Railway Empire News

[h3]Ho ho ho! 🎅[/h3]

The holidays are close and we already found some festive bundles under our Christmas tree, we'd like to share with you. 🎄

Santa's little helpers have put together a very special package for you...

The Best of Kalypso Bundle including Tropico 6, Dungeons 3, Railway Empire & Sudden Strike 4 - bringing you our strategy and simulation classics in one handy package that’ll keep you busy throughout the holidays and beyond!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/23874/Best_of_Kalypso_Bundle/

The industrious Kalypso Elves helpers have also wrapped many a motley bunch of gifts that are perfect for newcomers - the Starter Bundles!

So if you are interested in one of the games offered in a Starter Bundle, you get meaty package containing the main game, a DLC and the official soundtrack. 🎁

All bundles are available during Steam Winter Sale - hurry up before the Grinch snatches all those presents on January 5th!


We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Stay healthy!

Your Kalypso Media Team


https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22458/Tropico_6__Starter_Bundle/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/23872/Dungeons_3__Starter_Bundle/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/23871/Railway_Empire__Starter_Bundle/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/23873/Sudden_Strike_4__Starter_Bundle/

Tycoons!

This year’s Steam Awards nominations are just around the corner, which means you can once again nominate your favorite games in a huge variety of categories.

Being a distinguished tycoon with an eye for quality, how about nominating your beloved Railway Empire in the ‘Labor of Love’ category? We would really appreciate your nomination.

Thanks for your support,
Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso Media

[h3]Tycoons![/h3]

You don't want to miss it, because just in time for the spooky season, characters in scary costumes are waiting for you in Railway Empire.
Hold on tight and above all, turn on the event in the game options from October 24 to November 7 to be part of it.



Halloween Event:
Just in time for Halloween, we've dressed up the characters appropriately.

Conductor Patrick invites you to the Railway Empire livestream on Thursday, Sept 2nd 7pm CEST / 6pm BST / 10 am PDT / 1pm EDT.
Patrick will stop by Gaming Minds Studios in Gütersloh where he will pick up Junior Game Designer Jonas Pastoors who will play the Railway Empire – Japan DLC.

https://www.youtube.com/c/Kalypsolive

Tycoons!

Railway Empire Update 1.14.1 is now available for Windows PC, Linux, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This update fixes a bug that had trains not to be properly unloaded. Update 1.14.1 also fixes a bug that stopped the Monster Snack achievement from being unlocked. Additionally, it adds further improvements to the Railway Empire - Japan DLC.

A detailed list of all changes can be found below:

[h3]ALL Platforms: [/h3]

• Base game
  
  • Fixed a bug that stopped the Monster Snack achievement from being unlocked.
    
  • Fixed a rare crash that occurred after demolishing railway tracks.
    
  • Fixed a bug that caused trains not to be properly unloaded.
    
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the demolishing of railway tracks.
    
  • Fixed faulty save games resulting in ‘nameless’ AI competitor tycoons.
    
  • Fixed a bug that displayed the wrong controller icon within the games UI.
    
  • Fixed a bug that would stop the player from renaming companies, cities, and train stations.
    
  • Fixed multiple issues with localization.
  
  
  
• Railway Empire – Japan DLC
  
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the construction of specific buildings e.g., the Publishing House.
    
  • Fixed a bug that occurred during the task to build a hotel which had those hotels already built not recognized by the game.
    
  • Fixed a bug that gave the visual impression that players could build in a blocked area of the map.
    
  • Fixed a bug that had passenger tracks not recognized when using waypoints.
    
  • Fixed a rare bug that could occur during a mission in the ‘Rising Sun’ scenario where no task would appear within the quest log.
    
  • Fixed a task list bug in the ‘Twisted Paths’ scenario that caused dates to add up.
  
  
  
• Steam / Epic / GOG
  
  • Fixed achievement issues.
    
  • Steam: Fixed an issue where the counter would not work if the industry was connected to the warehouse.
  
  
  
• PS4
  
  • Fixed a bug that would falsely show colored circles beneath the passenger feature display.
    
  • Fixed an issue that allowed the player to skip a number of tasks in the scenario.
  
  
  
• Xbox
  
  • Fixed broken Microsoft Store link.