Tropico is coming to Xbox 360

By Robert Purchese Published 23 June, 2009

Political island sim in September.

Kalypso Media has announced an Xbox 360 version of Tropico 3, the tropical island settlement-series we gave 9/10 to, six years ago. You might remember it.

This third instalment will get a PC version, too, and arrive this September.

Tropico 3 will have notable differences to the rest of the series, however. Markedly, the appointment of new developer Haemimont Games, which lives in Bulgaria. Original team PopTop was consolidated into Sid Meier's Firaxis Games in 2006.

Taking place on the island of Tropico in the Caribbean, Tropico 3 casts you as El Presidente - a title earned through dubious means. Where the island goes from there, you decide. A dictatorial militant state? No problem. A prosperous industrial nation? Fine.

Head over to the Tropico 3 website for pictures and related information.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Skooch #1 3 years ago

    Political island sim! Can we expense the cost of this game...?

  • kangarootoo #2 3 years ago

    Quite liked the first one. Bananas or tobacco, bananas or tobacco.

  • kangarootoo #3 3 years ago

    The screens for this look rather nice. On my watch list.

  • miiiguel #4 3 years ago

    I like political.

    Picnic or orgy?; Picnic or orgy?
    This is no picnic!
    Edited by 2 at 23/06/09 @ 19:43

  • the_mtfr #5 3 years ago

    I am wet when I see any city building game that allows roads to curve and intersect nicely, not only 90 degrees. So was City Life and so does this. Awesome! I heart Haemimont!
    Edited by 1 at 23/06/09 @ 19:27

  • metalangel #6 3 years ago

    I liked the first one, apart from the fact that many buildings just plain cost too much and took up too much room, not to mention the tedious 'levelling' of the ground underneath of any building site (a vagary of the heavily adapted Railroad Tycoon II engine which similarly made uneven ground a pain up the arse) which often took longer than raising the building itself.

    Saying that, it perfectly captured a 'feel' for a Cold War-era former Spanish colony in the Caribbean - the writing, the music, everything perfectly evoked it. Thing is, a lot of this was down to Poptop being hardened geeks who'd given the same love and atmosphere to Railroad Tycoon II (and gave it that 'golden age of American railroads' tableau) so whether this new Eastern European can capture the shame subtlety, wit and charm remains to be seen. Given how well Depression Era Americana was captured by Illusion Softworks... quite possibly!

    (blimey, that was awfully tangenty. I should have just said 'oooh tropico, me want')

  • Negotiator #7 3 years ago

    Put me down for 2.

  • Lukree #8 3 years ago

    I really liked the first one so I'll most likely get this.

    But still I'm waiting for remake of the best building/managing game of all times: Transport Tycoon Deluxe!

  • Harmonica #9 3 years ago

    Tropico 1 and 2 are bonafide classics, so this is officially on my radar. Although I'm not sure what I think about playing an intricate management game on my 360. Using the mouse just seems far more.. dictatorial.

  • RedSparrows #10 3 years ago

    Lukree - me too. TTDLX was so much fun.

  • mexalen #11 3 years ago

    Excellent, loved the first one. 2nd one was just not my cup of tea, but with the 3rd one rooting more in the original Tropicos gameplay and the gorgeous screens, I am already mighty excited.
    I take a copy for the 360, please :)

  • glaeken #12 3 years ago

    I can actually see me playing this on the 360 if they can get the controls correct. It would be a nice change of pace type game for the 360.

  • Spekingur #13 3 years ago

    @Lukree: There's a project called openTTD. It has been ongoing for a few years now. It's a PC only and allows multiplayer :D

  • the_mtfr #14 3 years ago

    Oh yes, Transport Tycoon. All versions godly. Every comment that I see that refers to Transport Tycoon has a default +1 from me. Instant reflex. Best game ever.

    By the way why the hell is the news title "Tropico for XBox" when the real news is "announcing Tropico 3, for PC as well as XBox"???