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Why original creator Volker Wertich has returned to make The Settlers

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Ubisoft has rebooted The Settlers, a 26-year-old franchise that simulates living in a medieval fantasy world. And the man leading the creation is Volker Wertich, who created the original version of The Settlers in 1991.

The PC game will debut in 2020, and Ubisoft and its Düsseldorf studio are showing it off this week at Gamescom 2019, the big fan event in Cologne, Germany. The game is available now for pre-order on Uplay PC via Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store. The game will be available on Ubisoft’s upcoming subscription service, Uplay+.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.