The file Age of Empires 2: DE Mod v.8.40 is a modification for Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, a(n) strategy game. Despite no major release for the series since 2005, it’s still going strong with Age of Empires II: HD Edition. The Age of Empires franchise dates back to 1997. Now a peasant that gathers resources, won't stop when the resources he has in front of him finish, he will look for more. Age of Empires II: The Conquerors - Age of Empires 2: DE Mod v.8.40 - Game mod - Download. Age of Empires II: HD Edition is a modern update to the series that made real-time strategy games mainstream. One of the major improvements has to be the peasants' AI, with added preset tasks so they didn't wander about doing nothing, something usual when the battle requires maximum attention. Furthermore, each civilization has a unique technology with the intention that each player can take advantage of both the strong points of his own civilization and the weak points of his enemies. It also adds 11 new units, 4 new campaigns and 26 new technologies. The Conquerors adds several new civilizations like the Spanish, the Huns or the Aztecs, as well as optimizing the Artificial Intelligence of those that already existed beforehand. If Age of Empires II was already an incredible strategy game, The Conquerors expansion made it even better due to the fact that it optimized dozens of details that made the playability of the game even better than before. A game that marked a milestone in RTS development, that with The Conquerors expansion has almost reached perfection, becoming an instant classic. Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (often abbreviated to AoC) is the expansion pack to the 1999 real-time strategy game Age of Empires II.The Conquerors is the fourth installment of the Age of Empires series developed by Ensemble Studios.The game features five new civilizations (the Aztecs, Mayans, Spanish, Huns, and Koreans), four new campaigns, eleven new units, twenty-six new technologies. If you enjoy strategy games on your PC, you will surely know the masterpiece by Ensemble Studios, Age of Empires II.