Ubisoft and Blue Byte are offering the Big Five Pack, a new DLC pack that's free
to all owners of the strategy sequel. Here's word on the free pack as well as
the next bit of premium DLC that will follow:
The Big Five Pack brings
Economic Warfare to the game. Player can enter the stock market and compete with
the Big Five, the five most influential corporations, for shares, influence and
industrial dominance. Competing with the Big Five offers new challenges and
grants special rewards and powerful buffs for a richer endgame experience.
Players will have several tools at their disposal to ensure their corporation’s
supremacy over the Big Five. A new resource will be introduced: influence. In
the stock market, players can buy other companies’ shares during auctions. With
Espionage, players can gather information and unlock special auctions to gain
advantage over the Big Five.
Gaining the upper hand in this economic warfare grants players several bonuses.
Owning all the shares from another company unlocks additional buffs and reaching
industry dominance will grant a special reward. A new public building is also
available as a reward for entering the stock market: the trading floor.
On top of introducing Economic Warfare, the Big Five update brings new features
to Anno 2205: the sector effects. The Calamities, like the Hacker Attack or
Climate Warfare, are temporary and can be removed by solving a counter measure
quest, while the Sector Traits affect regions permanently in a positive or
negative way. The building quick view also includes industry types and
additional improvements in order to help players craft their strategy for
industry dominance, and new ornaments are available for the metropolis.
On July 20, the Anno 2205 Orbit DLC will allow players to build their own
modular space station, which offers a brand new science and research system to
upgrade different areas in their corporations. Anno 2205 Orbit DLC is part of
the Anno 2205 Season Pass but will also be available as a standalone
purchase.