Publisher SEGA and developers Amplitude Studios and Aspyr will release turn-based historical strategy game HUMANKIND for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 4, as well as via Xbox Game Pass.
HUMANKIND first launched for PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store, as well as Stadia on August 17, 2021.
The game’s second downloadable content, “Cultures of Latine America,” and free major update, “Bolivar,” were also announced and released for the PC version today.
“As big fans of HUMANKIND, we’re ecstatic to partner with SEGA and Amplitude to bring this amazing game to new audiences,” said Aspyr senior director of business development Michael Blair in a press release. “With our history in this space, we know that we’ll be able to deliver a deep strategy experience that really shines on consoles.”
Here is an overview of the game, via SEGA:
About
HUMANKIND is a historical strategy game, where you’ll be re-writing the entire narrative of human history and combining cultures to create a civilization that’s as unique as you are.
Key Features
- Create Your Civilization – Combine up to 60 historical cultures as you lead your people from the Ancient to the Modern Age. From humble origins as a Neolithic tribe, transition to the Ancient Era as the Babylonians, become the Classical era Mayans, the Medieval Umayyads, the Early Modern era British, and so on. Each culture will add its own special gameplay layer, leading to near-endless outcomes.
- More than History, It’s Your Story – Face historical events, take impactful moral decisions, and make scientific breakthroughs. Discover the natural wonders of the world or build the most remarkable creations of humankind. Each game element is historically authentic. Combine them to build your own vision of the world.
- Leave Your Mark on the World – The journey matters more than destination. Fame is a new and unifying victory condition. Every great deed you accomplish, every moral choice you make, every battle won will build your fame and leave a lasting impact on the world. The player with the most fame will win the game. Will you be the one to leave the deepest mark on the world?
- Master Tactical Battles on Land, Sea, and Air – Each battle in HUMANKIND plays out like a mini turn-based board game on top of the actual world map. Unstack your armies and command each of your units, including the emblematic units of your culture and their special abilities. Construct siege weapons to besiege and occupy cities. Fight in large battles spanning multiple turns, and don’t hesitate to bring in reinforcements!
- Customize Your Leader – In HUMANKIND, you’ll be playing the leader of your society as an avatar that you create and customize! Your avatar will evolve visually over the course of the game as your civilization develops. You’ll also be able to level up your leader via a meta-progression system to unlock custom looks that you can showoff to strangers and friends alike in multiplayer matches up to 8 players.
How far will you push humankind?
Watch a new set of trailers below.