Settlers serien er en gammel kending hos de fleste RTS fans på PC. Gang på gang er serien blevet hædret af anmeldere såvel som generelle gamere - og en sådan succes får ikke bare lov til at dø ud.
Forrige kapitel i serien Settlers IV, har solgt hele 3.5 millioner eksemplarer på verdensbasis. Og det er naturligvis noget der frister en gammel bonde, der lige skal se om han ikke kan presse lidt mere ud af koen. Indtil videre er der hverken en officiel titel eller udgivelsesdato for spillet, men mon ikke det er ude engang næste år.
Her er det indtil videre eneste stykke artwork, samt pressemeddelelsen:
After having sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide, The Settlers franchise is broadly recognized for its creative genre of built-up strategic simulation games. Soon enough, the new product standing as an independent title in the world of The Settlers will be supplied with an all new technology and innovative gaming principle, which will broaden the game's brand internationally.
"This new game from the cult series will undoubtedly widen The Settlers' audience" says Odile Limpach, Managing Director of Ubi Soft Entertainment GmbH and the Ubi Soft studio Blue Byte. "Our production team is currently focusing on innovative 3D-technology and absolutely new game features".
As a result, the development team mainly concentrated on new strategic elements of the game. Conflicts between the tribes are carried out in a totally original way. The 3D-technology is merely used as another tool to bring radical changes, which will create a truly innovative leap inside the Settlers' gameplay.