Together with Realmforge Studios we have today announced that Tropico 6 will launch its brand-new ‘Festival’ DLC on August 26th. Busting onto Windows PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Tropico 6 – Festival allows you to become the hottest party planner on the archipelago, assisting Tropican leader El Presidente in hosting an array of spectacular shindigs while staving off an ancient entity.
In Tropico 6 – Festival, you will plan, build and make use of a stunning sense of cunning to manage a series of magnificent island soirees whilst taking on ‘The Boredom’ – an evil entity threatening to remove all things fun from the sun-soaked isles of Tropico.
Festival adds unique party planning gameplay to Tropico 6, including four distinctly themed areas for you to throw their events, new buildings such as the Dance School, Balloon and Fireworks factory, a bevy of fresh tunes, and a snazzy party outfit (and paint job) for El Prez and the presidential palace.
Party it up with the new ‘Festival’ mechanic: host 20+ types of festivals each based off different eras and ensure your soirees are the talk of the town for years to come
New scenario-driven campaign: take on The Boredom – an ancient evil threatening to engulf Tropico in clouds of mundanity and mind-numbing activities
8 new buildings: make use of 4 new festival areas and ensure your parties are well equipped with new buildings like the Balloon Factory and Fireworks Factory
Add a spring to your citizens’ step with the Dance School and keep your island visitor numbers healthy by adding a Ticket Shop for specific festivals
4 new tunes: keep the party going with an assortment of new tracks, each tailored to a different festival
3 new edicts: experiment with exciting new features like Funhouser Special, Customer Service and Laundry Festivals
2 new customization options: pick your perfect party outfit and set your palace to match
Viva, Tropico! Tropico 6 now available in Japanese!
Fellow Tropicans,
Due to high demand, we are pleased to announce that Tropico 6 now offers Japanese text and interface support.
If you have already purchased the game, you can update the game to the latest version (v.14) and switch the language setting to use the Japanese environment.
Tropico 6 has just received Update v.14: ‘El gran resumen’ on PC, Linux, Mac, Xbox One und PS4. This update adds three new multiplayer maps and the brand-new ‘Resource Overview’ tab. It also fixes several bugs, including the player receiving an overly high tourist rating after visiting a Gourmet Restaurant with Sushi Mastery work mode.
Viva Tropico!
New Features
Added new ‘Resource Overview’ tab to Almanac detailing eachresource e.g., current amount stored, production history, or recent distribution.
Added 3 new multiplayer maps:
Islas De Mesetas (2-player)
Isla del Trébol (4-player)
La Península Gigantesca (4-player)
Bug fixes
Added key binding option for toggling the ‘Demolition’ tool
Fixed an issue where the population change graph in the Almanac could show no values.
Fixed amount of money displayed in the ‘Private Bank’ work mode
Fixed some issues with the ‘Lightbulb Ban’ edict when relocating houses with the ‘Electrification’ upgrade.
Fixed cases where highlighted buildings affected by the Manure Spreader were missing.
Fixed player receiving too high a tourist rating after visiting a Gourmet Restaurant with Sushi Mastery Work mode
Fixed Museum of Modern Art not being affected by the ‘Permanent Exhibition’ work mode of Luxury Hotel
Fixed tourists getting stuck in Tourist Port – a result of the captain dying during travel to the port.
Fixed a mine within the ‘Tropicoland’ mission that was inaccessible.
Fixed a rare scroll bar glitch
Corrected positioning of Ancient Ruins in ‘Lirio Dorado’ map
Fixed a few crashes.
Fixed a couple of localization & text issues.
[Multiplayer] Fixed stuttering when moving military units.
[Caribbean Skies] Fixed Drone Factory using up Resources even when the Outstock for a specific kind of Drone is already full.
[Caribbean Skies] Fixed an issue in the mission ‘Penultimo’s Secret Mission’, where it was possible to lose the game due to suspicion even after completing the final raid.
[Caribbean Skies] Fixed Construction Workers walking on cliffs in mission ‘The Scientific Method’.
[Caribbean Skies] Adjusted duration of Meteor Shower disaster music in the mission ‘Drone City’
[Linux] Improved edge scrolling behaviour on Linux
[PS4]: Fixed Flophouse and Official Residence being available in ‘Shackland’ mission.
Tropicans, we are overjoyed to celebrate 20 years of Tropico with you today – a spectacular milestone in the glorious and radiant history of El Presidente. On behalf of our benevolent despot leader, we have prepared a bunch of special anniversary offers for you.
You would like to explore the very origin of Tropico? Still missing some additional content? No worries, our huge Tropico 20th Anniversary Sale includes birthday discounts for old and new titles of this splendid series. You will find anything you need to get ready for the biggest party of the year.
Tropico 6 has just received Update 13 – Esparcidor de Estiércol. This update introduces the new ‘Flophouse’ building - providing, well... a roof (at least) for the poor - and the ‘Manure Spreader’, which should help put all that llama poo to good use.
By popular request, we’ve also added 3 new multiplayer maps, along with a handful of improvements and bug fixes.
Viva Tropico!
Faithfully yours,
The Tropican Ministry of Binary Magic
New Features
Added new building “Manure Spreader” (Counters soil degradation for ranches and plantations in the proximity)
Ranches can now produce manure for the manure spreader
Added new residential building "Flophouse" to provide housing for the poor (available in the World War Era)
Added 3 new multiplayer maps:
Archipiélago Rucio (4-Player)
Islas De Goma De Mascar (3-Player)
Islas Rocosas (2-Player)
Improvements
Multiplayer games now support autosaves
[Caribbean Skies] Once selected, the Cargo Airport now displays all configured routes.
[Caribbean Skies] The Cargo Airport now displays a warning when a transportation loop has been configured.
Bugfixes
Gaining achievements for completed maps has been improved and is more reliable now.
Fixed an issue that led to corrupted save games if the player destroyed a pharmaceutical company in the work mode “powerful placebos”.
Fixed an issue where banks would not generate the calculated income in the work mode "private banking".
Fixed an issue where the market manipulation raid in the cyber operations center was not working correctly if the player had built a pirate cove as well.
Fixed an issue where fish farms would display "fish" as their produced good after loading a save game, even though they were producing "shellfish".
Fixed an issue where destroyed tunnels could not be rebuilt – tunnels can no longer be damaged, but they can still be destroyed.
Fixed a misleading rescindable date in the almanac after winning an election.
After issuing the Martial Law edict, an incorrect election date was shown in the almanac. The election date has been fixed.
Fixed effects of last election speech being applied for subsequent elections when explicitly choosing to hold early elections.
Fixed a palace configuration that prevented roads to be built near the palace
Fixed roads that could not be demolished in pause mode if built on top of previously demolished buildings.
[Multiplayer] Fixed an issue in which players were unable to delete tunnels.
[Multiplayer] After relocating buildings within multiplayer sessions, the in-game UI will now stay in its correct position.
[Multiplayer] [Caribbean Skies] Fixed an issue where Cargo Airports could be used to steal goods from other players.
[Multiplayer] [Caribbean Skies] Fixed an issue where Cargo Airports changed names after loading a save game.
[Caribbean Skies] Fixed an issue where the Fertilizer bomb could not be used when the player is in debt.
[Caribbean Skies] Fixed several graphical and placement glitches.
[Caribbean Skies] Drone to Home Delivery Zeppelins now offer more time to load goods before leaving the station.
[Caribbean Skies] Fixed an issue where modernizing ranches set drone routes to inactive.
[Caribbean Skies] Fixed an issue where the visual S.P.E.A.K.E.R. progress could be lost.
[Caribbean Skies] Mission: Preventing Armageddon: To prevent blockers in the quest “Needle in a Haystack,” players are now asked if they already have a Cyber Operations Center or other building before one gets built.
[Caribbean Skies] The quest "Asteroid Defence" can now be replayed, allowing the player to increase the time before the asteroid arrives.
Fixed several crashes.
Fixed a couple of localization & text display issues.
Tropicans, A new update for Tropico 6 is now available for PC, Linux, Mac, Xbox One and PS4. In this update, players will receive TWO new island paradises to govern and monitor. The game has also received various improvements and new additions, including a new edict and the ability for the player to prioritise the construction of routes with the new Emergency Jobs system.
Viva la Tropico!
El Presidente
Improvements
Added 2 new sandbox maps in Singleplayer
Dos Viejos Amigos (Two Old Friends)
Lirio Dorado (Golden Lily)
New edict: Tropico Papers Tropican citizens at the ‘Filthy Rich’ wealth level no longer need to pay rent. Instead, every month, 15% of what they would have paid is rerouted to the player’s personal Swiss bank account. The personal experience of Tropicans living within range of any media buildings operating on the ‘Open mind’ or ‘Telenovela’ work mode will decrease by 10%.
Teamster emergency jobs Would you like a job done immediately? The new Emergency Job ability allows players to set a teamster a priority route with which to complete a job - handy for heist setbacks, delivery quests, and factory support.
If changes are made in the Options menu and the player tries to exit before saving, a warning will now be displayed
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where content unlocked by Achievements would no longer be available if the respective profile had been deleted
Fixed a bug where Ancient Ruins displayed the Road Connection requirement – something only applicable to the mission ‘Tropicoland’
Fixed an issue where tourists and Tropicans would float around Transport Ships
The El Prez Edition Upgrade contains an exclusive palace design, the captivating flamingo pond, something every dictator craves to impress his neighbouring states and a tourist costume for El Prez to enjoy those warm caribbean nights adequately. You can also treat your ears to the digital soundtrack, featuring the game's unique and catchy musical score. The upgrade is only this week on Sale!
If you like upgrades and dlcs, please have a look at our offer on Sale this week:
El Presidente is thrilled to be in the running for this year’s Steam Awards, and demands nothing less than absolute success for Tropico.
Unfortunately, it seems that El Presidente’s infamous ‘guaranteed win’ strategy doesn’t work so well outside of Tropico, so we need your help to wrangle the vote for our lovable leader.