World news splutters from the radio. Plans for a wall have been approved. A Cuban commandant has died. The UK has left the European Union. Somebody is testing ballistic missiles. El Presidente twists ...

The franchise has an appealing core concept in becoming El Presidente, the dictator of the island nation of Tropico, and building it up from nothing, to becoming a powerful force in the wider world.

City building games aren't exactly a genre one tends to associate with a particular mood. Aside from the jaunty, upbeat music of the all-time classic SimCity 2000, they tend to be relatively ...

Before jumping into Tropico 6, I didn't imagine I would be spending nearly so much time in the game dealing with people. When I go into city building sims, I tend to think in terms of very basic ...

Would-be dictators looking forward to a new reign of benevolence — or malevolence — in Tropico 6 are going to find themselves in charge of a restive population that’s a lot more complicated in its ...