Microids has delivered the first gameplay trailer for Empires of the Ants at GDC, showing off some of the photorealistic visuals in Tower Five’s new RTS game in Unreal Engine 5 that challenges players to explore, strategize, fight, and develop alliances with local wildlife as one of the world’s most familiar bugs. Empires of the Ants is based on the sci-fi novel of the same name by Bernard Werber, which has sold more than 2 million copies since its release in 1991.
Platforms/release:
- 2024
- PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store)
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
Features:
- Build your Empire
- Expand your anthill, strengthen your army, conquer new nests, make unusual allies and hunt down dangerous foes.
- Discover gorgeous and photo-realistic environments
- Explore the forest through the eyes of an ant and meet other forest dwellers, powered by Unreal Engine 5.
- Play throughout the seasons
- Adapt your strategy depending on the conditions set by the time of the day and the seasons.
- Solo Campaign & Multiplayer Experience
- A strategy game with progressive and scalable difficulty: challenge yourself or your friends in thrilling battles.
A description for the novel:
…in a pine stump in a nearby park, a vast civilization is in turmoil. Here a young female from the russet ant nation of Bel-o-kan learns that a strange new weapon has been killing off her comrades. To find out why, she enlists the help of a warrior ant, and the two set off on separate journeys into a harsh and violent world. It is a world where death takes many forms–savage birds and voracious lizards, warlike dwarf ants and rapacious termites, poisonous beetles and, most bizarre of all, the swift, murderous, giant guardians of the edge of the world: cars.