News Anno History Collection (1602, 1503, 1701 and 1404) - announced for June 25

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Receive four beloved city-building classics and their expansions, fully updated for modern operating systems with resolutions all the way up to 4K. Enjoy a variety of improvements in each game while continuing your existing games, thanks to full save compatibility. Includes: - 1602 A.D. and its expansion New Islands, New Adventure - 1503 A.D.: The New World and its expansion Treasures, Monsters & Pirates - 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon - Dawn of Discovery® and its expansion Venice - Bonus Content: Anno® 1503 History Edition soundtrack and wallpaper plus company logos and an ornament for Anno 1800™


With this collection, we are updating the first four Anno games (1602, 1503, 1701 and 1404) to take advantage of modern PCs, while keeping the classic gameplay we all know and love. Among the more notable improvements to all four games are:
  • All games being ported to 64-bit to improve performance and stability (say goodbye to Anno 1404 running out of memory)
  • Support for new resolutions all the way up to 4k, making your empires look better than ever before
  • Improved multiplayer, with all games now running through Uplay, with comfort features such as quickmatch and desync recovery (as seen in Anno 1800). And yes… ANNO 1503 MULTIPLAYER IS OFFICIALLY HERE!
  • Full save game compatibility (for both single- and multiplayer), so we hope you have held on to those beloved saves from years past
  • Of course, all games include their expansions, as well as any other official content that may have been released over the years
So how and where will you be able to get your hands on these releases?

Anno History Collection – 39,99€/$

Includes the History Editions of Anno 1602, 1503, 1701 and 1404, as well as their respective expansions. The collection pack will be exclusively available on Uplay, at a special price of 39,99€/$. As a bonus, it will also include an exclusive new ornament celebrating these classic games and five new company logos for Anno 1800 (one for each game, plus one that is exclusive to the collection).


Anno 1602 History Edition – 9,99€/$

Includes the updated version of Anno 1602 and the “New Islands, New Adventures” expansion, as well as a new 1602-themed company logo for use in Anno 1800. Available on Uplay.


See how it all began with Anno 1602

Anno 1503 History Edition – 9,99€/$

Includes the updated version of Anno 1503 and the “Treasures, Monsters and Pirates” expansion, as well as a new 1503-themed company logo for use in Anno 1800. Available on Uplay.


After 18 years, the dream of Anno 1503 multiplayer is finally coming true

Anno 1701 History Edition – 9,99€/$

Includes the updated version of Anno 1701 and the “Sunken Dragon” expansion, as well as a new 1701-themed company logo for use in Anno 1800. Available on the Epic Games Store and Uplay.


With 1701, Anno made the jump into the third dimension

Anno 1404 History Edition – 14,99€/$

Includes the updated version of Anno 1404 and the “Venice” expansion, as well as a new 1404-themed company logo for use in Anno 1800. Available on the Epic Games Store, Steam and Uplay.

The much-beloved 1404 is a true city-building classic


And the best news? You won’t have to wait long at all, as the Anno History Collection and all four stand-alone games will already be out on June 25th, making this a very short wait!


 

Jav

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Some are Uplay only, other is Epic and Uplay and another is Steam, Epic and Uplay? Seems kinda weird.
 
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only 1404 is already on Steam so theywill probably just update that like they did with Settlers Collection where they just patched what was released elsewhere and rest is stuck on Uplay

as for the random Epic picks :face-with-tears-of-joy: Who knows i guess epic plans to give 1701 away
 

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At least 1404 will be on steam. For me thats the best one.
that's because it already is (the old version)

they did the same thing with The Settlers ... only the ones that were already on steam got updates to the anniversary edition
 
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that's because it already is (the old version)

they did the same thing with The Settlers ... only the ones that were already on steam got updates to the anniversary edition
It's a shame we never got the collection on Steam. Valhalla Hills kind of scratches that itch.
 
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