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- Age of Wonders 4 is launching a brand new enlargement cross with 4 DLC packs.
- The cross is obtainable now, together with is first addition, Herald of Glory.
- The brand new content material will arrive over the following yr for PC and Xbox Sequence X|S.
I’m Lennart Sas, co-founder and studio supervisor at Triumph Studios, and in case I haven’t gotten the prospect to introduce my group to you over the past 20 years, we’re the oldsters behind the Age of Wonders sequence. For over 20 years, our video games have introduced you our iconic mix of role-playing and tactical technique gaming, the place artistic empire creation, 4X technique, and tactical turn-based fight come collectively into one thing we predict is fairly particular.
We’re particularly pleased with our newest iteration: Age of Wonders 4. Our neighborhood has reacted with a lot love and constructive suggestions since our launch final yr, and that neighborhood has grown tremendously because of what has turned out to be our greatest and most accessible recreation up to now. However we’re solely simply starting – Enlargement Cross 2 has launched, letting you inform new tales over the course of the following yr.
Everybody has an concept for a fantasy empire, which they’ve been in a position to carry to life in our worlds – whether or not it’s a rampaging horde of bloodthirsty, flame-slinging mole individuals, or a grand, pious military of angelic goblins. We’ve additionally heard quite a lot of your tales of the surprising: factions that began with a easy concept however, by your trials and tomes, developed into one thing fairly completely different! Impressed by that final level – evolution – I’m desperate to share among the concepts we’re including to the sport in our subsequent wave of updates and expansions.
This week, we revealed the following wave of content material coming to Age of Wonders 4 in our second Enlargement Cross. It kicks off with Herald of Glory, a modest however thrilling assortment of latest gadgets in your Heroes – your in-game squad leaders and strongest battlefield items – together with some new choices for the factions these heroes are out to battle alongside.
That’s simply to whet your urge for food earlier than we begin including much more stuff – greater than you would possibly anticipate! Make no mistake, we’ve extra tomes of magic and extra new faction cultures on the way in which, however our recreation has seen plenty of modifications straight impressed by your suggestions over the past yr and a half. We’ve taken your strategies to make sure we’re not simply including extra stuff; we’re placing plenty of concentrate on making the prevailing stuff higher.
Take the Methods of Battle enlargement, which we additionally introduced. We designed the content material in Methods of Battle with an emphasis on gamers’ management over the story and theme of their empires, permitting them to form the narrative of their rise to energy. The brand new “Oathsworn” tradition rewards gamers for sticking to their warrior code, whether or not that’s solely difficult worthy adversaries, and even avoiding conflict every time potential. On the similar time, we’re including new Intrigue occasions that contain assassinations, betrayals, and downright dishonorable foes to see how far our gamers are keen to stretch the boundaries of these codes.
We’re additionally including extra participant selection within the updates we’ve made to the bottom recreation. The hero improve system has been utterly revamped, including new development bushes so you can also make every character’s journey a greater match for each your private tales and your strategic wants. This comes alongside the modifications we’ve made over the past yr such because the up to date Mystic Tradition faculties, the merchandise forge, new ascension choices, and a lot extra.
There are already some particulars we’ve shared on extra content material but to return to Age of Wonders 4. We’re including Large Kings, new handcrafted map areas, and the achievement of a prophecy that brings the Historical Archons again to the realms – however I’m getting forward of myself. The purpose is, Age of Wonders has at all times been about offering a broad array of selections so gamers can rule any fantasy empire they’ll dream up. Now, our focus is on making these selections deeper, extra detailed, and richer.
In case you haven’t tried an Age of Wonders recreation prior to now, I really feel assured in telling you that is the most effective time but. Take a look at Methods of Battle and our new enlargement cross and see what’s ready for you!
Age of Wonders 4: Premium Version
Paradox Interactive
$89.99
Buy Age of Wonders 4: Premium Version and acquire entry to Age of Wonders 4 and the Age of Wonders 4: Enlargement Cross.
The Age of Wonders 4: Enlargement Cross consists of the Archmage Apparel, the Dragon Daybreak content material pack (Launch: June twentieth 2023), the Empires & Ashes enlargement (Launch: November seventh 2023), the Primal Fury content material pack (Launch: February twenty seventh 2024) and the Eldritch Realms enlargement (Launch: June 18th 2024).
