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Tropico Update 1.03 is live - all hail El Presidente!

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Tropico 5 Update 1.03 is live.  What does Update 1.03 get you?  Well, you get 3 three new maps, and 6 new dynasty member costumes.  

Update 1.03 also fixes certain issues.  The game now checks for modified user files before the launch of a multiplayer game, and it fixes issues with expiring trade route contracts, the performance of service buildings, the rebuild construction feature, and indestructible trees near destroyed logging camps.    

You can find Tropico 5 on Steam and retail for the PC right now, along with the previously released Xbox 360 and Mac versions.

For full details, follow the jump and make sure you visit www.worldoftropico.com.  

Tropico 5 Update 1.03 Now Live

Update adds improvements to performance, new sandbox maps and extra costumes for dynasty members

Ridgewood, NJ ?? June 18, 2014 ?? Loyal followers of El Presidente, the Department of Tropico Player Welfare is pleased to announce that Update 1.03 has now gone live for Tropico 5. The update has been lovingly crafted to further enhance the enjoyment of your visit to our lovely little island: adding three new maps for sandbox mode and a total of six extra costumes for your dynasty members, plus fixes to multiplayer, trade routes and performance. Keep an eye on future updates as we??ll be adding even more free content ?? because El Presidente truly loves his people and hopes you will never even think of voting for anyone else!

We??ve also recently updated the official website for Tropico 5 ?? head on over to www.worldoftropico.com for tourist information, travel guides and miscellaneous propaganda for the magnificent island of Tropico (voted the world??s most desirable tourist destination by the Department of Tropico Player Welfare).

Full Change Log for Tropico 5 Update 1:03
-Added 3 new maps: Isla de Tucan, Dos Rios, Santa Teresa
-Added 6 new dynasty member costumes: Angel (female), Devil (female), Steampunk ----(female), Uncle Pedro (male), Napoleon (male), Steampunk (male)
-Multiplayer: Game checks for modified user files before launch
-Fixed issue with trade route contracts expiring
-Fixed issue with performance of service buildings
-Fixed issue with rebuild construction feature not working properly
-Fixed indestructible trees left in the vicinity of a destroyed logging camp

Tropico 5 is out now on PC via Steam and retail. Xbox 360® and Mac will be available this summer ?? with a version for the PlayStation®4 platform following in autumn. For more information on Tropico 5, don??t forget to visit the official Tropico 5 website at www.worldoftropico.com.

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Founded in 2006 in Germany by industry veterans Simon Hellwig and Stefan Marcinek, Kalypso Media is a global, independent developer, marketer and publisher of interactive entertainment software with over 120 employees worldwide.

Along with Headquarters in Worms, Germany, the company has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States. Kalypso Media also enjoys very strong global digital distribution through its Kalypso Media Digital Ltd. subsidiary, owns three development studios ?? Realmforge Studios GmbH, Gaming Minds Studios GmbH and Noumena Studios GmbH ?? and works with multiple leading independent developers.

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