Anno 117: Pax Romana

By the gods! It’s the release day of the “Echoes of Kassandra” pack, the latest cosmetic pack for Anno 117: Pax Romana.Inspired by the world of Kassandra, the ancient Greek hero from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, this pack includes several new statues, skins and a grand music hall with 1h of music from Odyssey: protect your harbour with a giant statue of Zeus, choose Leonidas as protector of your city gates and Kassandra as your new profile picture, and paint some of your residences and city watch buildings in a hellenic blue colour scheme.Learn more about the pack in our dedicated DevBlog here or watch the trailer below!More ornaments!We know that for some of you there’s no such thing as too many ornaments, which is why we’re always happy to point you in the direction of our awesome modding community on PC as well.One recent example is the very, very comprehensive “Decorations Mod” by Maggus, which includes around 2000 ornaments and decorations you can use in your game. Check out their overview trailer below and download the mod directly via mod.ioYou can find plenty more mods on mod.io, and we always recommend to check out the various smaller and bigger mods if you want to adjust you

Release Date: September 17th, 2026, at 10 AM UTC / 12 PM CESTThis update adds support for the Echoes of Kassandra Cosmetic Pack.Improvements & ChangesBalance changes to three heroic specialists:Laevinus: now affects only quarries, gold washers, and clay pits (instead of all pits) to prevent an exploit involving Sand RefineriesKirjokansi: Now only considers passive trade with rivals, not player-to-player trade, to prevent an exploitTiranna: removed effects on dye and instead now affects pigments, as previous effects were far too strong\ Added an infotip to Hippodrome events indicating that optional goods can be removedImproved UI for MonumentsTier Improvement infotip now shows the second effectThe remaining duration of players’ Notes is now also visible in the archiveImproved readability of warning text when it comes to Time Limited ChallengesSelecting an ornament with a cosmetic skin applied will now show the selected skin in the object menuTrade buffs are now limited trades between NPCs and playersBug FixesGameplay\ Hippodrome parade units are no longer present during ongoing races.\ Fixed an issue that prevented the Hippodrome plans research to unlock despite fulfilling all c

It’s the release of “The Hippodrome”! The second expansion for Anno 117: Pax Romana is now available and lets you build this new, huge monument and host race events for your population. Increase your splendour to unlock stronger buffs and bonuses for your cities and host the largest races in the empire. For all details on this new DLC, check out our dedicated DevBlog from earlier this month. Alongside “The Hippodrome” we’ve released Update 2.0 with not only a bunch of bug fixes but also several quality-of-life improvements and features like the photo mode, a note function and the new “heroic” specialists. Make sure you check out the patch notes for a full overview. Gamescom is coming In less than a week, the largest gaming trade fair, gamescom, takes place once again in Cologne. We’ll also be present this year in the Ubisoft Community Lounge with a set of panels and presentations. For your convenience, we added our schedule below – we'd love to see you there! For anyone else, two of the panels will also be livestreamed on the official Ubisoft Twitch and YouTube channels. These panels are marked accordingly on the schedule below. Tune in and join other Anno and Ubisoft fans in

Release date: August 20th, 3 PM CEST | 6AM PTWith this release we’re deploying both Update 2.0 as well as the “The Hippodrome” DLC.Improvements and ChangesPlease have a look at this blog post for some more details on features like photo mode and heroic specialists.New Features & FunctionalitiesAdded a Photo Mode to the gameIncludes a free camera and various effectsAdded a Note FunctionAllows taking notes and dropping them in the game world, as well as setting timers to get remindersHonoured Guests & Heroic SpecialistsHonoured guests now visit the player based on their Prestige and new heroic specialists get introducedReplace mode: demolish everything below the currently selected building to quickly make space for larger objectsProduction Buildings now have a shortcut to the statistics screen included in their menuThe Hall of Fame is expanded with a new page that includes past Twitch DropsPlayers on PC now can quit the game without going back to the main menu firstAdded additional modifiable hotkeys for mouse & keyboardThese are unassigned by default, check the control settings to set them up, e.g. to open the province map, the quest log, to encamp units, unload ships, …