Category Archives: Ara: History Untold

Ara: History Untold – Patch 1.41

By | August 20, 2025

Oxide has released the latest patch for Ara, version 1.4.This patch comes mostly with smaller fixes and changes, like e.g. AI improvements for formations, both Otto von Bismark and Wu Zetian got a bug fix, a few changes to the tooltips, and more. For the complete list, please see the link above or check the thread in our… Read More »

Dev Journal #3: What’s Next for Ara: History Untold?

By | July 31, 2025

A new dev diary for Ara: History Untold has been posted on Steam on Monday.The team from Oxide talks about the coming version 2.0, which will be a big update.It will include new features, like new units per nation, and more and better ways to shape your culture and make your nation unique.The update will also come more… Read More »

Ara: History Untold – Patch 1.4 and Untold Scenarios DLC

By | June 18, 2025

Two big updates today for Ara! The first one is the latest patch, v1.4. It comes with a wide range of improvements, such as better maps, better close-up views, AI improvements and a lot more things. You can check the whole list in this thread. The second update is that the DLC “Untold Scenarios” is now available.This DLC… Read More »

Ara: History Untold – Untold Scenarios DLC

By | May 30, 2025

Oxide has announced that a new DLC pack will be coming for Ara: History Untold.The DLC will contain, as the name hints, a range of historical and non-historical scenarios, which will come with a lot of customizations on the map, the events and more.The release is scheduled for June 18 for a price of 9.99. For more information… Read More »

Ara: Dev Journal #1: Preview of the “Living Strategy” v1.4 Update

By | May 16, 2025

The developers of Ara posted a new update on Steam, writing about the next patch, which is scheduled for June 18. They plan to address 6 points in total, among them UI, AI, map generation and more.In this update they specifically write about the UI, and that they plan to make all interactions possible via the main map,… Read More »

Stardock takes over Ara management, and new roadmap for Ara

By | May 2, 2025

Stardock has announced today that they’re taking over the management for Ara from Microsoft (Oxide is staying the developer). Brad Wardell has posted on Twitter an article about how Stardock was managing Ara and Old World before, but gave Ara away because there were some obvious conflicts with e.g. the target group.At the same time Stardock has posted… Read More »

Ara: History Untold – Patch 1.3 and 50% off (until March 20)!

By | March 17, 2025

Last week the latest patch for Ara: History Untold was released, bringing the game to version 1.3. This patch comes with new diplomacy features to the game. You can now bribe your opponents, demand tribute or send military aid, and you get also some better overview features for the diplomacy. Oh, and you get nukes! The patch also… Read More »

The Game Design Roundtable podcast: Civ Series – Where are we now with Soren Johnson

By | February 6, 2025

https://thegamedesignroundtable.com/ has posted a new podcast, this time with Soren Johnson, lead designer of Civ4 and Old World.In this podcast Soren and the hosts talk about how the gaming landscape have changed, that more time is spent on specific titles, how your empire is managed (Millennia vs Civ7 vs older games), the order system in Old World, the… Read More »