Category Archives: Kalypso
Tue, Nov 29, 2011 | 22:46 GMT
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action set for global release in February 2012
Kalypso and bitComposer Games have announced that Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, the latest in the series of tactical turn-based games, will be released in February 2012 on PC. In it, players will be commanding teams of mercenaries as they attempt to retake the island nation of Arulco from an evil dictator. Players will take control of combat teams on the ground as well as manage the finances and the logistics of the long-overdue coup d’état.
Check out screenshots from the game below.
Thu, Oct 06, 2011 | 17:48 BST
El Presidente returning to Xbox 360 in Tropico 4
Kalypso has announced a release date for Tropico 4 on Xbox 360. The game, which was released on PC over the summer, contains 20 new missions across 10 new maps and new game features such as the ability to elect ministers into power to help get your more controversial decisions passed. It’s out on October 18.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 06:03 BST
Xbox 360 Tropico 4 delayed, arriving October 18
Hanging out for Tropico 4 on Xbox 360? Keep a-hangin’, publisher Kalypso Media has confirmed to Joystiq that the game planned for “mid-September” will now be arriving in mid-October.
Specifically, the game should start hitting shelves from October 18th, even though the PC version’s out already. We hear that “although it isn’t radically different in terms of visuals from its predecessor, it’s a better and more focused experience,” in case you were wondering.
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 | 00:43 BST
Tropico 4 US release windows locked down
Kalypso has written to let us know it’s settled on a launch window for tropical island dictatorship sim, Tropico 4. The latest entry in the series is due on PC on August 30, and will arrive on Xbox 360 in mid September.
Not sure how you feel about managing a nation dotted with volcanoes? Check out the recently released demo.
Sat, Aug 13, 2011 | 18:00 BST
Quick Shots: The Dark Eye – Demonicon
Kalypso has sent over some in-game shots from The Dark Eye – Demonicon, showing some of the locations, characters and demons featured in the game. Demonicon tells the tragic love story of two people who become “the pawns of sinister forces in a world full of cruelty and depravity.” Both are constantly threatened by mortal danger and demonic temptation and their common destiny will “determine the fate of the entire continent and will be decided by the choices they make.” Demonicon is scheduled for release in 2012 for Windows PC and consoles, and a playable demo will be on-hand at gamescom next week.
Tue, Aug 09, 2011 | 18:52 BST
Tropico 4 demo now available
Kalypso Media has released a demo of Tropico 4, which includes four tutorial missions and one campaign mission, where players will assume the role of the newly elected El Presidente who must build his island’s economy from a financial backwater to a world class economic superpower. Tropico 4 is set for release at the end of August, and for links to where you can download the demo, hit the page break.
Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 19:33 BST
Kalypso reveals main character from The Dark Eye – Demonicon
Kalypso has sent over a couple pieces of artwork from its upcoming RPG The Dark Eye – Demonicon. The art unveils Demonicon’s main character Cairon, who in the 25 years he has been alive has “bore witness to more horrors than most people endure in a lifetime.” He is apparently on the run in the Shadow Lands, and fights using arm-armour and sword. Check out the art below. Demonicon is in development from Noumena Studios, and is slated for a release on consoles and PC in 2012.
Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 19:58 BST
Port Royale 3 announced for PC and console in 2012
Kalypso Media has announced Port Royale 3, which allows players to choose adventure in the high seas the Caribbean during the 17th century.
Mon, Jul 25, 2011 | 23:25 BST
Disciples III: Resurrection announced
Kalypso Media today announced that a new chapter in the Disciples series of turn-based tactical RPGs, Disciples III: Resurrection, is in development.
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 06:28 BST
Quick Shots – Fun in the sun in Tropico 4
Haemimont’s fourth assault on the niche genre of tropical island dictator simulation is drawing near. Check out your little slice of paradise in the screens through the break.
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 | 19:19 BST
Tropico 3 now available on Xbox Live Games on Demand
Kalypso Media has just announced that the banana republic nation building simulator, Tropico 3, is now available on Xbox Live via the Games on Demand service.
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 | 17:37 BST
Tropico 4′s launch trailer shows old skool city-building
With Tropico 4 releasing on PC and 360 on August 26, Kalypso’s gone all trailer-hectic today with an edit showing building-placement, natural disasters and much, much more. If you’re after next-gen Sim City with cigars and funky-assed dance music thrown in, it looks as though you could do far worse. Check it out.
Thu, Jun 09, 2011 | 05:07 BST
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action due October 18
Kalypso has whacked a North American release date on PC classic remake Jagged Alliance: Back in Action.
Sat, May 28, 2011 | 20:11 BST
Kalypso introduces us to Heshthot from The Dark Eye – Demonicon
Kalypso Media has unveiled the first artwork from The Dark Eye – Demonicon. It gives folks the first look at Heshthot, also known as The Grim Reaper.
Thu, May 05, 2011 | 22:28 BST
PSA: The First Templar releases in the UK tomorrow
The First Templar launched tomorrow in the UK, and to get you geared up for it, Kalypso Media has sent over a few screen shots for the action-adventure game.
Fri, Mar 04, 2011 | 05:18 GMT
Tropico 4 delayed, marks occasion with trailer
Island dictator sim Tropico 4 has been delayed, but to cheer you up, here’s a new trailer.
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 | 04:09 GMT
Kalypso secures The Dark Eye license, Demonicon back on track
Is it Easter already? I ask because The Dark: Eye Demonicon has apparently risen from the grave, thanks to an agreement between German publisher Kalypso Media and The Dark Eye license holder Chromatrix.
Fri, Feb 04, 2011 | 03:55 GMT
JA 2 remake renamed Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, screened
Publisher Kalypso has prodded me into remembering the existence of Jagged Alliance 2: Reloaded by renaming it as Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and sending in some rather lovely screenshots.
Tue, Feb 01, 2011 | 17:32 GMT
Tropico 4 features and Xbox 360 version confirmed
Kalypso and Haemimont Games have confirmed new gameplay features for Tropico 4 and that it will see release not only on PC, but Xbox 360 as well.
Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 00:41 GMT
Saturday shorts – MLB11: The Show footage, Fable Coin Golf shakycam, more

Something new. We had a meeting this week and it was suggested there’s a better way of getting up all the little stories quickly. Could be better for everyone. Let’s see if it works.


Source – supposed PS4 spec sheet is fake