Those plucky PC guys and gals over at Paradox Interactive are celebrating a decade in the business, and have launched a week long "50% off" sale for PC gamers. The super cheap bargains are on GamersGate, Steam, Direct2Drive and Impulse - choose from a "wide range of highly-acclaimed" Paradox games like Europe Universalis or Eleven Legacy.
Paradox Interactive has announced the Elven Legacy Trilogy, three expansion packs for the Fantasy Strategy title Elven Legacy from Paradox Interactive, releasing in October, November and December 2009. Continuing the intense tale of a world that pits elf against human, the first of the trilogy, Ranger, is set to release on October 20th and will feature 16 new campaign missions, two new main heroes, along with new artifacts and spells.
Paradox Interactive has announced East India Company: Battle of Trafalgar, a stand-alone add-on to their naval war strategy game East India Company, exclusively available for digital download at all major digital download portals from December 8th.
Paradox Interactive announced today that it has acquired full ownership of AGE Studio, parent company for French development studio AGEOD. This merger adds a variety of upcoming titles to the Paradox Interactive portfolio. "We have played and enjoyed AGEOD's titles for years and greatly respect what they have achieved as a development studio. We see this acquisition as an opportunity to make AGEOD’s titles accessible to a wider audience on the global market," said Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive. "AGEOD will continue to operate as a self-run partner studio, with its own line of products based on the AGE-engine and its own development team while Paradox will assist with our publishing resources and networks," Wester continued.
Paradox Interactive has announced Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943, a new war strategy title that places players in the heart of the Kharkov Defense Operation during World War II. With the ability to play as either German or Russian forces, Achtung Panzer puts the destiny of the USSR and Wehrmacht armies in one's hands.
Paradox Interactive today announced Majesty 2: Kingmaker, the first expansion to the fantasy strategy title, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim. Featuring a brand new "Return of Grum-Gog" campaign, players will be called upon to challenge Lord Blackviper and his army of goblins as they wreak havoc and bring turmoil to the lands of Ardania. Coming soon for download on all major digital distribution portals, Majesty 2: Kingmaker will offer players the opportunity to create new magic in the land of Ardania with eight additional story missions. To restore peace to Ardania, the bravest of warriors must rise up and protect the kingdom from the terrifying green menaces of the night.
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A new development company has been announced, calling itself Second Star Interactive, which will work on a new online project.
Having left Battlefield developer DICE back in 2010, Gordon Van Dyke went and joined the ranks of Visceral Games but has now left EA altogether for Sweden. He says there's "room to explore, take risk" and make new "creative niche IPs" at Paradox Interactive. Van Dyke is on Paradox's secret Project Postman.
Paradox Interactive and Neocore Games today announced a brand new installment for the King Arthur series, King Arthur: Fallen Champion. The stand along game will act as a bridge between King Arthur I and the upcoming sequel King Arthur II. King Arthur: Fallen Champions features the story of three brave souls - a knight, an enchantress, and a prophet - who venture through uncharted lands beyond the Forest of Bedegraine in fulfillment of their individual quests.
Paradox Interactive has announced a new strategy / management game for the PC and PlayStation Network called A Game of Dwarves. Developed by Zeal Game Studios, Game of Dwarves takes a dwarven prince on a quest to reclaim his people's old country, putting the player on a journey through a continent, uncovering the buried mysteries of the Great War.
Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Neocore Games have announced that the sequel to their 2010 surprise hit, King Arthur II, is now available for download.
During the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Paradox Interactive revealed three of the games that had only previously been teased, confirming that the publisher strongly believes that "size doesn't matter when it comes to big gameplay experiences from small development teams." The Showdown Effect, Red Frontier and Dungeonland have all been officially revealed and are in development for the PC. Each title will be available to view and to play at Paradox’s Interactive’s gaming lounge at GDC.
Paradox Interactive has announced a new dungeon building game developed by Cyanide, Impire, which is a spinoff of the city-building sim Majesty. Players will build a lair with their mischevious imps, and protect it against invading heroes with minions, traps and spells.
During a speech at GameHorizon last month, Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester discussed what its like at the publisher and how they've positioned themselves as a success story relying on the niche markets. Paradox has thrived off a community that's felt 'brushed aside' by the mainstream. Wester cautioned small devs not to stray from fans that 'fit the profile' of your studio, or you risk losing them.
Paradox Interactive has decided to drop its publishing support for Salem according to a report from the developers Seatribe, who plan to continue development without Paradox, but are thankful for the support it's given up to this point. "We’ve sure shared an incredible journey together since we announced this game back in January 2011! The two-man development team Seatribe has done something few thought was possible and have worked relentlessly to develop a game that has gained a very loyal and dedicated community." read a statement from Seatribe.
Twenty-two seconds of cool looking logo is all we get in a quick fire teaser trailer from Paradox Interactive. There's nothing else provided so fans only have the logo to work off to fuel rampant speculation. The logo art itself features a bird, possibly a Raven, that's clutching a sword which has a snake wrapping around it biting itself - ouch. That's set against three quarters of a circular emblem.
As promised, Paradox Interactive is the focus of this week's Humble Bundle Weekly Sale, featuring some of the publisher's best-selling titles.
Paradox Interactive has announced the sequel to their magical 4X game Warlock: Master of the Arcane, as Warlock 2: The Exiled takes players back to the realm of Ardania to duke it out in multiplayer as well as single player this coming Spring 2014.