Tropico 6 News

• Added new ‘Resource Overview’ tab to Almanac
  detailing eachresource e.g., current amount stored, production history, or recent distribution.
  
• Added 3 new multiplayer maps:
  
  • Islas De Mesetas (2-player)
    
  • Isla del Trébol (4-player)
    
  • La Península Gigantesca (4-player)

• Added key binding option for toggling the ‘Demolition’ tool
  
• Fixed an issue where the population change graph in the Almanac could show no values.
  
• Fixed amount of money displayed in the ‘Private Bank’ work mode
  
• Fixed some issues with the ‘Lightbulb Ban’ edict when relocating houses with the ‘Electrification’ upgrade.
  
• Fixed cases where highlighted buildings affected by the Manure Spreader were missing.
  
• Fixed player receiving too high a tourist rating after visiting a Gourmet Restaurant with Sushi Mastery Work mode
  
• Fixed Museum of Modern Art not being affected by the ‘Permanent Exhibition’ work mode of Luxury Hotel
  
• Fixed tourists getting stuck in Tourist Port – a result of the captain dying during travel to the port.
  
• Fixed a mine within the ‘Tropicoland’ mission that was inaccessible.
  
• Fixed a rare scroll bar glitch
  
• Corrected positioning of Ancient Ruins in ‘Lirio Dorado’ map
  
• Fixed a few crashes.
  
• Fixed a couple of localization & text issues.
  
• [Multiplayer] Fixed stuttering when moving military units.
  
• [Caribbean Skies] Fixed Drone Factory using up Resources even when the Outstock for a specific kind of Drone is already full.
  
• [Caribbean Skies] Fixed an issue in the mission ‘Penultimo’s Secret Mission’, where it was possible to lose the game due to suspicion even after completing the final raid.
  
• [Caribbean Skies] Fixed Construction Workers walking on cliffs in mission ‘The Scientific Method’.
  
• [Caribbean Skies] Adjusted duration of Meteor Shower disaster music in the mission ‘Drone City’
  
• [Linux] Improved edge scrolling behaviour on Linux
  
• [PS4]: Fixed Flophouse and Official Residence being available in ‘Shackland’ mission.

One of my favourite city-building games of the past decade has to be Tropico. As the newly 'elected' despot of an insignificant banana republic, it's your job to secure your island's (and your own) fortune by any means necessary. It's quite compact versus something like Cities: Skylines, but it also has oodles of atmosphere and a banging soundtrack to boot.

The series celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and to kick off the celebrations publisher Kalypso is offering the entire series - including current iteration Tropico 6 - at some respectable discounts. There's a special event running for the sixth game where you can earn free cosmetic prizes, such as a 'golden palace' skin for the capitol building.

The first Tropico game was released in 2001, developed by PopTop Software. It wasn't until Kalypso acquired the license and recruited Haemimont Games that the series really fell into its stride with Tropico 3 and Tropico 4. Haemimont would work on one final entry in Tropico 5 before moving on to create Surviving Mars with Paradox Interactive. Tropico 5 is notable because it was the first time the series was able to break away from its traditional formula and try out new ideas.

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• [PS4/PS5] Fixed stuttering issue when building roads
  
• Prevent Flophouse to be buildable in mission Shacklands as intended by the mission’s design
  
• Fixed an issue which prevented enabling DLC content in regular missions when using a controller
  
• [Carribbean Skies] Fixed missing Battery Plant research
  
• Fixed a couple issues that resulted in crashes