Stellaris is one of those slow-burning RTS titles. It’s a 4X game, developed by Paradox Interactive, that has matches that can stretch on for days, if not weeks. However, an upcoming piece of DLC for the game is looking to speed up that process. The Nemesis expansion for Stellaris will give each player and faction a
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As 2020 (thankfully) comes to a close, the DualShockers staff is coming together to share their personal favorite games throughout the year. Unlike our official Game of the Year Awards, each of these lists is meant to reflect which games stood out personally to each of our staff members. Additionally, any game — not just
Crusader Kings III is that rare sort of game that immediately takes your breath away. The goal is a simple one: to elevate the status of your dynasty in any way you see fit. But the sheer breadth of ways to achieve that goal make for a genuinely new experience each time, even within the
Crusader Kings III is out now, available for purchase through Steam here, and the launch trailer below celebrates both its accolades and the overall theme of the game: that it takes cunning and strategy to come out on top in a treacherous world: I love that this trailer is narrated by the Queen this time
Paradox Interactive released their August and final developer diary for Crusader Kings III. This one goes over several more features such as performance and AI, modding, legacies, and achievements. You can watch the full video below: One of the biggest breakthroughs they had in improving both performance and AI was the introduction of systems versus
In preparation for the September release date for Crusader Kings III — Paradox Interactive’s latest entry in their Crusader Kings franchise — the developers have released another developer diary finely detailing even more gameplay mechanics. This diary deals with decisions, how to cope with stress, changes made to event scripting, and audio in the game:
Paradox Interactive, the publishers and developers behind every 4X or strategy game you’ve ever liked and then some, got a little bigger today. Through a press announcement on its site, Paradox Interactive announced the launch of a new studio, Paradox Tinto. This new studio’s mission will be to focus on “new games in the grand
The latest developer diary from Paradox Interactive highlights one of Crusader Kings III‘s most important mechanics, the religion and culture system. Specifically it breaks down the following aspects of religion in the game and their relevancy to a campaign: religion and faith, custom, faiths and pagan reformation, medieval tapestry, holy orders, heresies and doctrines, map
You are the ruler of a small country in Europe, and only 10 years old. Your parents are dead and your younger brother is under your charge, with both loyal and treacherous relatives surrounding you. As a child, you must navigate the complex and oft dangerous court in order to survive and emerge as a
Paradox Interactive announced the official release date for Crusader Kings III, the latest in their strategy game franchise. The title will launch on September 1st, 2020 and is currently available for preorder now on online store fronts and on the Paradox Store. A new story trailer was also revealed, which showcases the importance of schemes
Today’s Inside Xbox Presentation brought with it a lot of new titles as well as updates on existing ones. Chief among those already known games is Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, the next entry in the long-running RPG series, which is now coming to the Xbox Series X. The game’s journey so far has been
If you’re into city builders and simulators, the PS Plus games for May 2020 may be up your alley. Similar to last month, there will be a total of two games offered via PS Plus. The PS4 edition of Paradox Interactive’s Cities: Skylines and GIANTS Software’s popular Farming Simulator 19 will be free starting Tuesday,
Paradox Interactive announced the Stellaris Console Edition Expansion Pass Two which brings another wave of DLC to the intergalactic 4X strategy game. According to a post in the Paradox Interactive forum, the Stellaris Console Edition Expansion Pass Two will include the Synthetic Dawn Story Pack, Humanoids Species Pack, and Apocalypse Expansion. The first DLC release
Paradox Interactive released a new update video for Crusader Kings III starring community developer Rodrigue Delgue. This will be part of a monthly series of updates that discuss the developer diaries published throughout that month, as well as provide fans with the latest community news: If you’re interested in the dev diaries for this month,
If building cities is your jam, then over the weekend, Paradox Interactive’s Cities: Skylines is allowing players to jump on Xbox One and PC versions for free starting from today and through the weekend. The reasoning for this is to celebrate a brand new Content Creator Pack, and Radio Station DLC that are both heading
Just announced a few days ago, Xbox Game Pass is making its way to PC. The subscription service will offer PC players the opportunity to play over 100 games for a single price. Now, Paradox Interactive has announced that titles from the publisher will become available for the new service. Announced via a blog post
Devoted Stellaris players have a plethora of expansions and story packs available to improve and expand the world they love. Now, Paradox Interactive is giving you the option to dig into the ruins of old civilizations in the Stellaris universe with the new Ancient Relics Story Pack. Give it a gander below. Stellaris: Ancient Relics
Cities: Skylines developer Colossal Order has supported the game with numerous expansions since the game’s 2015 launch. The tenth such expansion, called Campus, is coming later this month. It lets builders construct a college campus in their city and control every aspect of it, even varsity sports. Check out the trailer below. Colossal Order has
One of the most surprising announcements to come out of GDC 2019 was Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, which is poised for a Q1 2020 release. Today, Paradox Interactive and Hardsuit Labs discussed the game for the first time since then, highlighting the Thinbloods faction that players are initially a part of in a
Developer Harebrained Schemes and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced a new expansion coming to 2018’s BattleTech. Urban Warfare takes the fight to the streets with lots of new content for players to enjoy. Give the trailer a look below: BattleTech released last year to critical acclaim. Soon after, Harebrained Schemes was acquired by Paradox Interactive
The official Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Twitter confirmed that even though the title, which is set to launch sometime in Q1 2020, is releasing on the Epic Games store it will not be exclusive to it: Just to reiterate, as we have had a few questions around it – We will not be
John Romero (of DOOM, Wolfenstein 3D, and Quake fame) and his Romero Games studio are partnering with Paradox Interactive to make a new strategy game based on an original IP. It’s an interesting move given Romero’s legendary status as one of the father’s of the FPS, but he’s certainly partnered with the right studio for
Entering the hotel room in which Paradox Interactive and Hardsuit Labs was to show their unannounced game, I had no expectations. Paradox as a publisher has always been associated with strategy games so I thought perhaps this would be another entry in that genre. I showed up a little early and the PR person I
During GDC 2019 I was given the opportunity to speak with some developers at Hardsuit Labs as well as publisher Paradox Interactive about the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, which was a big surprise for myself as I hadn’t been following the developments of the Tender ARG that was ongoing at the time.
Seattle-based developer Hardsuit Labs and Paradox Interactive announced Vampire: The Maquerade – Bloodlines 2 last week, marking one of GDC’s most exciting non-Stadia announcements. DualShockers was able to check the game out at GDC and interview several of the game’s developers. Over the course of the course of the interview one thing became fairly clear: Hardsuit
One of the most surprising announcements to come out of GDC this week is that Paradox Interactive and Harsuit Labs are creating Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. It’s set to be a reactive first person RPG with several interesting open hubs in Seattle for players to explore. That being said, one typical RPG feature
No, you aren’t dreaming RPG fans. Almost fifteen years after the Troika Games’ cult classic Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines released for PC, a sequel was just announced by Paradox Interactive. The game is aptly title Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, is coming to both PC and consoles in 2020, and is being crafted
It’s hard to believe that Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive’s Cities: Skylines is now four years old but that did, in fact, become the case today. The game helped prove that city building games could still be relevant in a post Sim City (2013) era and has seen great success. In order to celebrate the
While mods have been dominant on PC for years, they’ve only recently been making ground on consoles, specifically Xbox One. Mods have also usually been confined to Steam Workshop, third-party sites, or cherry-picked storefronts created by game publishers. Today, Paradox Interactive announced that it has partnered with Microsoft to create Paradox Mods, and independent modding platform
Over the next year or two, competition in both the PC and console gaming markets is about to get a lot more ferocious. When it comes to consoles, some are saying Google may enter the fray, Microsoft and Sony seem to be working on whatever consoles are coming next, and Nintendo continues to see extraordinary success