Empire of the Ants, a real-time technique sport with dazzlingly photorealistic bugs and different critters, arrives on November 7. Though the sport doesn’t sound prefer it’s precisely a remake, it comes from the identical writer (and attracts from the identical supply materials) because the 2000 RTS sport of the identical title. The brand new model might be out there on PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S.
Writer Microids and developer Tower 5 describe the brand new Empire of the Ants as “a 3D real-time strategy game with progressive difficulty.” Set in Fontainebleau forest, you’ll play as 103,683e, “a determined ant on a mission to protect its colony.” You’ll collect assets, safe outposts, fortify your armies and execute the queen’s plans.
The sport was constructed utilizing Unreal Engine 5 and may have scalable issue. The RTS title has a story storyline, and its gameplay will adapt to totally different seasons and day-night cycles.
“With Empire of the Ants, every decision is critical, every move is strategic, and every conquest reflects your skill in exploring a world where the smallest beings wield immense power,” the sport’s press launch reads. “Strategy, exploration, battles, and even alliances with the local wildlife will be necessary to emerge victorious from the myriad challenges that await players.”
Like its Y2K predecessor, the 2024 model of Empire of the Ants relies on the 1991 novel of the identical title (in its English translation) by French writer Bernard Werber. (Le Fourmis is its title within the writer’s native French.) The guide, the primary in a trilogy, follows a society of ants and a parallel world of people in early Twenty first-century Paris, protecting themes of communication, cooperation, environmental affect and social hierarchy.
You’ll be able to take a look at the trailer under forward of the sport’s November 7 launch date. You’ll be able to wishlist the sport now on Steam, GOG, Epic and the PlayStation Retailer.
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