The Culture: Stellaris, Utopia & Banks
The upcoming Utopia expansion (paid DLC) for Stellaris is being released alongside the free ‘Banks’ update. If Paradox have any sense of harmony, these updates will allow you to recreate The Culture, Iain M. Bank’s fictional high tech Utopia, and hopefully some of its enemies too. Exact details of the Banks update have not been forthcoming yet, but…
Hearts of Iron IV: Together for Victory
Together for Victory, the first expansion for Paradox Interactive's grand strategy title Hearts of Iron IV is released, putting the British Dominions and Commonwealth nations in the spotlight. The new Autonomy system will grant nations a greater range of power available to them depending on how subservient they are. Dominions will have constraints on their…
Stellaris Update 1.4 Alexis Kennedy’s Horizon Signal
Writers are often the unsung heroes of well written games. Paradox are one developer who recognize this, indeed, they have already given tribute to many writers. Each time Paradox release a major update for Stellaris they have named it after one of Sci Fi's greatest writers, such as: Asimov, Heinlein or Clarke. But this time they’ve…
Heats of Iron IV Together for Victory Dev Diary
Taking centre stage in the upcoming DLC for Hearts of Iron IV, 'Together for Victory' will focus on The British Empire and the Commonwealth. Promising new depth to the gameplay by providing unique focus trees, a revamped Autonomy system and interesting options for all Commonwealth nations, this might indeed be the time to explore new ground…
Hearts of Iron IV: Together for Victory Expansion Coming Soo…
Put on the kettle, whip out your moustache and get set to give your nemesis a stiff upper lip, for the British are coming! Together for Victory, Paradox's first expansion to their recent release Hearts of Iron IV let's you fight for king and country, at the head of the British Empire and commonwealth forces. Together…
Leviathans is Another Leap Forward for 4X Gaming
Well done Stellaris fans, you waited and waited, and now full month since its announcement, Leviathans has finally arrived! But what do this upgrade mean for the game as a whole? Apart from various quality of life improvements, and general balance changes. These upgrades are an attempt to fill out the mid - end game…
Stellaris: Leviathans Feature Spotlight
With the release of Stellaris first story pack, Leviathans, just days away (20th Oct), Paradox have release a feature spotlight, explaining just what to expect in terms of new and expanded features. It’s worth remembering that the simultaneous release of the free Heinlein expansion, will cover different mechanics areas to the DLC. Largely focusing on…
Europa Universalis IV Introduces the Rights of Man
There are moments in history that define the future in a single stroke. Wars of conquest that change the balance of power, new inventions trump the unbelievable while ideas consume humanity, turn society inside out and stir the fires of revolution... Then again, I am not your history professor so I'll cut it off there…
Stellaris Brings Leviathans Next Week
Releasing the biggest peace of content for the game yet, Stellaris’ Leviathans unleashes giant beasts into the cold expanse of space. As the first story pack to be released of the title, the DLC is set at $9.99 or your local equivalent, providing additional content alongside an overall expansion of the universe. Additionally, the free…
Stellaris Readies for the Biggest DLC yet – Leviathans
Paradox have released three DLC’s for Stellaris so far: the soundtrack, Plantoids (a race pack) and Infinite Frontiers (and Ebook). Now however, they are about to release their biggest DLC so far adding a vast amount of new content with their upcoming Leviathans DLC. Leviathans fleshes out the vast galaxy, injecting new excitement into exploration,…
Stellaris Plantoid Species Pack
There is a saying “Act, and you may eat dinner. Think, and you may be dinner” and with the new Plantoid pack for Stellaris, this is more than true. The first of an unknown number of species packs brings Plantoids, races of sentient plant life, to the universe of Stellaris. Rather than ending up at…
Hearts of Iron IV Is Storming the Beach
Paradox Interactive released the fourth installment in their hugely popular Hearts of Iron franchise on June 6th. The well-loved strategy wargame series is back with a bang! Further expanding on it’s already extremely in-depth and well-polished sophisticated gameplay comes heavier emphasis on accessibility and greater control to each player’s troops, infrastructures and research capabilities. Also…
Hearts of Iron IV – Politics, The Game
With Hearts of Iron IV only days away from launch, it is high time to address one of the key factors that make up gameplay - politics. While Hearts of Iron III had already a complex system in place, its nation specific political events were usually limited. Not so in Hearts of Iron IV where…
Stellaris
Paradox has a reputation for making good strategy games, however Stellaris is their first venture into the field of Sci-Fi 4X, a niche that is notoriously difficult to make games for. Can Paradox break into this new market where so many others have failed? Can they even stand out in 2016, a year when so…
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