The game:
1. You can choose the soldier guid to generate soldiers or resources for you.
2. You only lose 20% exp points if killed in adv mode.
3. The 'reinforce' tech will recover your defense facilities after battles.
4. In the adv mode, if you beat some monsters, they may admire you and join your army!
5.  Other improvements and bug fixes.

The website:
1. Introduced forum and email bonus plans which allow you to get a bit free artifacts or more resouces.
2. The new alliance hall allows you to organize alliane attack or defense effectively. You can have rank in your alliance too.

New version download link:
http://www.empires-online.com/download/empsetup.exe