Specialist strategy publisher Kalypso Media and developer Gaming Minds Studios have today released a brand-new DLC expansion for fan-favourite tycoon simulation Railway Empire on PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.
The Northern Europe expansion sees players aid the Swedish Parliament with constructing a new national railroad to continue the country’s far-reaching industrial advancements along the lakes and sprawling rivers that were first used by freight ships to provide goods and supplies to Northern Europe.

In addition to the new DLC, Kalypso has also released the Christmas update (version 1.11) for Railway Empire, adding seasonal Christmas decorations, the new ‘Dallas’ challenge and a series of tweaks and improvements to the game’s Challenge Mode – all completely free of charge as part of Kalypso’s ongoing ‘games as a service’ post-release support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zb0AgYhgXM

The new DLC includes:

• New scenario: Hibernation (1853-1870)
  
• Map expansion: ‘Northern Europe’ (available in Free Game and Sandbox modes)
  
• 3 historical engines: Odin (2-2-2), Prins August (2-4-0) and SJB II (4-6-0)
  
• 10 new tradeable goods (e.g. crisp bread and brown cheese) and 30 new cities
  
• ‘Concession’ feature: The map is divided into sections. Buy concessions to gain access to new building grounds (also available on the full North American map)
  
• Snow: Enhanced weather system for all northern regions in the game
  
• New regional soundtrack

The Northern Europe DLC for Railway Empire is available now on all platforms.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1161420/Railway_Empire__Northern_Europe/

Information
Title: Railway Empire – Northern Europe DLC
Platform(s): Windows, Linux, PlayStation®4, Xbox One
Developer: Gaming Minds Studios
Genre: Tycoon simulator
Release: Out now
Hashtag(s): #RailwayEmpire #NorthernEuropeDLC

Tycoons,

Today sees the release of the Christmas Update (version 1.11) on Steam.
This free addition adds seasonal Christmas decorations, as well as introducing the new Dallas challenge, plus much more!

• Challenge #2 ‘Dallas’ is now available.
  
• New option to deactivate refunds for demolishing rails and buildings.
  
• Special Christmas decoration is now available during holiday period.
  
  • Can be turned off at any time during the duration of the event via the in-game main menu
• Tasks for the transport of commodities can now only be fulfilled by delivering to cities.

• Freelancers have been deactivated to avoid randomised advantages.
  
• Refunds for rails and train stations have been deactivated.
  
• Three new tasks have been added to Challenge Mode. Among these are quests to operate a train line for a certain time, and simultaneously make available certain commodities in cities.

Please note: We’ve taken action in identifying all ‘imposters’ and excluded their impact from past and future challenges.

Tycoons!
This year’s Steam Awards nominations are just around the corner, which means you can once again nominate your favorite games in a huge variety of categories.

Being a distinguished tycoon with an eye for quality, how about nominating your beloved Railway Empire in the ‘Labor of Love’ category? We would really appreciate your nomination.


Sincerely,
Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso Media

Tycoons,
Today sees the release of the ‘Halloween & Challenges’ (version 1.10) update for Steam. This free update adds Challenge Mode, in which you can compete with others players for the best score, as well as some spooky costumes for Halloween!

More details below:

• Introducing Challenge Mode:
  We will be releasing challenge maps with specific tasks on a regular basis, enabling players to compete via a global ranking list.
  
• Halloween event:
  To celebrate October, some characters have donned spooky new attire.
  
• A new symbol now indicates the presence of a maintenance shed in the list of train stations.

• Fixed rare cases of parallel tracks being blocked by signal deletion on a neighbouring track.
  
• Fixed a few instances of auto-save timer not resetting properly.
  
• Fixed track bed sometimes not appearing when laying tracks.
  
• Fixed occasional issues with A.I. not able to build train stations in Portland and Corpus Christi.

With the new update, the train starts rolling on our development roadmap:

Tycoons,
Kalypso Media and Gaming Minds Studios are thrilled to announce a brand new batch of content for Railway Empire.

The Northern Europe - DLC will see you managing your rail network in parts of Scandinavia, whilst the Down Under - DLC moves things to the other side of the globe: the Southeast of Australia.

The update also includes seasonal events and a Challenge Mode, so be sure to check out the newest development roadmap for further information.

Swashbuckling strategy favourite returns, playable for gaming media at gamescom 2019

Following an exclusive reveal as part of gamescom Opening Night Live with Geoff Keighley, Kalypso Media has announced Port Royale 4, an all-new entry in its much-loved seafaring trading sim series, financially supported by 'Film und Medienstiftung NRW’ and developed by Gaming Minds Studios (Railway Empire, Patrician) for release in Q4 2020 on Windows PC, PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. A teaser trailer is available to watch below.

In Port Royale 4, take control of a colony as a young and ambitious governor, eager to grow their small settlement into a bustling trader city. Players will develop production chains connecting multiple islands to create complex trade routes across the Caribbean and fulfil tasks for their nation’s viceroy to earn more fame and unlock town buildings, ships and more.

Along the way, you’ll also conquer the cities of rival nations and hunt down their fleets while keeping a keen eye out for pirates and other privateers. For the first time in the series, naval battles will be turn-based, with up to 10 ships battling at a time and special tactical captain manoeuvres that can turn the tide of battle, even in the most hopeless of situations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrYqZ3umnlQ

Port Royale 4 is scheduled for release in Q3 2020 on Windows PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.

Information
Title: Port Royale 4
Platform(s): Windows PC, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Developer: Gaming Minds Studios
Genre: Trading simulation
Release: Q3 2020
Hashtag(s): #PortRoyale4


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1024650/Port_Royale_4/

Tycoons!
We have updated the game to the newest version (Version 1.9.0.24306), bringing several bugfixes.
Please find all details below:

• Fixed: Missing bread in France 1910 free game.
  
• Fixed: Name of caoutchouc factories changed to "farm".
  
• Fixed: Issues with France free game maps (among others, tasks, train speed and more).
  
• Fixed: Stability issues with France maps.
  
• Fixed: In build mode, city buildings show green preview highlight.
  
• Fixed: White signal bug. (Thank you for reporting!)
  
• Fixed: Building a steel factory did not reset delivered steel counter during France scenario.
  
• Fixed: Maintenance stations will no count towards station goals in random map free game.

Leading strategy and simulation publisher, Kalypso Media, is continuing support for their hit rail management simulator, Railway Empire, with the new France DLC pack, available now for PC and consoles.
In addition to the new DLC, Free Update 1.9 is also live now for all platforms.
More details about Update 1.9:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/503940/announcements/detail/1608261029763747119

In the wake of Emperor Napoleon III’s exile, the French monarchy has collapsed for the second time, and the Third Republic has taken its place. In the Railway Empire – France DLC you will decide your country’s industrial future. Either take sides with a militaristic general and increase the strength of France’s borders in anticipation of a new war or help the minister of public work to rebuild the infrastructure of the country and undertake the controversial new “Eiffel Tower” project.

Features:

• New scenario – Into a new time (1874-1890)
  
• Map expansion: France (available in Free Game and Sandbox modes)
  
• 10 historical engines such as the Coupe Vent (4-4-0) and Forquenot (2-4-2)
  
• More than 12 new tradeable goods (e.g. wine and soft cheese) and 31 new cities
  
• ‘Concession’ feature: The map is divided into sections. Buy concessions to gain access to new building grounds (also available on the full North American map)
  
• New songs and updated characters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GiHKqapBYA


https://store.steampowered.com/app/884142/Railway_Empire__France/

Information
Title: Railway Empire: France
Platform(s): Windows PC, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Mac, Linux
Developer: Gaming Minds Studios
Genre: Simulation, Management

Tycoons!
Today we’re releasing free Community Update #2 (version 1.9) for PC.
The new update adds loads of community-requested features, such as DLC scenarios being mod-able, as well as comfort-functions and some more general tweaks, like list sorting to make the daily business of an up-and-coming Tycoon easier.

Changes:

• DLC scenarios are now mod-able.
  
• Increased the maximum number of trains and stations.
  
• Hotkey "p" added to skip the currently played music track.
  
• The train list now shows any problems that employees currently have.
  
• Added tooltips to train list sorting.
  
• New option to disable all newspapers, except historic newspapers.
  
• New options to filter train lists.
  
• New list for stations.
  
• New list for factories, farms and mines.
  
• New icon added to mark trains delivering goods to warehouses. They do not show a negative balance/values.
  
• Freight and express research topics are marked in tech-tree.
  
• Added a German newspaper logo.
  
• During build mode: Areas, which are reserved by an industry for later expansions, are now highlighted in red color
  
• After company merge, assigned employees are no longer marked as “new”
  
• The speed of trains with missing supplies, such as water, has been reduced.
  
• Maintenance of the trains is now more important as break-down delays have been increased if the engine is in a bad condition.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug that occurred when a new rail was connected to the wrong track in track building mode.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused rail ends to appear on the track.
  
• Fixed: Issue with showing costs for inactive territories in the interface.
  
• Filter / Sort buttons now only appear if a list has at least two entries.
  
• Fixed: The signal part of the tutorial does not block anymore, if sections of the track are deleted.
  
• Fixed: Stations can be rotated in any case.
  
• Fixed: "I made it, eh"- trophy is now awarded, when taking over a competitor.
  
• Fixed: No more auctions will take place, when all competitors are out of the game.
  
• Fixed: University title and description in town dialog.
  
• Fixed: Some routing issues caused by signal-controlled stations.
  
• Fixed: Train showing permanent "Being serviced" state.
  
• Achievement fix for “Just in beaver” - triggers for factories that were bought or built
  
• Achievement fix for “The Customs and the Seven Young Rail Spikes” - this can now only be unlocked within the Germany scenario
  
• Train is no longer marked as unloading if it has no load.
  
• Fixed: In the scenario "Dominion Day" (The Great Lakes - DLC), the 8th and 9th tasks cannot be completed as "gold"

Additionally, the new 'France DLC' has been released on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/884142/Railway_Empire__France/

Tycoons!
We have updated the public beta branch to the newest version.
Please find all details below:

• DLC scenarios are now modable.
  
• Increased the maximum number of trains and stations.
  
• Added the hotkey "p" to skip the currently played music track.
  
• The train list now shows any problems that employees currently have.

• Fixed a bug that occurred when a new rail was connected to the wrong track in track building mode.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused rail ends to appear on the track.
  
• Costs for unlockable territories are now displayed correctly.
  
• Filter / Sort buttons now only appear if a list has at least two entries.
  
• Added tooltips to train list sorting.