The highly anticipated open beta of Ubisoft Blue Byte's
ANNO 1800 is live now, giving you a unique opportunity to test the real-time strategy game's core gameplay features and multiplayer component for two whole days, prior to its full release on April 16th. The beta is now available and open to everyone via Uplay or the Epic Games Launcher, and you can just download it right now, for free.
ANNO 1800 is technically coming to PC on April 16th, exclusively via the Epic Games Store (its sales will be discontinued on Steam after Tuesday), as another Ubisoft-published game that won’t be playable on Valve's platform, joining
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 and the French studio's future major releases.
While not a single review has been official shared yet, it didn't stop Ubisoft from releasing a special accolades trailer for
ANNO 1800, putting the spotlight on the press' first impressions with the seventh numbered entry in the main series. Without further ado, be sure to check it out down below:
Welcome to the dawn of the industrial age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you renovator or exploiter? Suppressor or liberator? It's up to you how the world will remember your name. In Anno 1800, players will take charge of their own fortune as they navigate the rapidly evolving technological and malicious political landscape of the 19th century in their quest to build an empire that will stand the test of time. Combining beloved features with innovative gameplay in a memorable new setting, Anno 1800 marks the beginning of a new era for the Anno franchise.
ANNO 1800 is coming to PC on April 16, 2019.