It was just announced that Tropico 3 will be getting the Absolute Power expansion pack, the game’s first major DLC since its release.

The Absolute Power expansion pack will give players 10 new missions along with new factions, palace upgrades and cutscenes. Which means you’ll be able to live out your dictator fantasies even further.

Kalypso Media has let us know that Tropico 3: Absolute Power will be out this May for £19.99 or about $30 USD.

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Kalypso Media has recently announced that they will be bringing their Xbox 360 debut title, Tropico 3 to the console in fall of this year. The Tropico series has been around since early 2001 on the PC hasn’t seen a console release until now.

In Tropico 3, players will take control of El Presidente as they shape a tropical community into whatever they desire. Of course, tons of gameplay mechanics are in place that will keep the player guessing what will happen next.

Again, Tropico 3 will hit store shelves for the Xbox 360 after the PC version is released sometime this fall.

Following up on word that the Sacred developer Ascaron was going down, German publisher Kalypso Media has acquired a “majority of licenses and assets” from the now-bankrupt studio and formed its own studio with 15 members of its former staff.

Dubbed Gaming Minds, the new studio is expected to provide the publisher with “greater independence in our games development,” whatever that means. No details were given on the projects underway at the new studio.

As for the fate of Ascaron’s cash cow franchise – Sacred – Kalypso noted that “a few existing license agreements held by Ascaron UK will stay with the Ascaron until expiration.”

Kalypso Media, who is on a media roll as of late, has announced that it has appointed Bulgarian studio Haemimont Games to develop Tropico 3, the sequel to the Caribbean-themed dictator simulator.

The publisher apparently acquired the rights to the long dormant series from Take-Two and is planning to release the title in Summer 2009.

They note that it will be based on the original Tropico, which was an awesome game, promising advanced graphics, “complex” gameplay and comprehensive multiplayer modes.

I, for one, am truly looking forward to this! Tropico 2 was severely disappointing.