The Settlers 3D Fan Site

21/10/02

The Settlers will be built on Criterions RenderWare diagram technology, licensed to Ubisoft, one of the leading PC and Video games publishers.

Today the conclusion of an agreement with Criterion Software was to offer solutions for the play development. The new chapter of The Settlers, which is developed at present in the Ubi-Soft studio BlueByte, will be made using Criterions RenderWare Graphics. The Settlers was sold world-wide to more than 3.5 million people and is considered a milestone within the category of the extremely creative structure strategy plays. The new part of the series will offer innovative gameplay principles and will appear world-wide on PC CD. For the first time The Settlers will be in 3D in order to introduce radical innovations and to carry a real innovative advance out to the Gameplay of the Settlers.

14/6/02

Düsseldorf, June 14, 2002 – Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world’s leading videogame publishers, today announced the development of a new game from The Settlers® series by Ubi Soft’s German studio Blue Byte. This new episode is set for a worldwide release on computer and consoles.

Recognized for its detailed graphics, hand painted textures, bright and happy colors, The Settlers’ universe presents a mixture of history and imagination, all spiced up with cartoon-like elements.

After having sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide, The Settlers franchise is broadly recognized for its creative genre of built-up strategic simulation games. Soon enough, the new product standing as an independent title in the world of The Settlers will be supplied with an all new technology and innovative gaming principle, which will broaden the game’s brand internationally.

"This new game from the cult series will undoubtedly widen The Settlers’ audience” says Odile Limpach, Managing Director of Ubi Soft Entertainment GmbH and the Ubi Soft studio Blue Byte. “Our production team is currently focusing on innovative 3D-technology and absolutely new game features”.

As a result, the development team mainly concentrated on new strategic elements of the game. Conflicts between the tribes are carried out in a totally original way. The 3D-technology is merely used as another tool to bring radical changes, which will create a truly innovative leap inside the Settlers’ gameplay.