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I love stories that combine politics, power, a little fighting, some good intrigue and characters with impressive names, larger-than-life personalities and potential to reshape the world they live in.When I was much younger and lacked access to video games, this love led me towards historical novels and actual histor... |
2 May 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Paradox Interactive has launched the 1.05 patch for their grand strategy game Crusader Kings II, significantly updating some of the core mechanics of the game, while also delivering a number of extra paid content packs.
The changes include a revamped Crusading system that makes the... |
19 April 2012
09:50 GMT |
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Let me tell you about the time I murdered my brother. I was playing the leader of Bohemia, Duke Vratislav the Second in the excellent Crusader Kings II, enjoying life on the edge of the Holy Roman Empire and in the middle of Europe, scheming about ways to expand my network of vassals while acquiring some more wealth.... |
9 March 2012
09:10 GMT |
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One of the most difficult moments for someone who is new to A House Divided or the entire concepts of Victoria II (the first game in the series does not qualify as training) is taking the first look at the User Interface and determining what is crucial and what is merely important.
To me personally, quite a lot of t... |
2 March 2012
18:31 GMT |
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A House Divided is an expansion for Victoria II created in-house at Paradox Entertainment, with the stated aim of putting the American Civil War at the core of the player experience while also improving pretty much all the aspects of the core release.“The South shall rise again” is the rallying cry south ... |
17 February 2012
07:46 GMT |
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I ruled Denmark and, for a long time, it was all well, with banquets during the summer and hunts in the autumn, cities that grew and sons that married well.
Then I decided to enjoy life a little more in my quickly advancing age, and I become somewhat of a party animal, which lead to a few one night stands with the l... |
16 February 2012
18:41 GMT |
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What we know:Crusader Kings II is developed in house and published by Paradox Interactive and represents yet another of their long running grand strategy series, which allows gamers to take control of a dynasty starting in 1066 and control their destiny until the later part of the Middle Ages.For almost any other Par... |
5 January 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive has launched a new trailer for its upcoming grand strategy game Crusader King II, using the live action format that so many big titles used during the '90's but which was, sadly, replaced during recent years by in game material.Fredrick Wester, who is the Chief Executive Officer at Parad... |
21 November 2011
11:51 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Paradox Interactive has announced that it is preparing the first expansion for its grand strategy title Victoria II, called A House Divided, which will be launched via digital download during the first quarter of next year.The expansion will allow players to choose a new starting po... |
5 October 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Total War: Shogun 2 was a return to form for the venerable mix between turn based and real time strategy from The Creative Assembly and I loved playing it but I often found myself interested in resolving situations via a number of less violent means.Paradox Interactive grants this wish in the new Japan themed grand s... |
20 September 2011
19:01 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive has announced that its mysterious third in-house video game development team is working on a title called Sengoku, a grand strategy game which is set in the 15th century in Feudal Japan and allows gamers to control a powerful samurai family as it rises to greatness and defeats its enemies.
The ... |
1 March 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive had a big press blowout at the end of January, announcing a number of titles they are preparing for the near future, among them permanent death MMO Salem and a card-based spin-off for Hearts of Iron. But for the regular strategy lover, the big launch in the future of the company is Crusader Kings ... |
16 February 2011
17:31 GMT |
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We already know that Hearts of Iron III is getting a new expansion, called For the Motherland, and the developers at Paradox Interactive have moved to offer more information about how the game will make the grand strategy title better than ever.
Chris King, who is the lead designer working on For the Motherland, h... |
2 February 2011
16:31 GMT |
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At their annual convention in New York, the publishers at Paradox Interactive have announced that they are working on a new expansion, called For the Motherland, for their grand strategy title Hearts of Iron III, which allows gamers to take control of any country during the years of World War II.
One of the main f... |
21 January 2011
05:38 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive has announced that it will be holding its annual Interactive Convention for 2011 later in the month in New York, with seven full new titles set to be shown off for the first time and presentations planned for upcoming titles like Crusader Kings II, Magna Mundi and Sword of the Stars II.
There a... |
6 January 2011
16:31 GMT |
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It's hard to be loyal when it comes to video games. Much loved series disappear without a trace sometimes, taking entire genres with them. The industry shifts towards a certain pattern and pins its future on mostly first person shooters and MMOs, leaving fans of other concepts looking to smaller developer. Franc... |
17 December 2010
19:51 GMT |
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I will admit up front that there are times when I do not understand Victoria II and this after reading the manual and religiously looking up threads on the official forums from about one year before the launch date to a few weeks after the launch of the 1.2 patch, which made the game much more fun to play.
I also ... |
15 December 2010
18:21 GMT |
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Europa Universalis III might be the only game in history, bar any MMOs, which has received four expansion since it was released in 2007, at the pace of more than one per year, and has seen constant and important changes built into each of them by the developer at Paradox Interactive.
Divine Wind has just been rele... |
14 December 2010
17:41 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive has announced that the fourth expansion for its grand strategy title Europa Universalis III, called Divine Wind, is set to be released via digital distribution on December 14, with fans of the series set to pay 19.99 dollars for it.The new expansion requires gamers to have EU III Complete installe... |
1 December 2010
05:11 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive, the publisher and developer best known for its grand strategy video games, has released a new patch for Europa Universalis III: Heir to the Throne, eliminating most of the issues that the game still had and creating a better gameplay experience overall for the fans who have stuck with the game so... |
29 November 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive has announced that it has released the long awaited 1.2 patch for its grand strategy title Victoria II, aiming to fix most of the problems that the title had at launch while adding a few enhancements that players have been saying would make the experience better.The patch introduces quite a few ch... |
8 October 2010
03:47 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive, the video game developer and publisher that focuses on grand strategy titles, has announced that it is developing a new expansion for their Europa Universalis III video game, called Divine Wind, which is set to deliver more detail to the exotic East of the game map.Divine Wind is set to be delive... |
13 September 2010
07:49 GMT |
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Two weeks, broken up by a visit to Gamescom, is the time I've taken to review Victoria II, the grand strategy title from Paradox Interactive that focuses on the social and political change Europe and the world experienced beginning with 1836 and went on for about a century before the early days of the World War ... |
29 August 2010
06:11 GMT |
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Victoria II is the latest grand strategy title launched by Paradox Interactive, aiming to simulate the complex mix of diplomacy, wars and social upheaval that characterized the period between 1836 and 1936.One of the great things about history oriented videogames is that they teach you thing and I wouldn't be su... |
27 August 2010
18:21 GMT |
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Victoria II is the latest grand strategy title launched by Paradox Interactive, aiming to simulate the complex mix of diplomacy, wars and social upheaval that characterized the period between 1836 and 1936.There's a lot to like in how Paradox Interactive managed to simulate the XIX century and the beginning of t... |
26 August 2010
18:41 GMT |
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Victoria II is the latest grand strategy title launched by Paradox Interactive, aiming to simulate the complex mix of diplomacy, wars and social upheaval that characterized the period between 1836 and 1936.I've played four long games of Victoria II until now (blame me going to Gamescom for the limited play time,... |
24 August 2010
18:41 GMT |
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Victoria II is a complex and engaging grand strategy title that presents alternate takes on the history of the XIX century while allowing the player to be both king, spiritual leader, commander of armies and lead economist for a huge array of nations.It has a ton of detail, a huge amount of replay value, complex mech... |
13 August 2010
19:21 GMT |
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Gamers are not renowned for their patience, their planning abilities, their attention to detail. Non gamers often think that video games are only first person shooters that teach us nothing and offer no clear skills. Well, I played at least one game that taught me World War II history, taught me how to plan ahead and... |
13 August 2010
05:14 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive has announced that Victoria 2 has now gone gold and that players who are interested in the new grand strategy title can log into digital distribution services like Gamersgate and pre order the game to get access to some interesting goodies. Victoria 2 is built by the same core team that has worked... |
4 August 2010
16:31 GMT |
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I quite like the new expansion for Hearts of Iron 3 as it eliminates most of the issues with the original launch and makes the entire experience much more engaging. After quite a few games with the beta version of the 2.01 patch, here are three tings that I believe Semper Fi still needs to be on the level of Europa U... |
2 July 2010
18:41 GMT |
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It's hard to evaluate something like the Semper Fi download-only expansion for Hearts of Iron 3 after only a few days. The very nature of the grand strategy title means that it can take a few weeks of constant play, depending on the country chosen and the amount of micro management a player is ready to do to jus... |
16 June 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive has officially confirmed that the Semper Fi expansion for Hearts of Iron 3, its grand strategy real time title, will be launched on June 6 this year, the same day that Allied forces reached the beaches of France during World War II in the biggest amphibious invasion in history. Those who are inter... |
24 May 2010
16:31 GMT |
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With the 1.4 patch for Hearts of Iron 3 now online and available to all players, Paradox Interactive has announced that it plans to launch an expansion for the grand strategy title. It will be called Semper Fi and will be out at some point during the second quarter of this year.The developer is saying that the main f... |
7 April 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive has announced that its grand strategy title, Hearts of Iron 3, has received the 1.4 patch, which is set to fix the most pressing issues that fans have been having with the game. The biggest changes in the 1.4 patch have targeted the Artificial Intelligence of the game, allowing it to cooperate bet... |
31 March 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Saying that Napoleon Bonaparte was ambitious is a sort of understatement. The diminutive French general was ready to take on Russia, Austria and any other coalition, which would stand in his way. He was a clear tactical genius but often lacked the strategic view needed to see that his efforts were ultimately destined... |
19 February 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive, the publisher and developer of such high profile titles as the Hearts of Iron series and the Europa Universalis franchise, has announced that it has acquired AGE Studio, which also includes developer AGEOD, creating a wargaming powerhouse that has access to some very strong intellectual prop... |
21 December 2009
10:19 GMT |
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Hearts of Iron 3 has again dominated my evening, as I try to encircle as many Russian slow infantry divisions as possible in Russia. I have a couple of problems. I invaded in 1940, after taking over Poland, France, enough of Republican Spain to hold a defensive line, Yugoslavia and a very Communist loving Romania. Be... |
12 August 2009
18:21 GMT |
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On Friday, Paradox Interactive released Hearts of Iron 3, a new grand strategy title allowing players to take the reins of any country in the world and guide it through the turmoil of World War II.The game was eagerly expected by fans of the series and those who have played other Paradox Interactive titles, like Euro... |
8 August 2009
06:21 GMT |
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Following news that it has picked up the rights to publish Nitro's East India Company, a strategy title focused on the diplomacy and warfare waged to secure trade to the Indian theater, Paradox Interactive has talked at the Game Developers Conference about its arguably biggest title of this year, Hearts of Iron ... |
25 March 2009
04:17 GMT |
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Paradox Entertainment has just announced having picked up the publishing rights for East India Company, which is described as a naval strategy by developer Nitro Games Ltd. The game aims to tell the story of the fierce battle waged between nations, through East Indian Companies, in order to secure the trade routes to... |
24 March 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive, the developer and publisher of the very popular Europa Universalis series, has released new details regarding the Vae Victis expansion for its latest game, Rome, which deals with the history of the Roman Republic.Europa Universalis: Rome is a grand strategy title and the expansion is aiming to ad... |
12 November 2008
12:11 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive, as publisher, and BattleGoat Studios, as developer, announce that they are planning to release an expansion for Supreme Ruler 2020 this winter. The expansion will be called Global Crisis and aims to expand the scope of the already very deep simulation Supreme Ruler is.David Thompson, who is the c... |
3 November 2008
06:53 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive voice, hot on the heels of the Hearts of Iron 3 announcement, that they are developing an expansion for their most recent launch Europa Universalis: Rome, a grand strategy game which spans the history of the Roman Empire. The expansion will be called Vae Victis and will sell for just 9.99 dollars ... |
29 August 2008
05:44 GMT |
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Since yesterday, gamers interested in grand strategy titles can get the latest expansion for Europa Universalis. It is titled In Nomine and it is only available as a digital download through Paradox from GamersGate.The second expansion to the game which aims to portray the Middle Age period of history with an emphasi... |
29 May 2008
08:26 GMT |
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I really, really wanted to love Europa Universalis: Rome. I've been playing Paradox grand strategy games since the time that Europa Universalis II didn't even have any worthwhile mods, trying to get Moldavia and Wallachia out of the Ottoman yoke. I've then tried my hand at building a Right wing world e... |
22 April 2008
08:21 GMT |
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Paradox Interactive really isn't wasting any time. After they have recently launched the expansion pack Napoleon's Ambition for their Europa Universalis 3 history simulating game, they are now ready to once again amaze the gaming crowd with a new game set in the Roman period.As with all the Europa Universal... |
3 April 2008
18:06 GMT |
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If you're a fan of the Hearts of Iron strategy series, Paradox Interactive has made it clear yesterday that all of the title's installments will be available via retail channels in a complete collection, going by the name of "Hearts of Iron Anthology." Not that impressive huh? Wait till you see the price.Th... |
20 June 2007
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