Ubisoft Announces โขRecord Launch for Anno 117: Pax Romana
Mainz, Germany – October 25, 2024 – Ubisoft Mainzโ announced today that Anno 117: Pax Romana is the “fastest sellingโ title” in the franchise’s โฃ25+ year history. โThe building strategy game, โreleased November 13th for PC, โPlayStation 5, adn Xbox Series X/S, has achieved what Ubisoft describes as an “remarkable start” wiht “unprecedented sales figures” and an “unprecedented number of players.”
Whileโค specific sales numbers remain undisclosed, Anno 117 โ currently holds theโฃ top spot โon the German Steam top seller charts andโค maintains a leading position internationally, includingโฃ in France, Great Britain,โค and the USA.
The game hasโค garnered positive reception from critics, praised for its detailed game โคworld and innovations like diagonal road construction, achieving anโข average Metacritic score of 85 – the highest in theโ Anno series to date.
Ubisoft reports an โขaverage player engagement of three hours per day, indicating significant โฃinvestment in building and expanding Roman empires within the game.
Theโ development โof Anno 117: Paxโ Romana โ receivedโค โฌ5.7 million in fundingโ from the โขGerman federal government’s games funding programme, continuing support previously provided toโค the console version of Anno 1800 and its expansions.
The launch was briefly โฃimpacted by โtechnical issues in multiplayer mode andโข a discussion regarding the unintentional inclusion ofโ AI-generated placeholder โassets, which Ubisoft states are โฃbeing replaced.
“Annoโ 117: Pax Romana marks a new chapter for our beloved brand and for everyone who has put theirโ passion, creativity andโฃ countless hours into it,” said Stรฉphane Jankowski, Executive Producer of Anno. “We โare โขoverwhelmed by the unbelievable responseโ from โour players.Our team remains committed, continually listening to โฃfeedback and working to deliverโ the ambitious fristโข year of content that expands our game world into the province of Egypt.”
