What Recent Updates and Community News Are Highlighted on HeavenGames?

HeavenGames' recent front-page activity centers on four things: a new Age of Mythology: Retold expansion, the return of the Blacksmith feature and new projects in Age of Kings Heaven, the reopening of Stronghold 2 Heaven, and a site migration that moved Age of Empires Heaven onto the main HeavenGames WordPress installation. The site is organized into per-game "Heaven" communities, so most news is posted within a specific game's section rather than in one central feed.

Age of Mythology Heaven: The Obsidian Mirror expansion

The most forward-looking item is a Retold expansion pack announced for release on Tuesday, April 21, according to a post by Yeebaagooon in Age of Mythology Heaven. Titled The Obsidian Mirror, it is described as featuring:

• An entirely new Aztec pantheon
• New buildings, god powers, and units
• A 12-scenario campaign

The post frames this as a notable shift for a game whose community had previously relied on mods to explore non-Greek pantheons. If you follow Age of Mythology: Retold, this is the item with a concrete date attached.

Age of Kings Heaven: Blacksmith feature and community projects

Two separate threads cover this community:

Blacksmith Feature — "Of Cimbri and Teutons" (June 16). Posted by Possidon, this revives the Blacksmith feature, which spotlights pieces of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings history. The specific item is described as a small piece of AOK history gifted to the Blacksmith, with the post framed as a trip back to the year 2000, when The Age of Kings was current.

AOKH Update: May 2026. Also by Possidon, this is a general roundup noting that while the community is smaller than in the past, it still has active work in progress — including two new projects the post says it will detail.

Stronghold 2 Heaven: reopened after dormancy

A February 9 post by Duke Chris announces that Stronghold 2 Heaven is open again after many years of dormancy. The same post introduces Duke Chris as a new moderator for the community, writing under the name Lord Chris elsewhere. If you were looking for an active Stronghold 2 community, this is the signal that one has restarted.

Site news: Age of Empires Heaven moved to the main WordPress install

A June 14 post by Fisk explains a structural change: Age of Empires Heaven was moved from its own separate WordPress site onto the WordPress installation used by HG Main. The stated reason is to increase protection against IT attacks. The post notes that site functionality is affected, so if you had bookmarks or habits tied to the old separate installation, expect the Age of Empires Heaven content to now live under the main HeavenGames site structure.

Empire Earth: series released on Steam

A May 29 post by Philla007 in Empire Earth Heaven reports that the entire Empire Earth series has been released on Steam for the first time, listing:

• Empire Earth: Gold Edition
• Empire Earth II: Gold Edition
• Empire Earth III

This is a distribution change rather than a new game — relevant if you previously had no legitimate storefront option for these titles.

How to use this if you're deciding whether to visit

One practical caveat: HeavenGames posts are dated in the future relative to a typical "recent news" window (entries run from December 2025 through June 2026), so treat the dates as the site's own timeline rather than as a live feed. Check the individual Heaven for the game you care about, since announcements are scattered across sections rather than consolidated.