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A new DLC for the historical strategy game Humankind, called Cultures of Oceania is now available for pre-order on Steam and the Epic Games Store and is set to launch on September 11th.
“Cultures of Oceania” will launch alongside the free “Bonny Patch” update that will come with a variety improvements to Humankind such as improving naval gameplay, trade, and resource management; additionally, a special free culture, the Caribbean Pirates, will be included for all game owners.
The key highlight of this DLC is its introduction of new cultures and wonders.
According to SEGA, the DLC will bring six new cultures to the game:
- Era 1 – Pama-Nyungan (Aesthete) – Pama-Nyungan languages were spoken by groups who spread across most of Australia’s territory from the mid-Holocene era onward. Pama-Nyungan speakers brought not only their languages and social organization, but also new cultural and artistic practices as they set down roots.
- Era 2 – Polynesians (Expansionist) – During the first millennium BCE’s final centuries, the triangle formed by the islands of Tonga, Samoa, and Uvea was the birthplace of Polynesian culture. In thisvast expanse of ocean, the Polynesians developed innovative navigation techniques—with which they set out to conquer the Pacific.
- Era 3 – Rapa Nui (Builder) – The Rapa Nui colonized Easter Island around the 1100s. On this isolated territory, they managed to overcome difficult conditions to survive, make use of the land’s mineral resources, and cover their ground with monumental statues and ceremonial structures.
- Era 4 – Māori (Militarist) – Māori populations mainly settled on Te Ika-a-Māui, the North Island. Here, they built a thriving and complex society, structured into clans and extended families, whose bonds of solidarity were maintained through conflicts and wars.
- Era 5 – Hawaiians (Agrarian) – Starting in the late 1700s, Hawaiian society entered a period of deep changes. Political unification and increased contact with foreign cultures transformed their highly stratified systems, even as Hawaiians continued to steward the bounty of both land and sea.
- Era 6 – New Zealanders (Scientist) – In the 1940s and 1950s, New Zealand accelerated its movement away from the British imperial framework. Over the following decades, its leaders widened the social model inherited from the Seddon and Savage governments, while also investing in technologies to ensure the country’s energy independence.
In addition to that, Cultures of Oceania will also include 7 independent peoples, 15 new narrative events, new in-game themed music tracks composed by Arnaud Roy.
HUMANKIND is a turn-based historical strategy game where players have the ability to combine cultures across different eras to create a civilization that’s unique to them.
The Cultures of Oceania DLC is currently open for pre-order, offering a 10% discount for those who purchase it before its release on September 11th.
