We hestitate to use the word ‘announced’ because there has been no official confirmation anywhere, from anyone, at any point. But a teaser that’s being claimed as announcing Tropico 6 for 2018 has surfaced on YouTube.

A German version has been uploaded by Gamespilot, whilst an English one has been put up by another YouTuber called Bora Durgut, who appears to be Turkish.

The trailer shows a man at his desk, listening to the radio and using a social media app called Spitter (it has a llama for a logo, which we think is quietly hilarious) to say it’s ‘Time to get back into the game…’ The video ends on a screen that reads ‘RULE AGAIN 2018’. The game will apparently be coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

Interestingly, the social media account @realElPrez does actually exist, and has tweeted exactly in line with the account in the video. It joined Twitter in March this year.

If it is a fake then kudos to whoever made it for all the details. Also: why?