Paradox Interactive announces "Cities: Skylines 2" and other strategy games
Paradox Interactive has announced a successor to the popular city-building simulation "Cities Skylines". The publisher also has many more strategy games in the pipeline.
Paradox Interactive is primarily known for strategy games. The Swedish publisher announced various new games and expansions for existing games at a showcase lasting around half an hour.
No time for the whole showcase? Here you can find all the announcements and information from the video.
"Cities Skylines 2": Build your own city the way you want
Around eight years after the release of the original game, city-building fans can look forward to "Cities: Skylines 2". The game builds on the solid foundations of the first game and lets you build huge cities or small villages
Paradox promises the "most realistic city-building simulation" of all time. However, the published CG trailer still reveals relatively little concrete information about the game.
The developer studio is relying on the power of current-gen consoles and current PCs for the sequel. Last-gen consoles will not be able to enjoy "Cities: Skylines 2". The game is due to be released this year.
"Life by You": New competition for "The Sims"
Paradox has announced a new game by Rod Humble with a short teaser video. Humble led the development of "The Sims 2" and "The Sims 3" at EA Play. The teaser suggests that with "Life by You" we will get classic "Sims" gameplay in a modern guise. The game will be officially unveiled on 20 March.
"The Lamplighters League": Turn-based battles in comic book graphics
In "The Lamplighters League and the Tower at the End of the World", you embark on a journey around the world in the 1930s. You must save the world from a tyrannical sect. On your journey, you fight all kinds of monsters and cultists in turn-based battles. The gameplay is reminiscent of "Xcom".
The game is being developed by Harebrained Schemes, who are known for the "Shadowrun" games. "The Lamplighters League" will be released later this year for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
"Knights of Pen and Paper 3": retro graphics and tabletop gameplay
The retro tabletop RPG "Knights of Pen and Paper" is entering its third round. The trailer suggests that fans will get exactly what they have come to expect from the franchise: beautiful pixel graphics, thrilling turn-based battles and plenty of self-referential humour. The game will be released on 7 March for PC.
"Mechabellum": Mech action on the battlefield
In "Mechabellum", you command giant mechs and robots on a chaotic battlefield against other players. The Auto-Battler will be released in Early Access on Steam in May.
Expansions for already published games
Fans of the medieval strategy game "Crusader Kings III" will be served up a major expansion with "Tours and Tournaments". You travel through your kingdom and take part in various bloody battle tournaments. Or you can organise them. It remains to be seen when the expansion will be available for PC and whether it will also be released for consoles.
There is also a new expansion called "Domination" for the now ten-year-old PC game "Europa Universalis IV". This includes new missions for certain areas, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, Japan and Russia.
In "Surviving the Aftermath" you rebuild the world after a nuclear catastrophe. The "Rebirth" expansion includes radioactive, mutated killer mushrooms, new buildings and a terraformer with which you can change your environment. The DLC will be released on Steam on 16 March.
There are two expansions for the space strategy game "Stellaris". "Overlord" will be released on 8 March and "First Contact" on 14 March for PC. The trailer gives an insight into the story of the "First Contact" expansion.
Card game fans are not forgotten by Paradox Interactive either. The colourful strategy card game "Across the Obelisk" receives new cards, characters and maps in the expansion "The Wolf Wars".
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