In a weblog submit of the Anno Union, the builders introduced that Ubisoft entered right into a partnership with Epic Games concerning Anno 1800. The sport can be out there digitally after the discharge on April 16 solely within the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft. On Steam will probably be eliminated (until you already bought it on Steam).
Anno 1800 is now the second sport faraway from Steam and launched onto Epic Games. If you need to personal the sport on Steam, it’s a must to make a purchase order earlier than the discharge of Anno on April 16th. After this timeframe, the sport is excluded from gross sales on the platform. Nevertheless, house owners of the Steam model will obtain all future further content material on the similar time. A bit complicated for certain.
“Once the game has been released on April 16, 2019, Anno 1800 will only be available digitally on the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games store,” Ubisoft’s announcement mentioned. “Pre-orders on Steam can be made until the release of the game. Everyone who pre-ordered Anno 1800 on Steam will be able to play the game upon release and will automatically get all future updates and content.”
Players who need to play the Open Beta from Anno 1800 on April 12th by April 14th have to change to the opposite platforms. These will solely be at Epic Games and Uplay. Epic Games is pursuing its aggressive technique of increasing the shop and securing crucial titles. However, the corporate has already introduced that it will be unable to base its retailer mannequin on such partnerships in the long run.
