Founder Romain de Waubert de Genlis stated, “Our studio is backed by strong and meaningful franchises, and our team is committed to creating the best games possible. With our extensive experience in strategy game development and two exciting titles currently in progress, we are confident in our ability to deliver outstanding experience to players.

“This decision allows us to be more agile in our approach while continuing to shape the vision that has been ours from the very beginning, empowering us to push boundaries and be closer than ever to our community.”

As for what’s next, the studio’s 4X strategy title, Humankind, is receiving a new patch, with more details coming next week. It will also discuss the future at its annual Amplified event in January 2025. Time will tell if there’s any news for the Endless franchise beyond further updates for Endless Dungeon.

A similar situation occurred earlier this year when Company of Heroes and Warhammer: Dawn of War developer Relic Entertainment split from Sega (leading to layoffs). Both efforts, alongside the cancellation of Creative Assembly’s HYENAS, are part of a restructuring of its European studios. It remains to be seen if Amplitude will fundamentally change after becoming independent, so stay tuned.

“We apologise for the inconvenience but rest assured that Sega Europe, Amplitude Studios and Aspyr are working hard to bring the best possible Humankind experience to console players,” says the announcement. “We can’t give a timeframe on a new release date right now, but as soon as we are in a position to do so, we will let everyone know and we thank the community for their continued support and understanding.”

Originally released on PC last year, Humankind has since gotten a number of updates and DLC. The newest expansion for the game, Together We Rule, introduces a series of new gameplay elements to the game, such as Congress, Embassy, Agents, Diplomatic Affinity, and new cultures, wonders, and narrative events.

Together We Fall is set to hit Humankind in Fall 2022.

Some of the new features coming to Humankind in Together We Rule include Congress of Humankind, Embassy, Agents, Diplomatic Affinity, 6 new Cultures, 6 new wonders, new narrative events, and new music.

The Congress of Humankind features an inter-empire forum that allows players to vote and decide on global doctrines and arbitrate international conflicts together. The Embassy is a new Quarter that allows players to sign agreements such as joint training or research agreements. Players can also use their leverage to take actions like enforcing demands or reducing war support.

Cultures that make use of the new Diplomatic Affinity will be able to have their cultures take a more active role in diplomacy. The active ability will let them demilitarise a territory for 10 turn. The passive ability allows all units to collect Leverage.

The new cultures coming to Humankind will include the Sumerians, the Han Chinese, the Bulgarians, the Swiss, the Scots, and the Singaporeans.

Together We Rule will be coming to Humankind in Fall 2022.

Amplitude Studios’ rogue-lite Endless Dungeon is also playable while HYENAS, the multiplayer sci-fi FPS from Creative Assembly, will have a photo experience with props (including arcade cabinets and boom boxes). Rounding out the upcoming titles are Atlus’ Soul Hackers 2 and Company of Heroes 3, the latter offering a 1v1 multiplayer map in Italy against the AI and a sample mission from the North Africa campaign.

Attendees can also play recently released titles like Demon Slayer -Kimetsu No Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles, Total War: Warhammer 3, Humankind, Two Point Campus and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. Gamescom 2022’s physical event takes place from August 24th to 28th with publishers like THQ Nordic also confirmed. Gamescom Opening Night Live is set for August 23rd and offers a two-hour-long showcase with over 30 titles.

At Summer Game Fest Kickoff Live, it was announced that Humankind will be coming to PlayStation and Xbox consoles later this year, on November 4. As those who’ve played Civilization on consoles will tell you, this is a genre that can work surprisingly well when played with a gamepad, so there’s definitely reason to be excited.

Meanwhile, Humankind’s second expansion, Cultures of Latin America, is also out now, along with a new free update call the Bolivar Patch. The expansion adds new music tracks, narrative events, independent people, and six new cultures and wonders each.

Check out both new trailers for Humankind below.

Thanks to the launch of its Director’s Cut on PS4 and PS5, Ghost of Tsushima became the second best-selling title in August. Considering it was at 110th place in July, this is a pretty big uptick. Amplitude Studios’ Humankind also did very well, ranking fourth in the overall best-selling titles for the month and first among the tracked PC titles. Year-to-date, it’s currently the fifth best-selling PC title of 2021.

Check out the full top 20 best-selling games in the United States for August below. September’s sales should be interesting following the release of NBA 2K22, Deathloop and Tales of Arise so stay tuned.

Much like its Endless Legend and Endless Space series, Humankind is a 4X-style turn-based strategy game. Where it differs is in the civilizations you create, After choosing a base type, each new era allows for choosing bonuses (and drawbacks) from ten other civilizations. The potential combinations are staggering with Amplitude estimating over 1.5 million civilizations.

Achieving success through art, science, technology, diplomacy and so on is only the first step though. Humankind also promises a robust late game with new systems like railway connections and cargo planes, advanced technologies and national projects to delve into. Stay tuned for more details on the title including further updates and potential new content in the coming days.

The first is Recompile which will be available for consoles, PC and the cloud on August 19th. The stylish Metroidvania-esque adventure has already garnered attention for its aesthetic and exploration. Train Sim World 2 and Twelve Minutes, the latter also being hyped for its premise and all-star cast, are also out on the same day.

On August 25th, the eagerly awaited Psychonauts 2 will be available at last with Raz embarking on a brand new adventure through all kinds of mind-scapes. Perhaps the most unexpected announcement is that Myst, a remake of the classic adventure game which first released for Oculus Quest in December 2020, will also be available for consoles, PC and the cloud on Xbox Game Pass. It will also release for PC via Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store.

As for titles leaving the service on August 31st, they include the following:

• Blair Witch (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Double Kick Heroes (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• NBA 2K21 (Cloud and Console)
• Stranger Things 3: The Game (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Some of those new systems include railway connections and cargo planes which, on top of leveraging trade, can also be used to make armies more mobile. Various civilizations can also invest in different things depending on their specializations. Those good with Research can benefit from advanced technologies for strong gains in fame.

Industry-focused civilizations can invest in national projects like the space program, which are bigger than Cultural Wonders and have multiple stages (each providing fame and bonuses, like satellite launches providing more vision). As gunpowder is introduced, battles shift from melee to ranged weapons as cover and high ground become more important. Eventually, artillery, aircraft and tanks will also come in to shift the warfare meta even more.

Humankind is out on August 17th for PC and launches day one on Xbox Game Pass. For more details on its scope and scale, check out the last trailer here.

Humankind plays a lot like Sid Meier’s Civilization series. You take a civilization base and guide it through several eras of history, developing your cities and new technology to win through diplomacy, overwhelming military might or science. The key hook here is that each era lets you choose from ten types of civilizations for various bonuses and penalties, leading to a myriad of randomly created civilizations throughout one’s playthrough.

The result is, as the trailer teases, more than 1.5 million potential civilizations. Of course, you also have a total of 129 different units, 10 different biomes for your world map, 45 animal species, 93 different technologies, and tons of customization for your avatar. Humankind is out on August 17th for PC so stay tuned for more details in the coming days.