Abstract
- Age of Wonders 4 is launching a new growth 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 subsequent 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 parents behind the Age of Wonders collection. 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 proud of our newest iteration: Age of Wonders 4. Our neighborhood has reacted with a lot love and optimistic suggestions since our launch final yr, and that neighborhood has grown tremendously thanks to what has turned out to be our greatest and most accessible recreation up to now. However we’re solely simply starting – Growth Cross 2 has launched, letting you inform new tales over the course of the subsequent yr.
Everybody has an concept for a fantasy empire, which they’ve been in a position to deliver 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 a quantity of your tales of the sudden: factions that began with a easy concept however, by way of your trials and tomes, developed into one thing fairly completely different! Impressed by that final level – evolution – I’m keen to share some of the concepts we’re including to the sport in our subsequent wave of updates and expansions.
This week, we revealed the subsequent wave of content material coming to Age of Wonders 4 in our second Growth Cross. It kicks off with Herald of Glory, a modest however thrilling assortment of new gadgets on your Heroes – your in-game squad leaders and strongest battlefield items – together with some new choices for the factions these heroes are out to combat 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, now we have extra tomes of magic and extra new faction cultures on the best way, however our recreation has seen a lot of modifications immediately impressed by your suggestions over the past yr and a half. We’ve taken your solutions to guarantee we’re not simply including extra stuff; we’re placing a lot of give attention to making the prevailing stuff higher.
Take the Methods of Struggle growth, which we additionally introduced. We designed the content material in Methods of Struggle 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 warfare each time doable. 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 prepared to stretch the bounds 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 higher 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 come to Age of Wonders 4. We’re including Large Kings, new handcrafted map areas, and the success 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 all the time 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.
If you happen to haven’t tried an Age of Wonders recreation prior to now, I really feel assured in telling you that is the perfect time but. Take a look at Methods of Struggle and our new growth 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: Growth Cross.
The Age of Wonders 4: Growth Cross consists of the Archmage Apparel, the Dragon Daybreak content material pack (Launch: June twentieth 2023), the Empires & Ashes growth (Launch: November seventh 2023), the Primal Fury content material pack (Launch: February twenty seventh 2024) and the Eldritch Realms growth (Launch: June 18th 2024).