Railway Empire News

Tycoons,
today we have released a hotfix for yesterday's update version 1.12, which will feature following fixes for
bugs that we were able to track down and squash with the help of the community:

• Save game compatibility was restored.
  
  • You can continue playing your savegames made in previous versions without problems.
• Refunding works as intended again, if not turned off (like e.g. in Challenges).

Tycoons,
Today sees the release of the new ‘Great Plains’ Challenge Update (version 1.12) on Steam.

To give you a short introduction into the latest Challenge Update:

About Challenge 3 – Great Plains
After the transcontinental railroad was completed in May 1869, more and more cities of the Great Plains east of the Rocky Mountains have been connected to major railroad lines and cities have prospered as a result. The railroads also brought farmers to the region, who were now able to deliver their products to the East and West Coasts by rail. In this challenge, your job is to connect all the cities, create metropolises like Denver and promote the production of agricultural commodities.

• Added reimbursement as new gameplay option:
  
  • Toggled OFF – trade-in value for locomotives only accounts for 50% at most (always applies in challenge scenarios)
  • Toggled ON – Balancing/Adjustment of price drops (drops linearly down to 20% at most)
• Added the date until the journalist and and market crier remains active

• Fixed: Deleting a track rarely resulted in the creation of a track circuit.
  
• Adjusted several achievement requests to the descriptive texts.
  
• Fixed: Crash issues caused by farms on the map “Northern Europe 1910”.
  
• Fixed: Task list for Challenges: Failed tasks are now correctly displayed.
  
• Dialogue window for Town/Express Goods/Diagram: Colours are now correctly assigned to mail and passengers

Specialist strategy publisher Kalypso Media and developer Gaming Minds Studios have today released a brand-new DLC expansion for fan-favourite tycoon simulation Railway Empire on PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.
The Northern Europe expansion sees players aid the Swedish Parliament with constructing a new national railroad to continue the country’s far-reaching industrial advancements along the lakes and sprawling rivers that were first used by freight ships to provide goods and supplies to Northern Europe.

In addition to the new DLC, Kalypso has also released the Christmas update (version 1.11) for Railway Empire, adding seasonal Christmas decorations, the new ‘Dallas’ challenge and a series of tweaks and improvements to the game’s Challenge Mode – all completely free of charge as part of Kalypso’s ongoing ‘games as a service’ post-release support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zb0AgYhgXM

The new DLC includes:

• New scenario: Hibernation (1853-1870)
  
• Map expansion: ‘Northern Europe’ (available in Free Game and Sandbox modes)
  
• 3 historical engines: Odin (2-2-2), Prins August (2-4-0) and SJB II (4-6-0)
  
• 10 new tradeable goods (e.g. crisp bread and brown cheese) and 30 new cities
  
• ‘Concession’ feature: The map is divided into sections. Buy concessions to gain access to new building grounds (also available on the full North American map)
  
• Snow: Enhanced weather system for all northern regions in the game
  
• New regional soundtrack

The Northern Europe DLC for Railway Empire is available now on all platforms.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1161420/Railway_Empire__Northern_Europe/

Information
Title: Railway Empire – Northern Europe DLC
Platform(s): Windows, Linux, PlayStation®4, Xbox One
Developer: Gaming Minds Studios
Genre: Tycoon simulator
Release: Out now
Hashtag(s): #RailwayEmpire #NorthernEuropeDLC

Tycoons,

Today sees the release of the Christmas Update (version 1.11) on Steam.
This free addition adds seasonal Christmas decorations, as well as introducing the new Dallas challenge, plus much more!

• Challenge #2 ‘Dallas’ is now available.
  
• New option to deactivate refunds for demolishing rails and buildings.
  
• Special Christmas decoration is now available during holiday period.
  
  • Can be turned off at any time during the duration of the event via the in-game main menu
• Tasks for the transport of commodities can now only be fulfilled by delivering to cities.

• Freelancers have been deactivated to avoid randomised advantages.
  
• Refunds for rails and train stations have been deactivated.
  
• Three new tasks have been added to Challenge Mode. Among these are quests to operate a train line for a certain time, and simultaneously make available certain commodities in cities.

Please note: We’ve taken action in identifying all ‘imposters’ and excluded their impact from past and future challenges.

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.


Sincerely,
Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso Media