Dec 18, 2012

New DLC Available - Tropico 4: Vigilante DLC

Tropico 4: Vigilante DLC - Valve

Tropico 4: Vigilante DLC, all new content for Tropico 4: Steam Special Edition is Now Available on Steam!

People on the island know him as El Presidente, their absolute ruler. Little they suspect that he is also the Masked Avenger, the mysterious dashing rogue that wages war against crime, rebels and political dissidents. Use the new labor camp to put convicts to good use, wear the original Zorro mask and use the Alter Ego trait to improve crime safety.

Nov 15, 2012

New DLC Availble - Tropico 4: Megalopolis DLC

Tropico 4: Megalopolis DLC - Valve

Tropico 4: Megalopolis DLC, all new content for Tropico 4: Steam Special Edition is Now Available on Steam!

Build the largest city in the Caribbean on an island with constant influx of immigrants. Deal with problems such as unemployment, over-population and food shortages. Use the Conventillo, a cheap residential building that houses many residents using little space. Wear an old-fashioned suit with a monocle, mayoral necklace and use the bureaucrat trait for cheaper residential buildings and more profits from the “building permit” edict.

Oct 23, 2012

New DLC Available - Tropico 4: Pirate Heaven DLC

Tropico 4 - Valve

Tropico 4: Pirate Heaven DLC, a new expansion for Tropico 4, is now available on Steam!

Turn your island into a pirate haven, the Tortuga of modern times! Abducting ships for ransom, pillaging and plundering is a surefire way to worsen your relations with the foreign powers, so you will have to take special measures to prevent an invasion. The new smuggler’s hut building allows imports even during an embargo but at higher prices, don a pirate queen outfit and use the sailor trait for increased ship traffic and a boost to all naval-themed buildings.

May 11, 2012

Tropico 4 Is Free On Steam This Weekend

Tropico 4 - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Jim Rossignol)

Just for the weekend, of course. Mr Zacny – who has a review coming up right after this article! – rather liked the fourth iteration of the colourful dictate ‘em up. You’ll be able to download and play the game on Steam ~~tonight~~ last night from 8pm GMT, and play it through the weekend. Should a purchase be aroused in your wallet, then there’s a 66% discount, too. So that’s pleasant. (And sort of appropriately timed.)

May 10, 2012

Play for Free Weekend - Tropico 4, 25%-66% off

Tropico 4 - Valve

Kick off the weekend by playing Tropico 4 for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time.

You can also pickup Tropico 4 and DLC this weekend only at 25%-66% off the regular price! Sale ends Monday, May 7th at 10AM Pacific Time.

If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play Tropico 4. If you don't have Steam, you can download it here.

Mar 29, 2012

New DLC Available - Tropico 4: Modern Times

Tropico 4 - Valve

Tropico 4: Modern Times is Now Available on Steam and includes new buildings, edicts and an entirely new single player campaign for Tropico 4.

The times are changing and the island nation of Tropico is evolving. The Internet, a New World Order, terrorists, global financial markets and space exploration are on the rise and pose new challenges to El Presidente and his regime.

Old buildings and structures are becoming obsolete and need to be upgraded or even replaced by their modern counterparts. Cars and transportation need modernization to meet the needs of a changing economy; and now El Presidente can even send people to the International Space Station! El Presidente and his ministers must now join the war against terror and control Internet regulation and freedom of speech on Tropico.

Mar 28, 2012

Tropico 4 Update Released

Tropico 4 - Valve

Gameplay Fixes:
- Buffed hotel profits and tourism
- Edicts with monthly/yearly upkeep are no longer free
- Fixed favored trade partner foreign relations bonus
- Private investment offers will not appear for disabled buildings
- Foreign aid given now matches the amount displayed in the notification
- Fixed some cases where citizes walk to their destination instead of taking a car
- Oil cost increase depends on the map's start year
- Weather Station chance of success depends on the workers' skill
- Weather Station properly displays and charges operation costs
- Fire Station area of effect on the Cat-In-Tree work mode increased
- Fixed Mine upgrades
- Radar Dishes on Clear the Airwaves work mode block subversive activities more efficiently
- Fixed housing quality boost of Climate Control upgrade

User Interface Fixes:
- Added option to open the almanac from a choice dialog
- Added setting for controlling scroll speed
- Mouse rollover of people in the Almanac displays their names
- Correctly display resources under embargo in the almanac
- Food-producing buildings now display exports in the info panel
- More information added to some building info panels
- Added controls for navigation to the top and bottom of the highscore list
- Fixed incorrect display of army count in some cases
- Fixed some wrong texts in respect and relation modifiers in the Almanac
- Fixed work mode names text sometimes being cut off
- Fixed a bug preventing users from removing certain building shortcuts
- Various other user interface fixes and improvements

Other Fixes:
- Fixed a rare issue causing the game to freeze shortly after loading a saved game
- Fixed performance problems in some rare circumstances
- Fixed hotkeys that didn't always work for some buildings
- Fixed battleships moving backwards
- Fixed ship sounds
- Game is no longer paused when visiting user-submitted islands
- Challenge Editor: multiple fixes and improvements
- Tropicans now enjoy even longer walks on the beach
- Added Steam Cloud support