U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt had a famous motto when it came to diplomacy with other nations - "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." Our upcoming release, v1.3 "The Diplomacy Update" features several new ways to influence and interact with other nations - as well as the biggest stick of them all: [b]Nuclear Weapons.[/b] [u] Highlights from the update:[/u]

• [b]Nuclear Capabilities:[/b] Players can unlock technologies to build nuclear weapons and defenses.
• [b]New Diplomatic Options:[/b] Players can engage in bribery, demand tributes, provide military aid, with new ways to gain insights into other nations' opinions.
• [b]Diplomatic History Tracking:[/b] Players will now be able to view their diplomatic history with other nations, providing context for relationships.
• [b]New Events and AI Behaviors:[/b] The update also introduces new diplomatic events that influence AI behavior, particularly regarding war preparations.

...and as usual, the build also features dozens of bug fixes, additional performance optimization, and numerous quality of life improvements and adjustments based on your feedback - including the much requested region renaming feature, difficulties being made visible on save games, and "Auto-Explore" enabled as an option for naval units. We'll be releasing more details and the full patch notes early next week, but in the meantime, here is a little tease of our new Nuclear ICBM technology from a small secret testing ground in an undisclosed desert...