“Thomas the Tank Engine” will join “Train Simulator World 5”, this time it will not be a module

The old British cartoon “Thomas and Friends” is world-famous for its personification of railway trains. Many characters have gray faces on the front of the train and can talk. Because they are too curious, they are often made into MODs by modders and appear in different masterpieces. , and was even adapted into the horror survival masterpiece “Spider Train Charles”.

This time Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends will also break into the world of other games. The British game company Dovetail Games announced that “Thomas the Tank Engine” will be linked with “Train Sim World 5” (Train Sim World 5). The updated content is at Officially launched in 2025.

Unlike most meme content in “Elden Ring”, “The Elder Scrolls 5”, “Starry Sky”, “Hogwarts Legacy”, “Monster Hunter Rise” and so on, this time “Train Sim World 5” and “Thomas The brand cooperation with Mattel, the copyright owner of “Little Train”, is a formal joint brand, not a spoof module.

The first game in the “Train Simulator World” series was released in 2019. “Train Simulator World 3” will launch a new game every year starting in 2022. “Train Simulator World 5” is the eighth work in the series and will be launched on September 17, 2024. It has accumulated extremely positive reviews on Steam.

In the latest game in the series, players can use a variety of powerful locomotives and build famous railway lines that exist in the real world, such as the West Coast Main Line from Euston Station in London to Milton Keynes Station, or Los Angeles to St. Bernard in California. Connaught’s intercity railway line, join the railway fast, shuttle back and forth to provide regional transportation services.

“Train Simulator World 5” has currently launched more than 100 DLCs, all of which focus on new locomotives. The “Thomas Train Simulator” DLC is different and will be completely story-driven. The development team simultaneously released DLC game screenshots, showing the actual modeling of Thomas the Tank Engine in the train simulation game.

In the promotional video for the new content, Dovetail Games Community Director Jamie said that he and the development team are very excited about the cooperation with Mattel. The specific release date of the DLC has not yet been determined, but Jamie revealed that Thomas will play with his friends Annie and Along with Clarabel, they also have to deal with trouble caused by diesel and trouble-making trucks.

According to executive producer Matt Peddlesden, the development team has long dreamed of collaborating with the Thomas the Tank Engine series, but encountered several complicated obstacles in the process. This opportunity came at just the right time, giving Thomas the opportunity to officially be brought into the simulation. Train World 5″.

“Train Simulator World 5” has been released on PC (Steam, EGS), PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.