Kalypso Media Japan announced on March 15 that the railway management simulation game “Railway Empire 2]will be released on June 15th for PS4/PS5. Reservations for the package version of “Railway Empire 2 Deluxe Edition” have started today, and the price is 9240 yen (tax included).
In addition, this work is scheduled to be released on PC (Steam) / Nintendo Switch / Xbox One / Xbox Series X | S version, and will also be provided on Xbox Game Pass. Release dates for these platforms will be announced at a later date.
“Railway Empire 2” is a railway management simulation game set in 19th century North America and Europe. The player becomes the owner of a railway company and aims to build an ideal railway empire. We will expand our business by providing means of transportation to the people, goods, and places that we need. It is said that strategic management skills such as acquisition and sabotage of rivals will be tested.
Game modes include 5 campaigns and 14 scenarios where you perform tasks given in each region, as well as free play where you choose a map and age and complete randomly generated tasks, unlimited funds and rivals. Includes an absent sandbox. In free play, you can choose the difficulty level and customize the conditions. There is also a multiplayer mode that can be enjoyed by up to four people. Together with your friends, you can help build tracks and routes.
In this work, 60 types of real steam locomotives appear. Railroad tracks, bridges, and tunnels were dug to run these steam locomotives on the railroad network, connecting towns all over the continent. In addition, in this work, the technological innovation of the 19th century, which made a dramatic leap forward due to the development of steam locomotives, is expressed. While unlocking a research tree that simulates the 100 years from 1830, you can relive the process of society growing richly.
One of the evolution points from the previous work “Railway Empire” released in 2018 is a larger and more beautiful map. While covering all of the North American continent and Europe, important areas are provided with finer regional detail maps, making it easier to understand the development between cities. In addition, areas that were delivered as paid DLC in the previous work can be enjoyed from the beginning in this work.
In addition, the track system has been expanded, such as a railway station that can lay up to 8 tracks and a bridge that can hold up to 4 tracks. In addition, improvements such as setting the direction of travel of the locomotive to automatically set up a signal, etc. have been made so that you can enjoy more intuitive operation than the previous work. The multiplayer mode mentioned above will also be a pleasure unique to this work.
『Railway Empire 2]will be released on June 15th for PS4 / PS5 version. The “Deluxe Edition” includes various skins that can be used in the game, and the package version includes the download code.
In addition, this work will be released on PC (Steam) / Nintendo Switch / Xbox One / Xbox Series X | S version, and will also be available on Xbox Game Pass. The release date for this will be announced at a later date.
