New developer featurette offers in-depth look at your new island paradise

This Friday, El Presidente makes his triumphant return, as Tropico 6, the latest instalment in the critically acclaimed Tropico franchise, launches globally on Windows PC and Linux (Mac version to follow soon). In anticipation of the launch, El Presidente’s faithful aide Penultimo has been busy creating a new video featurette where developer Limbic Entertainment talk about how it worked to improve on the series and in particular build upon the success of Tropico 5 while keeping true to Tropico’s core values.

So, sit back, relax and let developer Limbic Entertainment take you on a journey of Tropico 6’s development and the great new features awaiting you on Friday’s official launch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn1XCJkf_OE&feature=youtu.be

There’s still time for budding dictators to pre order their copy of Tropico 6 either digitally or as a boxed retail edition. The special ‘El Prez Edition’ of Tropico 6 comes with a wealth of bonus goodies to spice up your Tropican vacation, while there are also two mouthwatering digital pre-order options. The Standard Edition is available with a 10% discount and direct access to the beta, while the special El Prez Edition also comes with a 10% discount and immediate beta access, but also adds some special in-game content (a tourist outfit for El Prez and a Flamingo Pond for the presidential palace), the digital soundtrack and a fabulous digital calendar.

Included in the retail boxed version are four postcards of Tropico’s stunning beaches and totally-not-stolen landmarks, two tourist outfits for your Presidente, an exclusive flamingo pond palace design, a digital soundtrack of foot-tapping Tropican beats and a digital calendar to mark off the days until election day. Just what any budding Dictator needs on their journey to greatness.


Tropico 6 is scheduled for a worldwide release on Windows PC and Linux on 29th March 2019 (Mac version to follow soon), with console versions set to follow in summer 2019 on PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.

Fellow Tropicans!

Today’s update contains some bug-/ and crash-fixes as well as some additional polish to recently implemented features.
This will be the final update to the beta before we release Tropico 6 on March 29th.

We are very excited to enjoy the final release with you, can’t wait to read your thoughts on new features like Modern Times, the fully unlocked campaign, and added sandbox maps.

A big “thank you!” goes out from everyone at Kalypso Media and Limbic Entertainment to all of you for participating in the beta.
Your feedback was very helpful and your support as a community really means a lot to us.


For all Tropico 6 Beta-players:
Please restart any current missions and sandbox games after updating the beta.
Please do not attempt to load and continue games from saves that were created in older versions of the beta.
This could lead to unexpected issues regarding the simulation of Tropicans and the overall stability of the game.


Please find all details and the full changelog in the dedicated and exclusive Tropico 6 Beta Community Hub:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/858890/discussions/4/1768133742951633704/

Nearly there! It’s been a lot of work, but finally Tropico 6 is ready for release on March 29, 2019.

As owner and CEO of Kalypso Media, the hugely positive feedback from the Tropico community has been truly overwhelming for me, and I can promise you that everyone on Team Tropico will keep working hard all the way to launch and beyond in order to incorporate and realize as many of your requests as possible.

Since the start of the beta last fall, we’ve already implemented a lot of the features and improvements you’ve been looking for into the game, and as a fan of El Presidente, I must say that I now consider Tropico 6 to be the best and most comprehensive game in the series.

Along with the island archipelagos, world wonders, bridges and tunnels and new transport options planned from the very beginning, we have been really focusing on player feedback, improving and adding features like more extensive tool tips, better balancing, expanded hotkey and keybinding options, a completely redesigned trading menu, warfare and additional content (such as maps, buildings and edicts) over recent months.

For a sandbox player like me, these quality-of-life improvements make it so much easier to build a large Caribbean state on several islands – and I can even adapt the maximum population density to my hardware setup.

I’m continually amazed at just how complex Tropico 6 is. Every single citizen is individually simulated, and it requires a high degree of technical know-how to program the artificial intelligence behind this so that it runs smoothly on standard computers with average processors and graphics cards.

I would like to give a quick shout out at this point to our partners at Intel, AMD and Nvidia, who have supported us greatly during development.

But, we also have to be honest. Even though we think the game has now become very good, we will not be able to consider every single suggestion and wish before release.

We’ve already developed a long-term plan beyond the initial release to add new features to make Tropico 6 even better.
Especially in multiplayer mode there will be many improvements like lobbies, savegames and an expanded diplomacy system. We are also working on improving the RMG map editor for endless sandbox map creation and more variety (e.g. volcanos).
In addition, we are developing an in-game map editor to support user-built maps.
An extended bus-route system and improved superpower options are also planned, along with many other small improvements.



One thing we unfortunately won’t be able to deliver at release on March 29th is a 100% working version for Mac OS. During performance tests, we noticed that the game doesn’t run smoothly enough on a few older Macs. Since I play Tropico 6 on an older MacBook Pro myself (and it does run), I have now insisted that we provide a preview version for Mac OS with all the features of the full game on Steam on launch day – with the full version available soon for the Mac App Store as well.

I know it’s not perfect, and we promised a simultaneous release on PC and Mac, but it wouldn’t be fair to deliver the current version as the “final” Tropico 6 on Mac if it doesn’t work or suffers from poor performance on a few systems, especially if they meet our specified system requirements.

In just a few days, you can see our new vision of Tropico for yourself. We’re all very excited – but we also know that we will continue to work on the game to make it perfect. Please don’t hesitate to send us your feedback and suggestions, we listen to each and every one.

We wish you lots of fun on your (mis)adventures in Tropico 6, and hope you will continue to support us (and El Presidente) on our journey!


Yours sincerely and thankfully,
Simon Hellwig
– Owner and Managing Director of Kalypso Media Group

Fellow Tropicans!

Today’s update contains a couple of comfort-features.
Most importantly, we also fixed a lot of gameplay bugs and potential crashes.

More details and the full changelog, can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/858890/discussions/4/1846946102846916201/


Please restart any current missions and sandbox games after updating the beta.
Please do not attempt to load and continue games from saves that were created in older versions of the beta.
This could lead to unexpected issues regarding the simulation of Tropicans and the overall stability of the game.

Thanks for all your feedback and reports so far - we hope you enjoy playing the beta!

Viva Tropico! Viva El Presidente!

Fellow Tropicans!
Today’s update comes with a new feature: the random map generator.
We also further improved the game based on player feedback, added gameplay options to the multiplayer and added multiple bug and gameplay fixes.

The full and more detailed Changelog can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/858890/discussions/4/3454730619114009803/

Please restart any current missions and sandbox games after updating the beta.
Please do not attempt to load and continue games from saves that were created in older versions of the beta.
This could lead to unexpected issues regarding the simulation of Tropicans and the overall stability of the game.

Thanks for all your feedback and reports so far - we hope you enjoy playing the beta!

Viva Tropico! Viva El Presidente!

The Tropico 6 Beta Development Roadmap has been updated accordingly:

Tropicans!
El Presidente is happy to announce:

There’s free green cards for everybody with the Tropico 6 Free Beta!

Fancy getting a closer look at the latest instalment in the Tropico series?
Well now’s your chance, because the free beta will run until Friday, 8th March, 10am PST/7pm CET.

New Tropicans will have the chance to play through 6 campaign missions, 11 sandbox maps, multiplayer and much more!

What are you waiting for?
Play the Tropico 6 Free Beta Now

Tropico 6 pre-purchase (includes beta access all the way to release):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/492720/Tropico_6/

In addition, El Prez has commissioned a Tropico Steam Sale with up to 75% off all released games. What are you waiting for? Thank El Presidente for his kindness and get up to date with Tropico!
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tropico/

Fellow Tropicans!
The Tropico 6 Beta has been updated!
Today’s update comes with a new campaign map (‘Concrete Beach’) and the long-awaitedmultiplayer among many other additions, improvements and further polishing, like bug- and gameplay fixes.


Thanks for all your feedback and reports so far!
We hope you enjoy the beta!

Viva Tropico! Viva El Presidente!


Limbic Entertainment and Kalypso Media have updated the Tropico 6 Beta development roadmap accordingly.
The updated Tropico 6 Beta development roadmap can be found here:



Full Tropico 6 Beta February update changelog can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/858890/discussions/4/1795152172925816060/

Tropico 6 beta roadmap outlines new content included in January update and beyond

Kalypso Media and developer Limbic Entertainment have today released a new update for the Tropico 6 closed beta, available to all customers who have pre-ordered the game on Steam and the Kalypso Shop. To keep fans updated on progress of Tropico 6, there is also a beta roadmap detailing all the upcoming features to be added before launch on 29th March.
January’s update includes the brand-new campaign mission ‘Better Red Than Dead’, numerous improvements to buildings, citizen interaction and customization options, balancing, UI improvements and general bug fixes. Full details are available in the changelog:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/492720/discussions/0/1743358239833614410/

The roadmap also highlights upcoming content planned for the beta, including multiplayer, a random map generator and an additional campaign mission.


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