Yes, because they were bought by Ubisoft. Originally they were called Blue Byte and acted as a publisher themselfes.
Not quite, we were originally called Related Designs and were always only a developer.
We were briefly called Blue Byte Mainz AFTER being acquired by Ubisoft.
The original Blue Byte studio is located in Düsseldorf (developers of Battle Isle & Settlers)
Anno is like sexy pudding. I hope you get your answer. I’m curious now.
"Anno is like sexy pudding"
I'm gonna write that down for a future box quote, thank you
The History Edition supports resolutions up to 4k and there's a UI scaling option ingame - is that what you're using already? There are no further options, I'm afraid, but the UI scaling should generally alleviate the problem.
I understand there are personal preferences, of course. Are you sitting further away from the screen or in "regular PC distance"?
Anno Union flags at the prison entrance - not sure I like the messaging here?
I understand the sentiment, but can already tell you that it's unlikely to happen.
One point is performance: You can only make one map so large until the impact on performance gets so big that it becomes a problem. Having multiple regions helps. Alternatively, we'd be rather restricted in terms of map-size.
Second point are region-specific mechanics: It allows us to create different behaviours and different mechanics for different regions (e.g. freezing in the Artic) much more easily by assigning them to specific regions.
Thirdly, also, the "I'm in a different place now" feeling is easier to get across when it's actual regions.
Assumed correctly ;) the hotkey is "Shift"
Ubisoft made a teaser about 3 months ago, only went for a few seconds and was only shown at an in person event. No titles or names or anything like that. It was uploaded to YouTube in late March but has since been taken down (by upload I mean from someone’s phone who happened to film it). The video depicted a world war 2 era game with “45” coming up at the end, signalling 1945.. so 4+5 is 9
Please don't make up stories, this is 100% untrue from start to finish.
Haven't heard anything
We're looking at late August atm, we'll confirm the exact date in the coming weeks.
Crazily impressive, congrats mate!
I'd love for any source
The article he's referring to is probably this one: https://anno-union.com/union-update-whats-next-for-anno-1800/
We have nothing to announce at the moment but will make sure no one misses the news when this changes ;)
Figured as much, I've done the non-steam game thing which is working OK.
Someone else mentioned that DLCs are tied to your account, so could you confirm if I bought the base game on steam I would have all the DLCs etc?
Really appreciate you commenting on these threads :)
If you'd use the same Ubisoft account, the DLC should also be available this way.
Generally we recommend getting the DLC on the same platform as the main game, though, to avoid issues.
we are working with direct activations for Steam.
Does this mean I'll be able to "import" my Ubi purchase to steam without rebuying it?
That's not possible, the purchases are bound to their respective platform. I believe you can add non-Steam games to your library for ease of access, but it doesn't become a game owned on Steam this way, no.
Hello, will the dlc come to console?
Right now we do not have plans to release the Season Passes from the PC version on console, no. We did and will continue to release all Cosmetic DLC there, however.
I don't believe anyone is selling Steam keys for Anno 1800, we are working with direct activations for Steam. You can, of course, wait for the next time Anno 1800 is on sale on Steam and buy it there directly.
The peaceful empire builder Anno surely is the ideal basis for a "there's only war" setting, fully agree
For us always great to read posts like yours, hearing stories that go beyond "only" enjoying a game. Very glad to hear that our game has helped you through some tough times, and our best wishes that things will improve for you!
Not the kind of thread I expected to see on the Anno subreddit, but okay
What’s up with those vertical lines?
It's from a wallpaper collection we released a while ago, some of them had these kind of borders around them.
Looks very cozy, cool stuff!
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