After a series of major delays, Ubisoft has announced that The Settlers: New Allies is set for a February 17, 2023 release date. It will be a hybrid city-building/real-time strategy game coming to PC, but Ubisoft is also creating ports for consoles and Luna. . , and each platform will use cross-play and cross-progression.
First announced in 2019, The Settlers (recently given the subtitle “New Allies”) has been indefinitely postponed until 2020, just in time for a major management change at Ubisoft, fueled by widespread allegations of toxic driving, sexual harassment and labor. abusive. . conditions in various studies. Ultimately, a new release date was set for March 2022, but the studio pushed the release back again due to negative feedback about the closed beta.
In the video below, Creative Director Christian Hagedorn talks about some of the changes the team made in light of feedback from The Settlers: New Allies beta.
Units have been rebalanced and in some cases renamed; new neutral warrior camps now guard unclaimed territories between start points, providing protection at the start of the game; there is a single player campaign with 13 missions; and added features like an updated save system and custom hotkeys.
So if all goes to plan, we can finally move on to a new and improved version of The Settlers in February. In the meantime, be sure to check out our list of the best games like RimWorld and Dwarf Fortress if you’re looking to calmly rule a colony of tiny digital humans.
Source : PC Gamesn
