for the name thing for a long time, its so nice to have some variety there

I can tell from Corey's voice that he's so joyful for the update

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

Great stuff Corey

That's very cool that old games like this are still getting updates. And what is cooler- it's that the updates are good and really make the game better

I am really excited that we can finally have more than a couple ship names, and more than that, we could possibly track their story!

I was curious to hear your take on this update. Much appreciated.

That 20 year old games even compile today is amazing. Much more impressive is that they even compile for different architectures! Well done Engineering...

So damn excited to load this up again!!! Damn near wet myself in joy when I saw this news a couple days ago.

We owe petroglyph a really nice Christmas gift for doing this. Twenty years later and they're helping the community out. Much appreciated.

petroglyph is wild for supporting such an old game just because. That's dedication right there.

wow this is incredible! I love my ships having unique names.

This video just randomly popped up on my feed, no idea who you are but thank you for this video, had no idea this game was recieving updates and such a decent one at that, now I've just reinstalled and going to re-live the good times.

I played this game when it came out. Thinking about going back to it. Awesome to see such a great game getting continued support.

YOOOO ITS THE DUDE FROM THAT MAP I LOVE. (Love your work man, keep it up and we love you and all the work you and your team does for the game)

I am so happy about the persistent names! I love making actual plays and that is a game changer for storytelling!

That's absolutely awesome. I pulled out my DVD and I'm getting that installed. It's been more than 10 years since I last played any mods, and I'm excited to see how they've progressed.

Honestly getting an upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit is *huge*, it’s not flipping a switch but a lot of work! Hard to not see this as a labour of love and I’m very happy that Petroglyph supported it! I hope I can try out their next RTS game when it comes out

Hey Corey I had an idea for how to get the Starhawk to be able to damage ships using its tractor beam, not sure if you’ve tried it already but an ability like the SPAT beam from the ship ‘The Liberation’ from the mod ‘Awakening of the rebellion’ but with shield piercing effect. Not sure if that would actually work but had that thought today and thought I should share it.

Wow, this sounds great

ANOTHER EaW update? Aw yeeeeah! Thank you to the Petroglyph dev teams!

Hi Corey, I love your work. Can I ask you to try unit veterancy? This is something I really wanted to see in SWEAW.

They also patched that unlimited jetpack glitch from boba Fett and the phase two dark Troopers.

Unexpected but great to see stuff like this!

A legitimate improvement. That's awesome. Also, that world devastator model is beautiful.

Amazing news. Great to see, they are still caring.

Amazing!

I wonder if the new Awakening of the Rebellion update will be delayed in order to integrate some of these changes.

Petroglyph pulling another epic move.

The mods for this, 15 years ago, were awesome. Remember the zerg mod space battles being a blast.

RIP ISD Allecto and it's 89 siblings 2006 - 2023

man petroglyph are awesome, so much passion! I hope they can get the go ahead for a sequal some day.

Wow I had no idea this game was still supported. I've got to grab my old PC cd sun faded box and start the install. So glad I kept a drive in my rig.

And here I thought the question about 64 bit by the devs in the stream chat a while ago was a joke

We need Empire at War 2!

Not played the game myself this just popped on my videos feed for some reason as someone that typically plays RTS games, i must admit i am impressed for a nearly 20 year old game still getting updates impresses me.

Even tho I'm not modding anymore I'm still very happy to see updates are beeing made for this game ❤️

WOOOOOOOW!!!!! This is fantastic.

I’m going to replay the game now! I’m very excited.

Nice update, I hope one day they fix fluent camera points switching to enable free cinematic camera modding. I presented the issue on my channel.

*Unit veterancy* and *'leveling' a named unit into higher unit tiers* - e.g. promoting a hero unit, or corvette commander into a frigate or cruiser command, or a named company into a higher tier of infantry or vehicles - would shift game-play toward a higher degree of immersion and strategy due to another incentive to preserve forces in battles...

Was…was personally hoping for the ability to organize groups and issue deployment orders while paused, but this is cool too.

Petroglyph just cemented themselves as my favorite studio.

Thank you Petroglyph for keeping not only one of my favourite games but part of my childhood alive. Thank you Corey for letting the community know but also thank you to the community, both modders and players. i hope one day, Petroglyph can get the rights to make a sequel

Huge respect to Petroglyph team and modders!

This is great news; guess I'll be waiting on Thrawn's Revenge and the Unleashed submod for a while but I'm happy the game has been updated to 64 bit. Only thing missing now is having allied factions

i love this game and still play it today

Truly amazing that Petroglyph has been supporting this game for the past 20 years. Not only is the this a testament to the greatness of the company but of the game they created as well. THis is an example of money well spent having bought the game and expansion pack twice, once when it first came out, and then 15 years later on Steam. Thank you Petroglyph!

Ooh, what about maintaining a damage profile for capital ships and SSDs, ships over a certain size, to represent repairs on larger vessels taking longer, perhaps repairing faster for fleets at shipyards. Impractical for all ships/units but maintaining it for larger ships makes lore and game sense. If you ravaged the hardpoints on an SSD, only to lose the battle, then face it again at full HP the next fight? Doesn't seem right to me.

I haven't played these games in a decade but absolutely loved them back in the day. This video just came into my recommended and I'm actually shocked that this game still has mod and even dev support! I think I'm gonna have to dust mine off soon and try out some of these mods since I only ever played vanilla as a kid.

I just bought a copy off of Steam last night. I can’t believe I’ve missed out on this gem all these years.

Corey, please tell me how you got the updated map editor. Petrolution still gives out the old one.

I hope this means the Absolute Chaos mod's campaign will finely work! :D

Great news!

Darn, I liked ghost blasters.

Did anyone get that issue where the game camera in non forces of corruption just goes to one side randomly

4:45 There goes my Thrawn's Revenge cheese strat

I'm stunned this got an update. Now I want to play the game again. I suppose mods are what allow folks to play missions with prequel ships? Or was that added to the game and I'm just unaware?

Oh my. The performance update to Surface Go is just amazing. It runs proper smooth without mods now. I might even try mods...

Oh this explains why my saves exploded. I've been trying to figure out why the game won't recognize any of my saves from yesterday and the file names got changed. Good to know.

If you’re looking for performance improvement, DXVK is usually the best go for DX9 games

Petroglyph really are MVPs!

I'm literally just waiting for an upgrade of the shading model so I can have a try on raytracing. And add proper reflections to my PBR shader

i still have this game on cd and steam. Very fun game.

so what I am hearing is that throne's revenge and awakening of the rebellion are going to get a massive upgrade haha