Age of Wonders: Planetfall takes the fantasy series to space in 2019

by Zack Reese on 19 May, 2018

During their Paradox Con event earlier today, Paradox Interactive announced that one of their most popular turn-based strategy series will be making a return with Age of Wonders: Planetfall. Triumph Studios, who worked on all the previous Age of Wonders entries, will once again be handling the development duties with a slated release date of 2019.

Instead of controlling multiple planets like in Stellaris, you'll be focusing on building up your own planet while uncovering ruins to discover the history of your former leaders, and meet other factions who can either help you or harm you in your journey.

Here's a rundown of the game from its Steam page:

Emerge from the cosmic dark age of a fallen galactic empire to craft a new future for your people. Explore the planetary ruins and encounter other surviving factions that have each evolved in their own way, as you unravel the history of a shattered civilization. Fight, build, negotiate and technologically advance your way to utopia, in a deep single player campaign, on random maps and against friends in multiplayer.
Features

Tactical Turn-Based Sci-Fi Combat: Perfect your combat strategy in intense turn-based battles that offer tactical challenges, a large cast of races, units with customizable weapons, and destructible environments.

Discover a Rich Science Fiction World: Uncover the history of the fallen galactic empire as you explore lush landscapes, and experience the emergent story. Encounter NPC factions and rival houses, and discover hidden technologies that can strengthen your society and give you advantage over enemies.

Planetary Empire Building: Create your own unique House, and build prosperous colonies through economic specializations of planetary sectors and governing doctrines.

Multiple Paths to Victory: Achieve your end goals through conquest, diplomacy or doomsday technologies. Engrossing options with NPC factions and rival Houses won’t make the decisions easy!