"Anno 117 Pax Romana": Next "Anno" is set in Rome
The next "Anno" is set in Rome: "Anno 117 Pax Romana" will be launched in 2025. In addition to Rome, England will also be playable as a region.
In "Anno 117: Pax Romana" you will be able to play two regions: Rome and England.
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The next "Anno" game is called "Anno 117" and is nicknamed "Pax Romana": Ubisoft announced the next installment in the Mainz-based building series during a livestream on Monday evening with a short trailer that does not show any gameplay footage.
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In "Anno 117", players will be able to play in at least two regions, Ubisoft revealed: Rome and (barbarian) England. For the first time in the series, you will be able to choose freely between the two regions at the start of the game. In previous titles, there was always a main region and smaller, secondary game locations.
Apart from that, there is hardly any information on the content so far: "As governor:in the twin provinces of the Roman Empire, your decisions count for the citizens. Build, trade, expand. Take advantage of the opportunities, unique benefits and challenges offered by the provinces of Albion and Latium," Ubisoft simply writes. "Anno 117" is set to be released in 2025 for PC (Ubisoft Store and Epig Games Store), PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Following in the footsteps of "Anno 1800"
"Anno 117" follows on from "Anno 1800", which was released in 2019 and is the best offshoot of the cult building series for many fans to date. Over the years, "Anno 1800" has been provided with numerous DLC packs that have increased the scope and complexity of the game even further than previous installments.
The fourth and final Season Pass for "Anno 1800", for example, expanded the "New World" with a new population level and introduced new airships. Previously, port cities and skyscrapers, among other things, had already been retrofitted. In addition to the paid DLCs, regular free updates were also released. Since the launch version in 2019, the currently playable "Anno 1800" including DLCs has therefore evolved significantly. In 2020, "Anno 1800" was named the best German computer game. The console versions were launched in 2023.
The industry magazine Gameswirtschaft had previously discovered that Ubisoft was receiving a sum of almost 5.7 million euros from games funding for its studio in Mainz for the development of a new "Anno" installment. "Anno 117" is the eighth installment in the building strategy series - after 1602, 1503, 1701, 1404, 2070, 2205 and 1800. The sum of the digits in the year must traditionally add up to 9 for the "Anno" titles. After "Anno 117", this would pave the way for "Anno 9".
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