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Impulse holding El Presidente's Day weekend sale

Alexander Sliwinski — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:00:00 EST

Sure, officially, Impulse is holding a President's Day sale this weekend, featuring some of your favorite strategy and sim titles, but an "El Presidente Day" sale sounds so much more exotic. The highlight of the sale, particularly to anyone who doesn't think democracy is the only way to rule, is the banana republic simulator, Tropico 3, for half-off at $7.50.

For those who cling to democracy and letting the unwashed masses have a voice, The Political Machine 2008 is only $3 and Democracy 2 is $11.50.

However, if that whole "government" thing sounds messy, and you believe the only reign worth having is one in which you can declare full-scale war, Command and Conquer 4 and Tom Clancy's EndWar are $10 apiece.

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Tropico 3 is 75% off on Steam for the next week

David Hinkle — Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 EST

Usually, if you want to be a dictator, you need to find some impoverished country and navigate the treacherous political ladder all the way to the top. But thanks to Steam's sale on Tropico 3, you can achieve that end relatively quickly and cheaply. And with far less blood on your hands.

The Steam Special Edition version, which includes two additional maps for Sandbox mode and additional costumes and accessories for your avatar, will be available for 75% off over the next week -- a mere $7.50. And with the "Absolute Power" expansion now available for download, the offer becomes even more enticing. Viva El Presidente!

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Tropico 3 gains 'Absolute Power' expansion this summer

Alexander Sliwinski — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST

Tropico 3 will have the Absolute Power expansion available this summer for PC, bringing some valuable tweaks for El Presidente to implement in the banana republic. The $20 expansion contains 10 new missions, several new buildings, "megalomania edicts," six new landmarks and the "Loyalist Faction," who will always stand by El Presidente no matter what silly decisions he makes.

The expansion's updates aren't just cosmetic, as there will apparently be new radio announcements hinting at daily life and "more icons displaying the status of buildings and displaying input/output storage numbers." Tropico 3 launched late last year as a fairly solid sim title with some niggling issues. Hopefully, the expansion will fix the minor points and Absolute Power won't corrupt the game absolutely.

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Tropico 3 down 66% this weekend on Steam

Xav de Matos — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:30:00 EST

Hola señoras y señores:
Just in case the last Steam deal we told you about wasn't good enough, why not try 66% off the strategy/sim Tropico 3 this weekend? Steam users can nab a copy of Tropico 3 for $13.60 until the end of the weekend -- down from $39.99. The best part of the promotion? The Steam version of Tropico 3 includes two exclusive maps, two additional avatar costumes, and two accessories for the el presidente avatar editor. If you're on the fence about picking it up, you can download a demo of the title from our friends at BigDownload.

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El Presidente, the Tropico 3 demo is now available

David Hinkle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST

Comrade Nelson sends word that a demo for Tropico 3, the 2010-bound sim being published by Kalypso Media, is now available for download on Xbox Live. The game takes place during the Cold War on the fictitious island of Tropico, where players take up the role of new usurper El Presidente. The real question is: Will you be the valiant, selfless leader your up-and-coming nation needs, or will you be the greedy, power-hungry dictator your coffers cry out for?

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Tropico 3 for Xbox 360 will feature user-created content, no mission editor

Alexander Sliwinski — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:30:00 EST

Kalypso Media's press release yesterday implying user generated content and a "powerful new mission editor" existing in the delayed Xbox 360 version of Tropico 3 certainly required us to call El Presidente to verify the authenticty of the claim. Turns out some lines got crossed, which is bound to happen when dealing with a developing banana publisher, and a representative clarified the situation.

"Some of the top rated missions created with the challenge editor for the PC version will be made available to Xbox 360 players," a representative explained. "There is no mission editor for the 360 version." Now that makes more sense. There's still no word on cost or when the DLC will release -- but we kind of need an official release date for the Xbox 360 version before we start worrying about such things.

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Tropico 3 publisher aiming for 10 games a year

Alexander Sliwinski — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST

Publisher Kalypso Media USA and its recently released debut title, Tropico 3, have something in common: both are trying to build an empire from the ground up. Speaking with the The Washington Post, Kalypso's El Presidente Deborah Tillett describes the current economic climate as a good time to start something up, because "you can't get worse than zero."

Tillett explains that Kalypso had the opportunity to buy the Tropico rights from Take-Two because the previous games sold "hundreds of thousands of copies." That's great for Kalypso, but Take-Two wouldn't have been able to make enough profit if it had done another installment. She notes Tropico's figures are "a pittance compared with many millions of unit sales for every new GTA game."

The Germany-based Kalypso plans to release about 10 games a year, most of which will be indie titles that couldn't make the trip across the Atlantic. Tropico 3, a sunny, stylish reboot of the series, was developed by a team in Bulgaria and is getting respectable marks from the critics.

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Tropico 3 for Xbox 360 moved to 'early 2010'

Alexander Sliwinski — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:45:00 EST

With the release of Tropico 3 on PC this week, a few of you have asked where the Xbox 360 version went off to. Turns out that in the third paragraph of a random press release dated a month ago, publisher Kalypso Entertainment stated the game was delayed until "early 2010."

Several retailers currently list the new release date as February 2, 2010. We contacted the company to find out if it could confirm the date, but a representative stuck with "early 2010." The game has been receiving some decent reviews, so we'll look forward to the console version next year.

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El Presidente, the Tropico 3 demo is available now

Alexander Sliwinski — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:00:00 EST

Señores and Señoritas, the Tropico 3 demo is available now for download on PC. The El Presidente trial run will present two missions to test out ~~ruling~~ assisting the democratic process of a banana republic.

The first mission, "Bananas," entails getting involved with an American food conglomerate to secure the financial future of the people -- and yourself. Meanwhile, the second mission, "Second Chance," is about starting fresh on a new island after a coup d'etat by the player's twin. Check out the demo and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Tropico 3 elected to retail on Oct. 16, PC demo on Sept. 7

Alexander Sliwinski — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:00:00 EST

Tropico 3 will be available to potential El Presidentes on PC and Xbox 360 starting October 16th, mean la revolución did receive a slight delay from its original September commencement. While PC players can try a demo of the banana republic sim on September 7th, an Xbox 360 demo has not been announced.

Right, who's ready to practice rolling some serious cigars?

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First screens of Xbox 360's Tropico 3 elected

Alexander Sliwinski — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:30:00 EST

Click to make as bigger than El Presidente

Kalypso Media has released the first screens of Tropico 3's Xbox 360 incarnation. The banana republic simulator by Haemimont Games is set to shout "viva la revolución" on PC and Xbox this September.

For those with a PC, the original games were recently bundled and re-released at retail for a very reasonable price.

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Sign up for Tropico 3's closed beta revolution

Alexander Sliwinski — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST

Being El Presidente of a South American country is an exclusive club. With that in mind, Kalypso Media is currently taking applications for players interested in Tropico 3's closed PC beta. Despite what you've been led to believe in recent years, a beta is not a demo, and your job is to actually help test the game and report bugs.

Those interested in helping make the banana republic simulator the best it can be, can head on over to the Haemimont Games website and fill out an application. The actual testing begins July 13. Tropico 3 is expected to start a revolution on PC and Xbox 360 this September.

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Tropico 3 coming to Xbox 360 this September

Alexander Sliwinski — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST

OK, we wrote the headline and even we have a hard time believing it. Yes, Tropico 3, the revolutionary leader to banana republic simulators everywhere, is coming to the Xbox 360, as well as the PC, this September. The Xbox version is being developed by Haemimont Games in Bulgaria, the same company working on the PC version.

We admit to being very curious to see how this game shapes up, especially since there aren't many simulation games on the console. We're just not going to get our hopes up until we get some hands-on time with it.

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Tropico 3 available in North America this September

Alexander Sliwinski — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:00:00 EST

Banana republic simulator -- nooo, not the clothing store -- Tropico is back for a third iteration this autumn. Publisher Kalypso Games announced today the game will release in North America sometime in September. The game allows players to take control of a Caribbean nation during the Cold War and do with it what they will.

This latest game is being developed by Haemimont Games, which is allegedly taking a "fresh, creative approach" to the first two games developed by PopTop Software.

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