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SteamWorld Build Announced
Gothenburg, Sweden - January 23rd, in the year of our Lord 2023
- SteamWorld is back! Thunderful and internal development studio
The Station unveiled a brand new entry in the beloved franchise:
SteamWorld Build. As is tradition with the franchise, SteamWorld
Build takes a well known genre and gives it a unique twist,
delivering a multi-level city-building experience that tasks you
with constructing a thriving town above ground, while mining
resources and dealing with monsters below. SteamWorld Build will
release on PC, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S,
Xbox One and Nintendo Switch™ later in 2023.
Thunderful and The Station are also excited to announce that a
demo for SteamWorld Build is available on Steam now!
Additionally, to celebrate the return of the SteamWorld
franchise, all the previous games in the series are now
discounted on Steam as part of the SteamWorld Build Announcement
Sale.
In SteamWorld Build, you are the architect of a SteamWorld
mining town. Break ground and raise houses for your steambot
citizens, keep them fed and provide some rootin'-tootin'
entertainment. You’ll also venture into the abandoned mine
sitting under your town, rumoured to be filled with ancient tech
that holds the key to escaping impending doom. Use the natural
resources above ground and the abundant ores buried in the mine
to expand your town. Stimulate new residential tiers to join the
quest to dig deeper, unearth untold riches and ultimately help
them to hightail it off the planet!
SteamWorld Build has been developed on PC and console
simultaneously, ensuring that the game’s design, UX and UI all
work just as well with a controller in hand, as they do with
mouse and keyboard. The game features a user-friendly interface
and mechanics designed to cater to both experienced players and
newcomers to the city builder genre, further refined by three
difficulty levels to choose from.
SteamWorld Universe and Franchise Director, Brjánn Sigurgeirsson
announced that more news on all things SteamWorld will be shared
later this year when SteamWorld Telegraph debuts as a
community-focused show. Having worked on the SteamWorld series
from the very beginning, Brjánn will be collaborating with all
the Thunderful studios developing SteamWorld titles, ensuring
quality and consistency across all the games as the series
expands in the years ahead.
“When The Station joined Thunderful in 2020 and told us that
they wanted to make a city builder, we thought it offered a
great opportunity for SteamWorld and Thunderful to move into
another new genre,” said Brjánn Sigurgeirsson. “They know what
it means to work on big IPs thanks to their experience
developing for LittleBigPlanet, and many more. After losing
plenty of hours getting sucked into the amazing gameplay loop
they’ve created between overground city-building and underground
mining, I can tell you that I’m really proud of what they’ve
managed to do within the SteamWorld universe.”
“Having the opportunity to work on an award-winning franchise
that’s loved by fans was a real honour for us,” said Adam
Vassee, producer at The Station. “We’ve put a lot of effort into
making sure the game retains the charming character of previous
entries, but we’re also lucky in that the SteamWorld series is
all about trying new things. That’s been liberating in allowing
us to put our own twist on SteamWorld and the city builder genre
to craft an intuitive Anno meets Dungeon Keeper style system
that we think is unlike anything else out there.”
No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system(s)
in the US at this time.
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