Hey Anno Community,

As we get closer and closer to our gameplay reveal, we wanted to recap some news for the upcoming weeks. We know you’ve been waiting for this for a long time: on Monday 19th May we will reveal the gameplay for Anno 117: Pax Romana! So, keep an eye on our socials around 6 PM CEST/4PM UTC/12PM EDT to not miss our trailer. Plus, you might spot some of your favourite content creators sharing their first impressions and hands-on on the game starting Monday evening as well.

Developer livestream

Cannot get enough of the Anno 117: Pax Romana gameplay reveal? Well, we got you covered – tune in on May 21st, 5 PM CEST/11 AM EDT at twitch.tv/annogame for a livestream dedicated to Anno 117: Pax Romana! During the live stream we will show you the game in action, whilst giving you the opportunity to ask your burning questions in chat. Community Developer Oliver and Community Manager Celeste will be joined by Game Director Jan and Art Director Reiko to talk about the game and discuss new features: some you may already know about, others… not so much.

We hope to see you there!

Steelbook voting – and the winner is…

It’s official, with 78% of the votes, the colourful mosaic has emerged as the clear winner and will be the steelbook design for the Governor’s Edition!

With this, we conclude the voting campaign for the Governor’s Edition. If you’re interested in the Anno 117: Pax Romana Collector’s Edition, don’t forget to register your interest here to not miss any future news on the topic.

We’ll have more details on the Governor Edition soon.

Future playtests

Whilst our current Technical Test is coming to an end, we wanted to remind our beloved community that more tests are planned for the future – so if you haven’t been invited to this one, don’t worry! There will be more opportunities in the future. Just make sure you have registered your interest here!

Anno 1800 reached 5 million Players!

Let’s close this Union Update with some more FANTASTIC news: we’re super excited to share that Anno 1800 has passed the 5 million players milestone! It’s amazing to see the outpouring of love for this title, 6 years after its release, on the dawn of Anno 117: Pax Romana.

Anno Community – 5 million times thank you to each and every one of you, for the constant support through the years.