Big Ambitions Patch Notes: Build 3675 Hotfix

Source note: Every change listed on this page comes from the official Big Ambitions Build 3675 hotfix announcement published by Hovgaard Games on September 10, 2026. No community estimates or unconfirmed figures are used on this page.

On September 10, 2026, Hovgaard Games shipped a fresh hotfix for Big Ambitions, the New York business tycoon and life sim that reached its full 1.0 release in August 2026 on Steam (AppID 1331550). Build 3675 is a compact update with a clear purpose: AI-generated textures have been stripped out of the game and replaced with new assets. The studio did not hide the motivation behind the change. “the use of some AI textures has frustrated some players. So, we removed and replaced them!” reads the official statement, which is signed ”~ Hovgaard Games and the Big Ambitions Team”.

For a game whose entire appeal is building a business empire street by street across New York, the texture quality of the world around you matters. Billboards on NPC stores, posters outside cinemas, menu boards inside your shops: these are the details players stare at for dozens of hours. This hotfix cleans up the ones that had drawn complaints.

Every AI Texture Removed in Build 3675

The hotfix touches eight categories of visual assets. Below is the complete list of removals, exactly as published in the official announcement.

Location	What changed
NPC Store Billboards	AI textures removed and replaced
Plant textures	Two plant textures swapped out
Airplane logos	AI-generated logos replaced
TV Shows	A couple of TV show textures replaced
Cinema movies	In-game cinema movie assets replaced
Cinema posters	Poster textures replaced
Cinema standees	Standee artwork replaced
Menu boards	Store menu board textures replaced

That is the full scope of the texture cleanup. Nothing on the list stretches beyond visual assets, which makes Build 3675 a purely cosmetic hotfix rather than a gameplay rework.

Why Hovgaard Games Replaced the Textures

The interesting part of this announcement is the honesty in it. Rather than defending the original assets or quietly swapping them out, the studio acknowledged the frustration directly. The statement explains that “the use of some AI textures has frustrated some players. So, we removed and replaced them!”

For context, the affected assets sit in some of the most visible corners of the game. NPC Store Billboards line the streets of every district you develop. Cinema posters, standees and movies appear whenever your city has entertainment venues. Airplane logos show up in the skies over your empire. When players walk past these elements hundreds of times per session, rough textures get noticed fast, and the studio clearly decided the fastest answer was removal and replacement.

What This Means for Your Empire

Because all eight categories in the official list are textures and artwork, Build 3675 reads as a visual cleanup with no gameplay consequences. There is nothing in the announcement suggesting changes to business mechanics, pricing, employees or city progression, so your existing save and your growing company should look the same after updating, only surrounded by refreshed artwork.

If you had noticed odd-looking billboards or posters in your districts and wondered whether they would ever get attention, this hotfix is your answer. The studio has publicly committed to replacing them, which also signals that player feedback on visual quality is being taken seriously in the post-1.0 period.

What’s Next: Big Patch 2

The Build 3675 announcement carries one more piece of news, and it is the bigger one. Alongside the texture replacements, Hovgaard Games confirmed the status of their next major update: “Our big patch 2 is finishing up and will be released soon!”

That is the extent of what the official statement says, so a few things are worth keeping straight:

• Big patch 2 is confirmed to exist and is in its finishing stages, per the studio’s own words.
• No release date has been announced. “Soon” is the only timing given in the statement.
• No patch 2 contents have been detailed yet. The announcement does not list features, so treat any claims you see elsewhere as speculation until Hovgaard Games publishes official notes.

Given that Build 3675 itself is just a hotfix, the texture cleanup landing ahead of big patch 2 suggests the studio wanted the game looking its best before the next major release arrives. Whenever the full patch notes drop, this page’s fact base, the official announcement itself, remains the reference point for what changed in Build 3675.

Quick Summary

Build 3675, released September 10, 2026, is a small hotfix with a single job: removing and replacing the AI textures that had frustrated some players, across NPC Store Billboards, two plant textures, airplane logos, a couple TV Shows, cinema movies, cinema posters, cinema standees, and menu boards. The announcement is signed ”~ Hovgaard Games and the Big Ambitions Team”, and it closes the door on the AI texture question while pointing at what comes next: big patch 2, currently finishing up and coming soon.