Empire of the Ants Preview: Explore a Weird (and Photorealistic) Insect Kingdom

Empire of the Ants is really effective at making you feel like a very tiny being within a much larger world. As a new strategy adventure game set in the insect kingdom, you command an army of ants to explore, expand, and extract resources in a large, near-photorealistic world that looks like it could be in someone's backyard. Previewed by Alessandro Fillari
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[@bluestar5812]

Looks more interesting than what other big studios are releasing nowdays.

[@michaelkenos]

Sim Ant was one of my favorite games growing up.

[@89eilrahc]

Me too

[@datdapperowl3772]

Same

[@jayhovah5621]

The sheer amount of time my 7 year old friends spent together trying to figure out how to play that game😂

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Amen brother

[@Azurite_26]

Y'all should play a game called empires of the undergrowth, its quite enjoyable

[@talkinnemo3122]

This could create a new type of genre and the DLC would go crazy ,imagine flying ants or other species and then industrial environments ,this could go on for hours

[@sean7332]

Ants together, strong

[@ktsoutsoubroutsos3873]

it would be nice if it had different spiecies of ants family with different characterstics.

[@brianarcher6625]

it does?? Its literally shown in the trailer

[@alexs29]

Honestly this looks great, can't wait to play it.

[@thequackyest3604]

eotu is my personal favorite tho

[@Elibbb-sx3kg]

What is this ? A game for ants? It's needs to be at least 3 times bigger

[@skmk88]

😚

[@JamaalSTL]

This deserves to be pinned 😂😂😂

[@bettynug]

He’s absolutely right.

[@DJDigitalDamon]

😂😂😂 This made my day

[@FROSTB4NE]

Blue steel 💋

[@IronHorsefan1869]

Bugdom 3 looks incredible! For real though, I'm excited for this!

[@diaz0612able]

Pikmin 5 looks amazing

[@PCPerCepTz]

Will there be a next game + 🐜 ?

[@FabriceOnno]

Loved the books ! Looking forward to this one tbh.

[@WHM_Gaming]

Can't wait to play this!

[@isaiahweime9567]

A sequel in a big city would be awesome like new york , ants in the city

[@ScaryRevenant]

That could just come in the form of a DLC bro

[@zueszues9715]

Other game that come out same year at this one
Never stand a chance

[@FIipYap]

This is what Pikmin needs to try

[@brutaldn2965]

Antcanada about to go crazy when he sees this

[@EpsilonOrpheon]

It just needs to be like Pikmin and it will do well.

[@SPG8989]

Looks kinda interesting. Will for sure check it out. Seems fresh.

[@OneaeBlack]

Ants and most animals follow natural line like even on branches also they leave scent trail many ants could trail behind one another and they usually got one goal to get food to colony, colony of ants can combine to cover valley of land many many with only few Queen ants, really though this game is remarkable and definitely gonna get fun with kids children educational too.

[@SpookyFairy]

Such a stunning looking game!

[@bigtone231]

🎶Im the biggest Ant im the biggest Ant🎶

[@TheNickellis]

will this be on ps5??

[@gidds617]

This looks dope. Ants are interesting creatures.

[@marektrubka8365]

bugs need democracy

[@ktsoutsoubroutsos3873]

and libertea

[@ankilo5519]

Im doing my part!

[@Adr1an511]

nah, the communism is the ant way

[@ghostxplatinum]

A Bug's Life PS1 remake looking hella clean.

[@mdhasiburrahman8806]

This looks interesting

[@glados4765]

We all lift together.

[@zanthimos]

For the Colony!

[@ashokathegreat4534]

It looks stunning on my iphone 13 mini

[@Michael89312]

The footage gave me shivers lol

[@Re_Play_Games]

Ant with total war combat? Im in.

[@dannonyogurt98]

It really makes you feel like an ant.

[@sakjdbasd]

it really makes you feels like ant

[@chimera_43]

How cool would it be if the sequel is Medieval era with ant wars in ant armor 😂

[@sisyr5615]

felt like a hype video rather than a preview... literally not a single negative thing mentioned.

[@ashokathegreat4534]

This game will be sold

[@longQ1551]

So is the final boss the magnifying glass of doom 😂

[@alanbrito5239]

*FOR THE ant EMPEROR!*

[@rohanaksummer6340]

There is no emperors among ants... But there is A QUEEN!!!!

[@KekoDMatrix]

ooooh nice . great looking

[@vegaa.1645]

Ant this something!

[@dutch8296]

Release day?????????????

[@brenteyskens1924]

Just looked up a release date, sadly the estimated release date for Xbox anyway is 31st December 2024, haha so right at the end of the year 😩

[@GamerNugget18]

The queen must survive

[@demonlordotrt754]

Anybody on here read Chrysalis I'm getting flashbacks of that

[@blushslice]

I’ve wanted an ants sim for so long!!!!

[@nickshepard3830]

We got an Ant game before GTA 6.

[@Mischiiief]

Gunner units? ants? ant use guns?

[@connerphillips2643]

Most ants can spray acid, in the book they're called gunners.

[@MikeRedead333]

Finally a sequel to the beloved Pixar classic 🤣

[@edwardavilajr8935]

pikmin but with ants?

[@Phil_Official]

Horror Game of the decade if you´re scared of insects

[@BirdmanVeganFuture]

Cool

[@aliquidgaming1068]

A Bugs Life?
Does noone remember the movie Antz???

[@IronHorsefan1869]

Yes Z, you ARE Insignificant

[@VirtualPheer11]

Andrew MyTimeGoesOn dragon

[@stefanpestritu2308]

why no prehistoric animals games or dragon games????

[@BodenCarlson]

Corporate gaming is going to extreme lengths to tell us our complaints about microtransactions are ignored and we’re all small like ants

[@Lokhir100]

Needs an Ant-man mod

[@JhonDoesThings]

Pikmin on ps5

[@salvy131]

Yeeees

[@yadday5153]

Unreal teritory.

[@ChicagoDefense]

Ok I’m in

[@M_Tc]

I'm playing as an ant on 420

[@starfan6299]

BITE

[@starfox14now]

temporal image reconstruction is absolutely horrendous for this title.

[@saptack53]

Someone’s an ant fanatic.

[@guillermorios3183]

E A T

[@kornflake93]

Ranged attacks? TF an ant gonna shoot?

[@LLAAPPSSEE]

ANTagonist?

[@holystone3736]

The UI is so bad they absolutely needs ti change it

[@Cartmanicus69]

Ok but where’s the battle pass and micro transactions

[@StoryMode-tx3wb]

The UI look absolutely terrible.

[@KTHEDEVASTATOR]

They need to take a page out of ancestors

[@alexs29]

Yeah, it definitely needs work, honestly.

[@infinitydragonoid2655]

Agree. It's not nearly as minimalist as every other game in the past 5 years. Just get rid of all the color and just make it bold, white lines with zero personality to make it better.

[@jessebowser]

So... Pikmin?

[@mgCataclaw]

Was hoping for a strategy game, controlling the ant colony, being the "queen" and expanding. This does not interest me anymore.

[@up626]

Not a grand Strategy like the older one?
Looks like ill be giving this game a pass then
Such a shame

[@mgCataclaw]

Same here. Passing.

[@CipherRage-tp5ql]

Wii Deadly Creatures did it better.

[@saggyflapjax]

Basically real pikmin