Starting now, players can discover “Cultures of Africa”, the first ever DLC for our turn-based historical strategy game HUMANKIND™. We’re pairing this release with a free update, this time focused on fixes and AI improvements.

Interested in what’s coming next? As part of our annual community event AMPLIFIED, we’re also releasing an overview on our priorities for HUMANKIND™. Read on for all the juicy details on this month’s update!

THE “ALLEN NEWELL” FREE UPDATE

As with any paid content release, we’ve included a free update featuring some requested community fixes. Here’s what players can expect when launching the game today:

• AI: Improved ground bombardment
• AI: Improved siege and coastal combat behavior
• AI: Improved war planning
• AI: Improved the way AI handles Civic choices
• AI: Improved the way AI handles Culture choices
• Fixed some Help Layer and Tooltip errors
• Bugfixes on Soviet EQ
• Fixes to nuclear strikes
• Fixes to surrender
• Various fixes to the modding tools

…plus many more!

A rollback version will be available to ensure save game compatibility. For the full patch notes check out the release notes thread on Games2Gether.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR HUMANKIND

Since our release in August, we’ve put out a half-dozen big patches with lots of fixes. Still, we know we’ve got lots more to do. Here’s a glance at the priorities in the pipeline for the next few months:

Of course, none of this would be possible without the support of our amazing community, and we’re grateful to them for continuing to work with us to improve the game. We hope they’ll enjoy today’s releases and look forward to what’s to come!

– The Ampliteam