Empire of the Ants, a real-time technique sport with dazzlingly photorealistic bugs and different critters, arrives on November 7. Though the sport doesn’t sound prefer it’s precisely a remake, it comes from the identical writer (and attracts from the identical supply materials) because the 2000 RTS sport of the identical identify. The brand new model can be accessible on PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S.

Writer Microids and developer Tower 5 describe the brand new Empire of the Ants as “a 3D real-time technique sport with progressive problem.” Set in Fontainebleau forest, you’ll play as 103,683e, “a decided ant on a mission to guard its colony.” You’ll collect assets, safe outposts, fortify your armies and execute the queen’s plans.

The sport was constructed utilizing Unreal Engine 5 and can have scalable problem. The RTS title has a story storyline, and its gameplay will adapt to completely different seasons and day-night cycles.

“With Empire of the Ants, each resolution is crucial, each transfer is strategic, and each conquest displays your talent in exploring a world the place the smallest beings wield immense energy,” the sport’s press launch reads. “Technique, exploration, battles, and even alliances with the native wildlife can be essential to emerge victorious from the myriad challenges that await gamers.”

Like its Y2K predecessor, the 2024 model of Empire of the Ants is predicated on the 1991 novel of the identical identify (in its English translation) by French creator Bernard Werber. (Le Fourmis is its title within the creator’s native French.) The guide, the primary in a trilogy, follows a society of ants and a parallel world of people in early Twenty first-century Paris, overlaying themes of communication, cooperation, environmental affect and social hierarchy.

You’ll be able to take a look at the trailer beneath forward of the sport’s November 7 launch date. You’ll be able to wishlist the sport now on Steam, GOG, Epic and the PlayStation Retailer.

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