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Imagine Earth launches on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One

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We’re well used to exploring, expanding, exploiting and exterminating across a range of 4X strategy titles, but as Imagine Earth launches on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, we’ll need to go further – reducing, reusing, recycling and rethinking. 

Imagine Earth has gone down pretty damn well on PC vis Steam since it launched six weeks or so ago, gathering up a ton of Mostly Positive reviews in the time it has been available. Now though it has come to Xbox, playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, with full optimisation on the latter. 

It runs at a price of £20.99 on Microsoft’s finest console and will see would be overseers the chance to build colonies on distant planets, utilising a variety of technologies to ensure that your fledgling space colony can come in the face of adversity. This will mean keeping a close eye on supplies and resources, establishing trade with other colonies, forming alliances and even, occasionally, going to war to prove your worth. 

Whilst most 4X games follow the same explore, expand, exploit and exterminate ideas that have been with the genre since day dot, Imagine Earth takes things further, working a less established angle of reducing waste, reusing items, recycling where possible and rethinking overall strategies. In a time in which our own world is fully focused on these aspects, it’s great to see the Serious Bros. team work things into the gaming landscape. 

After being in early access since 2014, you’ll find that the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S version of Imagine Earth comes to console with everything that the PC version has to hold, and that means alongside a story-based campaign, a competition mode, endless mode and even a Planet Editor will be present. 

‘It was definitely scary, releasing our game into the wild after all this time,’ says developer Jens Isensee. ‘But the response to the PC release has been amazing. I’m so excited to see Imagine Earth hit the Xbox Console!’

You should really know what to expect of a game of this type, and so if you’ve found yourself smitten by the SimCity’s of this world, or the Aven Colony’s of others, a purchase of Imagine Earth should be on the cards. 

Key features of what Imagine earth brings are…

  • Global and realtime world experience instead of playing on limited square maps
  • Fully playable and story based campaign with 9 planets / missions
  • Competition game mode to play against up to 5 other AI factions with individual agendas
  • Over 50 constructs with more than 80 individual upgrades
  • Diplomacy and trade with local colonies and space traders
  • Tower defence with energy shields and lasers against space pirates, alien invaders and locusts
  • Development and research system for advanced and sustainable technologies
  • Share market for refinancing and hostile take over of opponent cities and colonies
  • Freeplay mode with a procedural planet generator for endless worlds and challenges
  • Planet Editor for terraforming, building and customizing individual planets which can be saved and shared
  • Global climate simulation of local pollution and worldwide emissions and melting polar caps and disasters
  • Disasters: Chemical spills, oil slicks, radioactive contamination, wild fires, tornadoes, volcanoes, dying forest and growing deserts, alien and robotic invaders, etc.

The Xbox Store will provide the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S download of Imagine Earth that you need. Alternatively, find your PC edition on Steam. 

Keep an eye out for our review of Imagine Earth on Xbox Series X soon. 

Game Description:

In this build-up strategy game you build global colonies on distant planets. Establish space trade and research to lead your corporation into wealth and prosperity. Find allies, compete against rivals, and protect your civilization from natural disasters and climate change.  

Neil Watton
Neil Wattonhttps://www.thexboxhub.com/
An Xbox gamer since 2002, I bought the big black box just to play Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee. I have since loved every second of the 360's life and am now just as obsessed with the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S - mostly with the brilliant indie scene that has come to the fore. Gamertag is neil363, feel free to add me to your list.
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