New DLC announced for The Settlers 7

By Fred Dutton Published 20 April, 2011

Plus, new patch adds co-op mode.

A new DLC pack is now available for PC RTS sequel The Settlers 7, publisher Ubisoft has announced.

Titled The Two Kings, it's priced at £3.99 and adds three new multiplayer maps.

Tower Island sees four factions facing off against each other around the Tower of Tandria, access to which offers players a strategic advantage. Distances between you and your opponents are short, so you'll need to keep an eye on your defences.

The Throne of Tandria sees two teams compete for the titular piece of furniture. The twist here are the variable starting conditions - one team has access to fertile building ground but only has a few mines, while the other has access to plenty of mines but only limited fertile ground.

A third map, called Forest Realm, sees you go head to head with a rival king situated on the opposing side of a wide valley. The home sectors boast central marketplaces where you can increase your wealth.

Tower Island and Throne of Tandria are specifically designed to take advantage of a new cop-op mode added in by a free patch, which also goes live today.

As well as the new maps, you can now also play all existing levels in co-op. You'll be able to donate sectors, share resources, swap tradeposts and divvy up victory points with your partner.

The Settlers 7 launched back in March last year, picking up an 8/10 from Eurogamer's Quintin Smith.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • Discalceaterabbit #1 1 year ago

    The only DLC I'd be interested is the one which removes UBIDRM.
    Until then they can shove it.

  • Eraysor #2 1 year ago

    I was about to post the exact same comment as above :p

  • KKRT #3 1 year ago

    @Discalceaterabbit
    +1
    I couldnt even play demo because of theirs DRM, its just a piece of shit. Learn from EA how to make DRM Ubi.

  • Cheddar99 #4 1 year ago

    I somehow read that as Timesplitters 7. Damn you dyslexia.

  • jimr9999us #5 1 year ago

    Indeed, would've been a great game if the DRM wasn't such utter fail. What a sad waste of a smart, charming city builder.

  • jumpdeveraux #6 1 year ago

    DRM is still on this? I'd still buy this game at it's now discounted price if they'd lose the DRM. Surely it's been out so long that removing DRM now is not going to have a material impact on future sales as I imagine the sales curve has dropped right off as the game ages.

    Think I'm pretty much at the point where I'll stop occasionally checking the Ubi/Steam forums to see if the DRM is removed.

    Perhaps one day it'll appear in one of the big Steam sales for a few quid with the DRM gone... until that time... *closes wallet*

  • uknortherner2000 #7 1 year ago

    As long as publishers like UbiShaft continue to believe they can trample over my consumer rights, invade my privacy, install spyware on my hardware without consent and control my gaming experience just so they can "protect" their precious IP, I will continue to tell them to fuck off and spend my money elsewhere. Face it, Ubi - I don't need your software, or software from anyone else who continue to treat the paying customer like crap.
    Edited by uknortherner2000 at 21/04/11 @ 10:42