Hey Anno Community,

We hope your June is going well and you’re staying hydrated whilst it’s getting warmer and warmer out there. As you can imagine, the Anno team is busy working on the game (duh), preparing the next beta test (more news in a few weeks) and organising the upcoming blogs and events. But what, exactly? Let’s have a closer look.

June Livestream

First on the agenda is our upcoming developer livestream: mark your calendar for 25th June as we’ll go live on Twitch at 5:00 PM CEST / 8:00 AM PDT! Community Developer Oliver is joined by Product Manager Lisa, Creative Director Manuel, Game Director Jan and Game Designer Markus to talk about everything military: from naval combat to one of the most anticipated features we are (re)introducing in Anno 117: Pax Romana – land combat!

Plus, the following week, we will share a dedicated DevBlog on the topic.

gamescom 2025 – see you there!

While we’re super busy getting ready for later in August, we just wanted to post a little reminder about our presence at gamescom this year, 20-24 August. We can’t share much of what we’re preparing for that week, but we can give you a little sneak peek: we are organising a Community Event for Wednesday, 20th of August.

Just like last year, we will open the sign-ups in the next few weeks – so keep an eye on our social channels and the Anno Union if you want to join us in Cologne!

More news on gamescom in general will also follow in the coming weeks.

Anno 1800 – mod collection on mod.io

A short PSA for all of you who are either using or creating mods for Anno 1800: an update for mod.io who we have partnered with for mods on Anno 1800 now allows for the creation of “mod collections”.

Create a collection of your favourite mods for others to check out and subscribe to with just a single click – or, as a modder, bundle all your creations into a single collection!

You can read up more on the feature in this blog on mod.io and find some first Anno 1800 mod collections on this page.

Community Spotlight

It’s been a while since the last Community spotlight, don’t you think? Since we feel a bit nostalgic, we decided to pick some cool Anno 1800 screenshots we’ve seen around in the past few weeks.

Let’s start with this collection by u/Housemann91 on Reddit. Made in creative mode, this city feels like a patchwork quilt perfectly stitched together. It’s so pretty!

u/OnEst1_ is celebrating their 1-million population city in this post on Reddit! Look at those skyscrapers defining the horizon.

This widescreen screenshot by DSMROCKS on Steam looks stunning! Sometimes looking at your city from a different perspective makes you feel even more proud of what you’ve built.

This view of a medieval castle by night was shared by Welchs on the Annoverse Discord. It’s so peaceful and mysterious at the same time, we love it.

After all the Anno 1800 pictures, we’d like to finish with something about Anno 117: Pax Romana – with this replica of the Grammaticus in Minecraft by cyan.