Category Archives: Paradox

Paradox Interactive has released the first-ever screenshots for Magicka: Wizard Wars, showing off the 4-on-4 team-based PvP title from Paradox North.

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Arrowhead Game Studios has released a new content update for The Showdown Effect, with new stages, characters, and costumes.

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Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods is the fourth expansion for the strategy title. The first in a three-part series, the video features project lead Henrik Fåhraeus explaining the prominence of pagans in one of “Europe’s darkest and most brutal periods.” The Old Gods releases on Mac and PC May 28, and players can choose to rule as a Pagan or Zoroastrian, and it also focuses on “the dreaded Vikings and their tradition of pillage and adventure.”

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Paradox Interactive is running one of those social media campaigns where recruiting your friends unlocks bonuses – but this one is quite unusual, as it could get your name in Europe Universalis end credits.

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The first thing I saw on Twitter this morning was at least a dozen people linking to “the greatest video game trailer of all time” – a Jazz-voice introduction to Leviathan: Warships. It’s certainly a contender.

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“Colonialism. The enforced spread of the rule of reason,” this launch trailer for Victoria 2′s new Heart of Darkness expansion comments. “But who is going to spread it amongst the colonizers?” Let’s all pause to consider the evils of history for a moment before diving in and making a landgrab ahead of the French and the Belgians.

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Paradox Interactive has opened pre-orders for Heart of Darkness, the upcoming expansion for Victoria 2. The new, colonisation-focused content pack will release on PC on April 16, and set you back $20. To those who pre-order, some retailers are offering a free Complete Edition of the original Victoria, while others have 75% off the whole franchise. Hit the break for a trailer.

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Paradox Interactive, known best as a studio for PC diehards, if going to make a game for the PlayStation 4. They don’t exactly know what it will be yet, but producer Gordon van Dyke told Joystiq at GDC that whatever it ends up being, either a port of an existing game like War of the Roses or something we haven’t seen, it won’t be “a cheap PC port on console.”

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Yep, Paradox Interactive, that game publisher we so love for the likes of Crusader Kings and Magicka, will be publishing ebooks. And not just one type of ebook, but lots of different kinds. And it all begins with A Year with Mojang: Behind the Scenes of Minecraft by Thomas Arnroth.

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Newly-announced spin-off Magicka: Wizard Wars isn’t a MOBA, Paradix’s David Nisshagen told PCGamesN. “We’re actually more thinking of it as a NOBA,” he said – whatever that means – stating flatly that “It’s not a MOBA.” There’s no cooldowns, lanes, inhibitors or classes, but teams of up to four players will fight to capture and hold spawn locations before wiping out the competition (assuming they can avoid the franchise’s trademark friendly fire). No release date or pricing information as yet.

War of the Roses: Kingmaker is a re-release of the popular medieval combat sim, packaged with a new mode, Assault, and all DLC to date – including the vocal stylings of Brian Blessed as the Earl of Warwick. All this extra content will be added to the existing version soon, but this is a cheap way to buy in and grab all the extra DLC if you’re yet to get on board. Check out a trailer through the break, and pick it up on March 21.

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Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods is an unusual expansion, pushing the game’s start date back to 867 AD. It’s a historical period many of us are less familiar with, and in a new developer post, lead designer Henrik Fåhraeus describes a fledgling Christian and Muslim world surrounded by tribes of “heathens” – all of whom are playable. Take control of the Vikings, Tartars or Magyar and change history, or even promote the interests of the Orthodox church. The dev diary can be found on the Paradox forums and is the first in a weekly series. Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods was announced in February for a second quarter release, exclusively on PC; check out some new screens through the break.

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Transit sim Cities in Motions 2 is now available for pre-order, and those who pony up in advance will score the Modern Collection DLC. The add-on is trailered through the break, and contains additional trolley buses, trams, a boat for water lines and a new stop type which lets passengers change services more rapidly. Cities in Motion launches on PC on April 2, for $20. Pre-orders can be made directly through Paradox and its digital distribution partners.

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Paradox Interactive has pushed out patch 1.01 for March of the Eagles. The patch adds in the same editing suite seen in Crusader Kings 2, allowing for some pretty spectacular modding opportunities, and also adds new content such as historical generals. It applies a few fixes, too – better retreat paths, and not allowing low morale units to enter enemy controlled territory, for example. Full patch notes are available on the Paradox forums. March of the Eagles focuses on the Napoleonic Wars and is available exclusively on PC.

Paradox has released a video for War of the Roses, featuring Brian Blessed doing his voice over work for the game’s optional DLC. The “Brain Blessed VO PacK’ replaces the voice of the game’s current announcer and can be purchased via Steam for $4.99.

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The online 2D action extravaganza The Showdown Effect now has a demo that you can download directly from Steam. It’ll show you the ropes of the game in a solo tutorial so you’ll have some idea of how the game will work, but you won’t be able to go online without buying the full game.

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Paradox Interactive has launched a series of guide videos to ease players into Dungeonland. Meanwhile, developer Critical Studio is bust updating the game with a number of useful tweaks.

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Dave Chappelle was right:everything looks better in slow motion. To add further proof to this concept, Paradox Interactive has released a new trailer for The Showdown Effect showing as much set to Strauss’ lovely waltz, The Blue Danube. Watch below. The Showdown Effect is scheduled for release on March 5.

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Paradox has announced Seatribe’s free-to-play crafting MMO, Salem, has gone into open beta. If you wanna try the game with permadeath which takes place in the colonial period of America, click here. Too give you an idea of what to expect, a new video featuring “Tarp Marpton” should provide you with plenty of information on being a pilgrims, dealing with bandits, natives and more. A livestream of the beta can be watched on Twitch TV at 4pm EST.

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War of the Roses benefits from its regular free content update this month, adding a new map, weapons and armour, and the ability to use fire arrows. Expect to see plenty of these in action over the free Steam weekend.

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