Stardock Entertainment announced they will assume production management for the historical turn-based strategy game Ara History Untold, while Oxide Games will continue as the lead developer. Xbox Game Studios will continue to publish the game.
“With our decades of experience in delivering high-quality strategy games, Stardock is uniquely equipped to lead development on future content for Ara History Untold,” said Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock Entertainment and Oxide Games. “By listening closely to players, we’ll elevate the game’s history-defining potential for players everywhere.”
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Stardock is a pioneer in the strategy gaming genre that has been in operation since 1991. Starting with Galactic Civilizations on IBM OS/2, Stardock’s influence on strategy game design is found in every new release in the genre. The company has created multiple iterations of the beloved Galactic Civilizations series and established Sins of a Solar Empire, Ashes of the Singularity, The Political Machine, and Elemental as tentpole strategy franchises that have garnered critical and commercial success.
Since collaborating before launch in September 2024, Stardock and Oxide Games have delivered well-received updates that added modding support, a global economy manager, expanded diplomacy, and dozens of community-requested enhancements.
The roadmap shown below reaffirms Stardock’s commitment to future content updates to the base game. It features more information on Ara History Untold’s first premium DLC, Untold Scenarios, which adds new maps, historical scenarios and more.
What’s featured in the roadmap?
As the game continues to be updated, tweaks and new additions are constantly being made to offer players something extra each month. With Stardock assuming leadership, they’re kicking in the doors and revealing their hand to players for the game’s future this summer.
May focuses on maps and adjustments:
- New Earth Map
- Living Strategy Map
- Warfare Updates
- AI City Setting Improvements,
- Balance Pass
- Performance Optimization
- And more!
June is a big month for the game.
First, the technical updates, improvements, and changes are coming to the game—the current expected updates with Version 1.4 are:
- Economy Manager Updates
- Arena Multiplayer Map
- AI Economy Improvements
- AI Diplomacy Improvements
- Further Performance Enhancements
- And more!
Then there’s the reveal of the first DLC, Untold Scenarios, launching this June. As the first DLC to drop in Ara, there’s a lot of pressure to succeed. The new DLC, though, will come with a slew of new features for players to expect, like:
- Scenario system with several scenarios
- New Maps
- New Events
- New Amenities
- New Technologies
- And more!
Summer features an updated version of the game.
- Major Design Update
- New User Experience
- Influence System
- Per Nation Units
- Warfare Overhaul
- AI Personalities
Keep your eyes out for more news on all these changes coming to the game and any adjustments made to the planned schedule from Stardock Entertainment.
More about Ara History Untold
Build a nation and lead your people throughout history to the pinnacles of human achievement as you explore new lands, develop arts and culture, conduct diplomacy, and go head-to-head with your rivals to prove you are the greatest ruler ever known. It’s Your World Now.
Ara History Untold is an evolution in historical grand strategy, featuring beloved classic PC strategy mechanics alongside innovative gameplay like a national crafting economy, true simultaneous turn resolution, a non-linear technology tree, and cloud-backed synchronous/asynchronous multiplayer – all with an expansive and vibrant presentation where you can zoom out from surveying the very edges of your empire down to your citizens living their daily lives.
Ara has no pre-set paths to victory, leading to endless possibilities. Your choices will define the world you create, your experience, and your legacy.
Ara History Untold is available on Steam and with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
