Slitherine

Launched Empires Launcher.
Checked for updates. Updates found. New launcher downloaded installed and launched.
Attempt to download updates. Operating System firewall requests permission to allow foge to access internet. Permission is then granted.
Updater tries to reach server, fails to download file.

This problem happens all the time for Slitherine games. I don't think it is the first time for this problem for Empires either. It happened on earlier updates.

Anybody else have the same problem?

Better contact support@slitherine.co.uk as this is tied to the launcher and not the game itself.

There is a standalone patch if the rest fail, sorry for this trouble.