Ara: History Untold, Microsoft’s New 4X Grand Strategy Game, Locks in a September Release

A couple years ago Microsoft and developer Oxide Games (Ashes of the Singularity) unveiled Ara: History Untold, a new 4X turn-based game with elements of grand strategy and even city building mixed in. We haven’t heard that too much about it since then, but today, Microsoft unveiled a September release date for the promising title.

The Official Xbox Podcast also provided an in-depth look at Ara: History Untold gameplay, including the game’s large selection of leaders (45 in all at launch), living world, and unique cloud-powered approach to multiplayer, in which everyone takes turns simultaneously and players can hop in and out of games as they wish with AI taking over if they leave. You can check out the Xbox Podcast Ara: History Untold Showcase, below.

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While the proof will be in the playing, as a 4X and turn-based strategy nut, Ara: History Untold is definitely on my radar. Need to know more? Here are the game’s key features…

• Explore an Immersive Living World - Explore a dynamic living world filled with life and charm across sweeping landscapes ranging from tropical jungles to sand-swept deserts as you discover the resources you need to develop your nation. Witness the world come to life in vivid, realistic detail as citizens move throughout the world and react dynamically to times of health and sickness, war and peace, wealth and despair with unique biomes, cultures, and eras representing the diversity of the human experience.
• Build Your Nation - Serve your people and grow your prestige with numerous Improvements, from forges to libraries, citadels to cathedrals, public parks to industrial factories - as well as a global variety of the greatest architectural Triumphs ever conceived and built by human hands.
• Guide your people through the eras of human discovery - Nurture your people’s brilliance and invention as you progress your Nation through