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Viking Sagas is the paid expansion for Microsoft's Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, released by World's Edge on September 22, 2026 for Steam, the Microsoft Store, Xbox and PlayStation 5. It adds the Danes, Saxons and Varangians as playable civilizations alongside a 15-scenario campaign covering Harald Hardrada, and requires the base game. Existing owners receive a free rework of the original Vikings civilization and updated historical battles whether or not they buy the DLC, so discussion around this tag tends to weigh the roughly $20 asking price against the new civilizations, campaign content and balance changes.
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    Age of Empires II: Viking Sagas Adds 3 Civilizations, Free Vikings Rework

    The Viking Sagas, the new paid expansion for Microsoft's Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, is out now on Steam, the Microsoft Store, Xbox and PlayStation 5. It adds the Danes, Saxons and Varangians as playable civilizations, plus a 15-scenario campaign about Harald Hardrada. World's Edge...