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Old World is heading to Steam and GOG next monthWith a free expansion and Linux port
With a free expansion and Linux port
Old Worldhas been limited to the Epic Games Store for longer than most games, arriving there in early access all the way back in 2020 and getting its full release last year. That’s finally changing. Soren Johnson’s mixture of Civilization andCrusader Kings 3will come to Steam and GOG on May 19th, alongside a new expansion that will be free to keep for the first two weeks.
Here’s the trailer for the expansion, Heroes Of The Aegean:
Old World: Heroes of the Aegean Expansion - Exclusive Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Old World: Heroes of the Aegean Expansion - Exclusive Announcement Trailer
The expansion features six scenarios from Ancient Greece in which you can control leaders like Leonidas and Alexander The Great. It’ll launch on May 19th, alongside full Linux support for the base game and localisation in a bunch of new languages.
If you’ve not played the base game yet, you’re seemingly in for a treat. Soren Johnson is perhaps still best known as the lead designer ofCivilization IV, and Old World is his return to that genre, armed with a decade of influence from Paradox grand strategy games. Nate wasgreatly fond of it when he played its final release last year, though its Steve Hogarty’searly access reviewI’m going to quote from.
Which feels like plenty reason to play it, even without a free expansion to sweeten the deal. You can, if you wish, stare at Old World’s store pages onSteamandGOGuntil it unlocks five weeks from now.
