Hutan Pantai – First Look at New East-Asian Map

Why Water Buffalos are Awesome
Strong, But Low-Maintenance

Water Buffaloes adapt to harsher environments: Hot and humid? No problem. That’s why they feel at home in South/East Asia, for example. Ideal creatures to keep on our new, Asian map! In many cultures, they’re also significant symbols for prosperity.
They’re high-performance lawn mowers: Grass-eating animals? Not that special. Un-bull-ievable, but true: in Farming Simulator 25, your fields of grass will be cut by grazing livestock. Not just the water buffaloes.
They’re valuable milk producers: Water buffalo milk is especially rich in fat, protein, and minerals, making it ideal for producing dairy products. Which you can, too.
They’re social, gentle, and smart: Despite their size and strength, water buffaloes are generally gentle and social animals. They form strong bonds with their herd and handlers and often show a calm and docile temperament.
New Products & Productions
Make Some Mozzarella!

Water buffaloes are mainly used to produce milk. You can of course also keep them for breeding and selling for a profit when dairy production is either not your thing.

But, as buffalo milk and mozzarella are in high demand, you might want to go for it and deliver the fresh milk to new production sites for processing.

Ba-Ba-Baby Buffalos
How Cute

By the age of 18 months, water buffalos are matured. That’s when they start producing milk. And offspring. They also start reproducing, and tiny baby buffaloes will soon appear in your pastures. Look at how cute they are!

When you buy them from the local animal farmer, you can either get some fresh and cute water buffalos or strong and mighty ones. She can also give you some more information on how water buffalos are properly handled on your farm.

Bonus from Behind the Scenes
Talking to Roman, Lead Character Artist

Roman, walk us through your creative process when designing a new animal. How do you start? What are the key steps?

Roman: The process begins with creating a comprehensive reference list from real-life animals to study their anatomy, behavior, and movement patterns in detail. Once this research phase is complete, we move on to crafting high-poly models using sculpting software like ZBrush.

The next step involves preparing a low-poly model with accurate topology, making it ready for the texturing phase.

In Substance Painter, we bake the intricate details from the high-poly model onto the low-poly version and begin painting the textures. At this stage, the model is complete, but the next phase involves bringing it to life through animation.

What kind of research do you do before starting to model an animal? What is important to keep in mind?

Roman: Before we begin modeling an animal, it’s important to find good reference, and have a good understanding of the animal’s anatomy. Since the sculpting is done by hand, it’s easy to make small errors in such complex structures.

That’s why we do multiple iterations of checking at each stage. To ensure accuracy, we carefully study every aspect, from the bone structure and muscle alignment and even the tiniest details, like the pores on the nose.

What challenges do you face when animating animals, especially when it comes to creating realistic movements?

Roman: Animation is a challenging process because it involves bringing a static model to life. The real test is making sure the animal’s character shines through in the animation, allowing viewers to feel its personality and natural movements.

How do you ensure that the animal interacts correctly with other game elements, such as the environment or other animals?

Roman: The game features a system developed to ensure animals interact correctly by keeping them within a defined space where they’re aware of each other’s positions.

What is an aspect that you are particularly proud of? What was unique or challenging about it?

Roman: I’m particularly proud of the final integration of the animals into the game. It’s incredibly rewarding to see them evolve from initial concepts into living creatures with their own unique personalities.

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FARMING SIMULATOR 25 is coming in November 12 2024. FS25 will be available for PC, Mac, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

We’ll flood the fields with fresh water to grow rice, unleash new machines, and create more depth – in more ways than one. While you may have many questions, how about we give you the answer for ‘FS25 when’ first?

Farm In Asia!
There are Buffalos, too…

Farming simulator 25 is coming in November 2024

Want to embark on a new farming challenge in a lush East Asian landscape filled with rice paddies? Do that! Build an agricultural empire in a North American environment with plenty of open space? Go ahead! Enjoy a scenic Central European location with green fields between ponds and rivers? Build your dream farm right there! Farming Simulator 25 features three diverse environments for your farming venture.

Grow Rice!
And Flood the Fields with Water…

Farming simulator 25 is coming in November 2024

Grow two types of rice, spinach, and other new crops – choosing from well over 20 overall. Mighty buffalos and other animals join cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, horses, and other livestock, while new production chains and construction missions extend your business opportunities.

More Machines
From Your Favorite Brands

Farming simulator 25 is coming in November 2024

Over 400 authentic machines & items from more than 150 international top brands like Case IH, CLAAS, Fendt, John Deere, Kubota, Massey Ferguson, New Holland, Valtra, and many more allow you to engage in agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry. Whether you build your legacy single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer – you decide!

Upgrading Fields & Visuals
GIANTS Engine 10

Farming simulator 25 is coming in November 2024

Feel a deeper connection to your fields and nature thanks to a general tech upgrade with improved graphics and physics based on the latest and modding-friendly GIANTS Engine 10. Including distance fog, enhanced shadows, dynamic weather effects, ground deformation, and more. The romantic life of virtual farming gets more immersive and atmospheric!

More reveals & details coming soon.

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Giants have released additional shots of what looks to be the new US map that is coming for Farming Simulator 25.

The wait is finally over! Farming Simulator 25 has been announced, with a release date of 12th November 2024 for PC, PS5, Xbox and Mac.

Maybe by mistake maybe intentionally Farming Simulator 25 US map images where displayed on social networks.

If the images are authentic, on the Giants Software side, no one was able to tell us if these visuals were part of the communications plan and why they were broadcast. In short, they are there, they are real, they are ingame images of the American environment on which we can see a train station and a landscape with dense vegetation. A café with a “Route 66” sign confirms that we are neither in Asia nor in Europe. The Giants Engine 10 seems to take a leap forward in terms of graphics.

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Farming Simulator 25
It’s Coming. Pre-Order Now!
We’ll flood the fields with fresh water to grow rice, unleash new machines, and create more depth – in more ways than one. While you may have many questions, how about we give you the answer for ‘FS25 when’ first?

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Farm In Asia!
There are Buffalos, too…

Want to embark on a new farming challenge in a lush East Asian landscape filled with rice paddies? Do that! Build an agricultural empire in a North American environment with plenty of open space? Go ahead! Enjoy a scenic Central European location with green fields between ponds and rivers? Build your dream farm right there! Farming Simulator 25 features three diverse environments for your farming venture.

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Grow Rice!
And Flood the Fields with Water…

Grow two types of rice, spinach, and other new crops – choosing from well over 20 overall. Mighty buffalos and other animals join cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, horses, and other livestock, while new production chains and construction missions extend your business opportunities.

—

More Machines
From Your Favorite Brands

Over 400 authentic machines & items from more than 150 international top brands like Case IH, CLAAS, Fendt, John Deere, Kubota, Massey Ferguson, New Holland, Valtra, and many more allow you to engage in agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry. Whether you build your legacy single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer – you decide!

—

Upgrading Fields & Visuals
GIANTS Engine 10

Feel a deeper connection to your fields and nature thanks to a general tech upgrade with improved graphics and physics based on the latest and modding-friendly GIANTS Engine 10. Including distance fog, enhanced shadows, dynamic weather effects, ground deformation, and more. The romantic life of virtual farming gets more immersive and atmospheric!

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Want to play Farming Simulator 25? Sure you do. But if you don’t want to wait until November 12th, you have to get yourself to gamescom this year! From August 21st to 25th, you can play a special preview version of the game in Cologne, Germany, at the world’s biggest gaming fair.

Put Your Hands on FS25!
While we (obviously) don’t bring the complete and final game, you can already get a glimpse of what to expect. Take a look at Riverbend Springs and a careful selection of machines. We have plenty gaming stations prepared.

Put a Hat on in Hall 6!
If you want to find us, just walk up to a giant, unmistakable tractor in hall six. We’re at the booth with the CLAAS XERION 12.650 TT and its 650 units of horsepower standing beside it. If you’re quick, you can score one of the popular straw hats that hover through the crowd every year.

Entertaining Stage Program
There’s more: A stage program led by an energetic host and renowned content creators invites all Farming Simulator fans and other fair attendants to visit. Virtual bale stacking competitions and cool prizes included.

The Year 1 Bundle contains Farming Simulator 25 + Year 1 Season Pass (3 content packs & 1 expansion) to extend to your game as soon as the additional content releases. By pre-ordering (all versions), you also get the MacDon Pack with five highlight machines on top!

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