A newAnnogame has been announced and in a surprise twist, it’sAnno 2070. What? Yep, 2070. Not 1305.
It’s made by Blue Byte and Related Designs who madeAnno 1404together, while Related Designs has been making theAnnoseries fromAnno 1701onwards. The game is set in a “near-future environment” (you could’ve fooled me) where “climate change has forced humanity to adapt to rising sea levels that have left stretches of once-fertile land completely inhospitable.”
You’ll be able to choose between two factions: the ‘Tycoons’ who are industrial and efficient, and the ‘Ecos’ who are environmentally friendly and rely on sustainability. Your faction choice and playstyle will affect the environment, the look your buildings, and your population’s needs
The futuristic setting is a nice surprise, and while the game will still have the same core gameplay at heart, the new environmental impact mechanics might give the series that needed injection of freshness. Also, you will be able to finally build your own little metropolis in typicalAnnofashion, but at a much larger scale. The new engine doesn’t look half bad either, so let’s see what they come up with.
Anno 2070is set for a Winter 2011 release on PC, possibly followed byAnno 2180a few years from now.
