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Europa Universalis IV, ahead of its free Epic Games launch.The patch will mainly focus on compatibility with Epic ahead of the game going free on the storefront next week.

Epic Games Store will be giving away Europa Universalis IV for free from September 30 until October 7.Paradox Interactive’s Europa Universalis IV will be available for free through the Epic Games Store as the latest in a long-running weekly giveaway. The game will replace The Escapists, which is currently free.In Europa Universalis IV, players can control a developing nation to turn it into a global empire.

Stellaris patch just launched, fixing a whole host of bugs, but one of the remaining ‘known issues’ seems to feature flesh-eating machines.The patch, complementing the colossal 3.1 Lem Update, is designed to fix a couple of community-reported bugs and issues, such as Clone Armies accidentally creating ‘invalid species’ and crashing the game.As spotted by PCGamesN, the patch notes include a section headed ‘known issues’, going on to name one such issue as “Machine Empires can spawn with the necrophage origin”.

Victoria 3 have explained their decision to include slavery within the game.Taking to their weekly dev blog, game director Martin Anward, also known as Wizzington, started by saying “slavery is, obviously, a horrific crime against humanity and precisely for this reason, many games that have a slavery-related setting or mechanics will either leave it out of the game or abstract it into something that’s less ‘on the nose’.

Paradox Interactive, Fredrik Wester has apologised for “inappropriate behaviour” he has admitted to conducting during a conference in 2018.In a series of tweets, Wester has addressed “a specific incident in 2018” where he states a Paradox employee “was subject to inappropriate behaviour from me personally”.Elaborating, Wester said: “I sincerely regret making a person in my proximity uncomfortable and for the damage this caused.

Paradox Interactive is letting players keep Surviving Mars for free on Steam in a very time-limited promotion, and that offer expires today (September 8).Unlike time-limited free trial promotions, anyone who adds Surviving Mars (usually priced at £26.99) to their Steam account during this offer window will be able to keep the game in their library forever.The offer is only for 24 hours, and is set to end on September 8 at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST.Attention, Survivors!

Paradox employees have experienced mistreatment at the company.Originally spotted by breakit and reported by gamesindustry.biz, a survey conducted by two Swedish union groups, Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer, claim that 44 per cent of the employees who responded to the survey had experienced mistreatment. Over 400 people are employed by Paradox Interactive, of which 133 took part in the survey.26 per cent of the employees involved were female, and 69 per cent said they had experienced abusive treatment.

Paradox Interactive has announced its CEO, Ebba Ljungerud, is resigning “due to differing views on the company’s strategy going forward”.In an announcement by the firm, Paradox Interactive explained that the resignation will take effect immediately although Ljungerud will stay on for an unspecified period of time “to ensure a good handover”.She will be replaced by former CEO Fredrik Wester who resigned in early 2018 and was replaced by Ljungerud, meaning there’s been a swap of sorts here.

Paradox Interactive has released a colossal Hearts Of Iron IV dev diary to outline the changes coming to the Soviet faction in the upcoming Barbarossa update.The Soviet faction for Heart Of Iron IV is receiving a massive overhaul as many factions have over the game’s lifespan. To outline these changes, a thorough dev diary has been shared on the Paradox forum.

Crusader Kings III is getting a new update to how cultures work in the upcoming ‘Royal Court’ expansion – here’s how it will work.Paradox Interactive has revealed that the upcoming Crusader Kings III DLC will allow players to form hybrid cultures or split off from your starting culture – a major reworking of how the game’s culture system works.It will also unite several key mechanics under the culture system.Cultures will now include five key pillars – two of which are revealed to be ‘ethos’ and ‘cultural traditions’.  Paradox Interactive has revealed these in a series of developer diaries, but reddit user Svarthert from the Crusader Kings subreddit has compiled them together.Currently, all seven of the new ‘ethos’ options have been

Europa Universalis IV mod, titled Anbennar, transforms Earth into a highly detailed map of a fantasy world.Every element of EU IV is included in the mod, with governments, events, nations, religions, and even species created to fit within the theme so that none of the original map remains.Anbennar started life as a simple EU IV mod for a D&D fantasy world but has since attracted numerous authors and players, combining their skills to create multiple updates and systems.Of Gods And Gears, the most recent update, is referred to on the Steam page as the largest ever done.

Paradox Interactive‘s WW2 grand strategy game, Hearts Of Iron IV, is currently available on Humble Bundle for just £0.72.The version offered at the lowest possible price is Hearts Of Iron IV: Cadet Edition. This edition includes the base game, Poland: United And Ready DLC, as well as wallpapers.

new trailer for Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong was shown at E3’s PC Gaming Show, introducing Leysha, the first of three playable characters.The upcoming story-driven RPG follows on from the Vampire: The Masquerade franchise, allowing players to choose from one of three characters, each with intertwined tales. Leysha, one of the three, is described as a “tormented young woman” and seen playing with her young daughter in the trailer.As the trailer progresses, her daughter seems to disappear, replacing the idyllic scene with a research facility in which Leysha is trapped.

Crusader Kings III has received its latest patch, the 1.4.0 update ‘Azure’ which will bring lots of quality of life changes.Paradox Interactive has revealed the upcoming changes coming to Crusader Kings III, its medieval grand strategy game. ‘Azure’ introduces a wealth of changes, including the ability to raise Men-at-Arms units independently.

Victoria 3 have revealed their working philosophy when including controversial historical subjects in their games.In a recent interview with PCGamesN, the Paradox developers behind Victoria 3 discussed the difficulties in representing time periods authentically. Set in the Victorian era, a major part of the narrative falls on slavery and colonialism, factors which the developers were keen to not leave out.“We want to represent all of history,” game director Martin Anward explained.

Paradox Interactive has made Stellaris, Cities: Skylines, and Surviving Mars free as part of its digital convention PDXCon Remixed.Publisher and developer Paradox Interactive has made three of their biggest titles free for this weekend, as part of a Steam Sale that is running alongside its digital fan convention.The games are currently available to play for free until 7pm BST on May 23. Stellaris and Surviving Mars available for 75 per cent off in the sale, and Cities: Skyline is available for 80 per cent off.Crusader Kings III and Empire Of Sin are also in the sale, and both games saw updates announced during PDXCon.Empire Of Sin will be getting two expansions.

Paradox Interactive has announced Victoria 3 at its digital fan convention PDXCon.The announcement comes 11 years after the launch of Victoria 2. The grand strategy series focusses on the economics, industrialisation, and diplomacy of the Victorian era.Games start in 1836 and continue through to 1936; players will be able to play as one of the many different nation states of the time period.

Europa Universalis IV‘s Game Director has apologised for what he calls “a long trail of low-quality releases”.In a post made on Paradox Interactive‘s official forum, Paradox Tinto Studio Manager and Europa Universalis IV Game Director Johan Andersson apologised for the disappointment regarding the recent Leviathan DLC, and other releases leading up to it.“Leviathan was one of the worst releases we have” said Andersson. “As the Studio Manager and Game Director, at the end of the day, this is my responsibility, so I have to apologize for this.

Paradox Interactive have temporarily put a hold on work on Imperator: Rome.In a post on their official forum Bevan Davies — Paradox’s segment and portfolio manager for strategy games — explained the changes to the development structure of the studio, which would see updates go on hold for the Roman focussed grand strategy game.“To make a long story short and simple: earlier this year, PDS has split into three distinct studios. Internally, we call them PDS Green, PDS Red, and PDS Gold.” Davies explained.Each studio is working on maintaining existing games, with PDS Green handling Stellaris, PDS Red continuing to work on Crusader Kings, and finally PDS Gold is maintaining Hears of Iron IV.