Platform: Microsoft Windows Developer: Ubisoft Blue Byte Mainz Publisher: Ubisoft Rating: TBC The Anno series took a leap into the future in the previous instalment, Anno 2070. Whereas these popular city-building games had always featured historical contexts, Ubisoft broke tradition…
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