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Tropico 6 represents a bold new lease of life for the much-loved series, with the developer (Limbic Entertainment at the time) bringing exciting new ideas to El Presidente’s highly-polished table, as well as a stunning new engine developed in Unreal Engine 4.

For the first time in the series, manage extensive archipelagos, build bridges to connect your islands and establish new means of transportation and infrastructure. Send your agents on raids to steal the wonders of the world, including the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower. Customize your palace at will and give election speeches from your balcony, to win the favour of your subjects.

Publisher Kalypso Media and developer Realmforge Studios have today announced that Tropico 6 will launch its brand-new ‘Festival’ DLC on August 26th.

Tropico 6 – Festival allows players 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, players 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 players 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.

But what’s a festival without gifts? Until launch, Windows PC players can pre-order the DLC for 10% off, only at the Kalypso Store.

Key Features:

• Party it up with the new ‘Festival’ mechanic: host 20+ variations of festival in 4 special areas, each with their own unique effects such as converting knowledge points into money and an increased baby boom once the party goers have had their fun.
• New scenario-driven campaign: play across 5 maps totake on ‘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 Booth 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

Key Features:

• Optimized for Nintendo Switch, rule Tropico from the comfort of your living room or on-the-go
• Play on large archipelagos for the first time in the series, managing multiple islands while adapting to a variety of new challenges
• Send specialist presidential task forces to raid foreign lands, steal world wonders and bolster your personal collection
• Construct bridges and tunnels to connect your islands and build up a robust transport infrastructure of buses, taxis, and aerial cable cars to ensure freedom of movement for your citizens
• Customize your presidential palace with a variety of unique accessories and facades
• Make use of a revised research system and focus on becoming the world’s greatest dictator or a free-thinking man of the people
• Wrestle for power with an assortment of far-fetched election speeches and promises, all of which you cannot possibly hope to keep

Tropico 6 is currently available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC.