Nine Worlds Studios to work on Tropico 7

Seattle, Wash – September 30, 2021 –  Kalypso Media Group today officially announced that a brand-new development studio explicitly tasked with producing the PC and next-generation console sequel to the Tropico strategy series has begun its preparations to work on the well-known franchise. Nine Worlds Studios is named after the nine worlds of Norse mythology – symbolising the team’s ambition to create new worlds. This symbolism is also reflected in the logo.

Thomas Schneider, previously in a similar position at Aesir Interactive, was hired to set up the studio on site and later as project manager. Nine Worlds Studios is the second Kalypso-owned studio in the tech hub of Munich, Bavaria, alongside the well-known Realmforge Studios (developer of the Dungeons series). The studios share the attractive location with many housing options and transport connections to create workflow synergies between them. The addition of Nine Worlds Studios represents the fifth development studio within the Kalypso Media group of companies.

Simon Hellwig, Managing Director of Kalypso Media Group, said, “We are pleased to announce the establishment of our second studio in Munich. This allows us to use already existing infrastructures between our two studios. We are confident in our ability to ramp up the studio to full size by early next year to start production of Tropico 7.”

Dr. Anika Thun, Managing Director of Kalypso, added, “Due to the fantastic experience we have had with the city of Munich and the general promotion of video games in Bavaria, it was a logical decision to expand in this region. We are now looking for talented team members who want to work on the latest installment of the cult classic series. Candidates with experience in Unreal Engine programming, Unreal Engine technical art, game, level, narrative and mission design, as well as UI/UX, VFX artists, animation specialists and 3D generalists, who are ideally also familiar with the Unreal Engine, are encouraged to apply and join us in Munich.”

Thomas Schneider, Project Manager said, “As Kalypso’s fourth developer studio in Germany, Nine Worlds can draw on a wealth of experience as well as a reliable network, while at the same time becoming part of an environment in which all sides are passionate and actively involved in the development of international brands. I am very pleased to be working with such a strong and renowned company to establish the ambitious Nine Worlds Studios in such a renowned games location as Bavaria.”

Recruitment for the new studio is underway, with vacancies advertised on relevant job boards as well as on the Kalypso Media website.

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About Kalypso Media Group GmbH:

Kalypso Media Group GmbH is an independent publisher, developer and marketer of interactive entertainment software with 150 employees at 10 locations in Germany, England, France, Japan and the USA. Kalypso Media Group includes Kasedo Games, the digital label of Kalypso Media Group, as well as five development studios: Realmforge Studios (Dungeons series), Gaming Minds Studios (Railway Empire, Port Royale), Claymore Game Studios (upcoming Commandos game) since March 2020 and Nine Worlds Studios (Tropico 7) in Munich since 2021. With the acquisition of a majority stake in the French Bulwark Studios by Kasedo Games and the new foundation of Nine Worlds Studios in 2021, Kalypso Media now unites a total of 5 development studios in the group of companies.

Specializing in the development of strategy games for a global audience on all modern platforms, Kalypso Media Group’s IP portfolio includes full rights to the Tropico series, Commandos, Port Royale, Dungeons, Sudden Strike and Railway Empire, among others. Kalypso Media’s most recent releases are Port Royale 4, Tropico 6 – Nintendo Switch™ Edition, Commandos 2 – HD Remaster for Nintendo Switch™ and Spacebase Startopia. Upcoming releases include Disciples: Liberation (October 21, 2021). Recent releases from Kasedo Games include City of Gangsters, Filament and the console and tablet versions of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. More at www.kalypsomedia.com.

Starting today, you can take up the mantle of an architect to reinvent the city of Paris.

Following Early Access last February and feedback from the community, Enodo Games is proud to launch with the long-awaited new “Career Mode”.

Paris, France – September 30th, 2021. Enodo Games, French indie studio, is proud to announce the official launch of The Architect: Paris for PC, a construction game allowing players to rebuild and reinvent the French capital. Following feedback from the community during Early Access which started in February 2021, the studio has added improvements and new features to the game, as well as a long-awaited Career Mode to offer an optimized gaming experience. The construction game is out today on Steam, Epic and GOG.  

In The Architect: Paris, every building that makes up the Parisian urban landscape can be shaped based on one’s will and imagination. Players have the unique opportunity to recreate the City of Lights as they want it thanks to multiple available architectural styles or from their own original designs, re-imagining the city as anything from a business district to a medieval city or a futuristic one. Budding architects will be able to mix historical and modern designs in a detailed simulated city to obtain a customized and authentic vision of Paris.

Following community feedback, Enodo Games has developed a complete “Career” Mode, full of projects and challenges, which also serves as a tutorial to allow players to take ownership of the tools before starting in the “Sandbox” mode and letting their creativity shine. The addition of managerial challenges within the “Career” Mode will see players facing challenges like those facing the true mayor of Paris.

Discover the two playing modes available in The Architect: Paris:

• The Career Mode, composed of three acts, has players realize 25 projects with specific goals to reach and unlock the next projects as well as the Sandbox mode.
• The Sandbox Mode offers the city of Paris to build upon without any specific missions, where the players are free to demolish, redraw and rebuild the city at will.

Today, The Architect: Paris is composed of 27 districts that aspiring architects can shape entirely to their will.  

In a community spirit, The Architect: Paris offers new project-sharing features which let players import the creations of others into their own game. New architects will be able to take inspiration from shared projects to recreate something original or to integrate iconic buildings directly into their own City of Lights.

The game is also open to mods and the community members can create their own new designs and make them available to all players.

Jean-Baptiste Reynes, CEO of Enodo Games, states: “We are proud to be able to offer an accomplished construction game that gives players the freedom to redraw Paris, and to take on the role of an architect. Since early access, last February, we have developed new features that we hope players will like globally.” He adds: “We count on the feedback of our community tremendously, and this is why we are proud to propose the all new ‘Career’ mode within the game. It adds new challenges and help the players get a grip on the various tools available before they dive into a freer ‘Sandbox’ mode.” 

For more information, follow The Architect Paris on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and the game’s Discord channel.

The only limit is your imagination!

About Enodo Games
From Enodo… to Enodo Games

Founded by two architects, the firm Enodo has been developing interactive 3D environments using video game technology for 15 years. These immersive environments allow varied professionals to enjoy unique experiences which are both very powerful and educational. It is thus very naturally that Enodo Games came to be in 2014, when the founders of Enodo decided to reverse their process and to bring to the video game industry the expertise they acquired throughout the years. Being city builders enthusiasts, the team members designed the tools they would have liked to see in other games. The Architect: Paris does not give the possibility of building a city from a catalogue of different pieces of cities but to truly imagine, design and create the future of an existing one.

LONDON – Sep. 30, 2021 – The critically-acclaimed, top-selling Monster Hunter™ series reached new heights earlier this year with the global release of Monster Hunter Rise™ on Nintendo Switch™. Receiving widespread praise for its trademark action RPG gameplay, exciting new features, and continued free post-launch support, Monster Hunter Rise is opening the gates of Kamura Village to PC players starting on January 12, 2022. Prior to the full game’s release, a free public demo will be made available on Steam beginning on October 13. In addition to confirming specifics for Monster Hunter Rise on PC, new information was also revealed for all Monster Hunter Rise players including details on upcoming collaboration content and Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak™, the monstrous new expansion which will be available simultaneously for Nintendo Switch and PC in summer 2022.

Monster Hunter Rise is the latest installment in the action RPG series and transports players to Kamura Village, a colorful and tranquil setting that attracts visitors with its unique culture and innovative hunting technologies. The core gameplay experience in Monster Hunter Rise stays true to the highly-praised previous Monster Hunter entries, where hunters must equip their armor and select from one of the 14 different weapon types. As players defeat monsters and progress through the game, items carved from fallen foes can be used to craft unique weapons and armor that will increase their chances of future success and survival. Hunters can tackle these challenges solo, or with up to three other hunters in cooperative local or online play.

Monster Hunter Rise evolves the series by introducing several new and exciting mechanics for hunters to master. For the first time in a Monster Hunter game, wire-based grappling actions can be performed by using a “Wirebug” while standing or in mid-air, adding an all-new level of aerial maneuverability to hunting strategies and attacks. Additionally, the game debuts the “Wyvern Riding” technique, which allows players to temporarily take control of a monster and yields spectacular battle sequences during a hunt. Monster Hunter Rise also introduces new hunting partners called Palamutes, personalized and rideable “Canyne” companions that will provide players with a new set of attack options. The “Canyne” Palamute companions join the series favorite “Felyne” Palicoes in assisting players while out on a hunt.

At launch, the full version of Monster Hunter Rise on PC will include all major post-launch content that is available in the Nintendo Switch version through the end of November 2021. More information about future content and timing will be available at a later date. The PC version will feature customizable optimizations, allowing hunters to enjoy their journey in 4K resolution and with ultrawide (21:9 aspect ratio) support, while also offering uncapped framerates and high-resolution textures. Monster Hunter Rise on PC will be available on Steam on January 12, 2022 and is available now for pre-purchase. The game is currently available on Nintendo Switch.

A demo for Monster Hunter Rise on PC will launch on October 13, giving hunters ample time to enjoy a sampling of this new Monster Hunter experience before the full game releases on Steam. The PC demo provides players with numerous hunting options, including offline solo and online multiplayer (up to 4 players) using all 14 weapon types. For new hunters, the PC demo will provide a “Training” option and a “Wyvern Riding” tutorial, each offering useful tips and instructions. When hunters are ready, three different hunting quests and monsters are available to experience, each providing distinct levels of challenge from Beginner (Great Izuchi) to Intermediate (Mizutsune) and Advanced (Magnamalo).

Following the release of Monster Hunter Rise on PC, players of both platform versions can look forward to the newly revealed Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the monstrous expansion which will be available for purchase to all players in summer 2022. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak includes a new storyline and new base of operations, as well as new locales, monsters, gameplay features, quest rank (Master), and more. Hunters must own the base game and complete the 7-star Hub Quest called “Serpent Goddess of Thunder” in Monster Hunter Rise before beginning Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. All progress from the base game will transfer over to the expansionwhen played on the same system.

The identity of the eerie new monster featured in the debut trailer for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has been confirmed as Malzeno, a fierce elder dragon who will serve as the expansion’s flagship monster. Also joining the upcoming expansion, Shogun Ceanataur is a returning crab-like monster who first appeared in Monster Hunter 2.

For current Monster Hunter Rise players, a haunting new Capcom Collab was also announced today and will feature the brave knight Arthur from Ghosts ‘n Goblins: Resurrection™. After completing a challenging Event Quest, players can don Arthur’s iconic armor and the hunter’s throwing knives transform into lances, the classic weapon from the legendary series. Music from the recently-released Ghosts n’ Goblins: Resurrection will provide a backdrop to the heroic hunting action, and when a quest is completed as Arthur, a special cutscene will be bestowed upon its victors. This special collaboration quest will be available for Switch players beginning on October 28.

Finally, and also first revealed today, Monster Hunter is teaming up with SEGA to celebrate Sonic’s 30^th anniversary in Monster Hunter Rise. More details on this exciting new collaboration will be shared soon, prior to the Event Quest’s release in November.

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ABOUT CAPCOM

Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including groundbreaking franchises Resident Evil™, Monster Hunter™, Street Fighter™, Mega Man™, Devil May Cry™ and Ace Attorney™. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tokyo, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom and its products can be found at www.capcom.com or www.capcom-europe.com.

Capcom, and the Capcom logo are registered trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd. in the U.S. or other countries. Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, Mega Man, Monster Hunter and Resident Evil are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd., in the U.S. and/or other countries. Street Fighter is a trademark and/or registered trademark of Capcom U.S.A., Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Nintendo Switch is a trademark of Nintendo. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today announced that the critically-acclaimed action-RPG SCARLET NEXUS has been added to the product lineup on Xbox Game Pass for Console, Xbox Game Pass for PC and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and is now available on Windows 10 PC. The Windows 10 version of SCARLET NEXUS supports Xbox Play Anywhere and the Xbox Game Pass version supports Cloud gaming on mobile devices. 

To celebrate the arrival of SCARLET NEXUS on Xbox Game Pass and Windows 10 PC, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. has revealed a brand-new trailer see below:

New paid and free DLC for Scarlet Nexus has also been announced today. The Bond Enhancement Pack 1 includes new fairy tale themed costumes and weapons designed by character designer and illustrator Yusuke Kozaki, along with an expansion of the bond system with new interactions between party members as well as a new action – Crush Vision – which decrease the Crush Gauge of surrounding enemies while Brain Crush is activated. The free Ver.1.04 update will include a wide variety of new content including Challenges, new Plugins in the Shop, Brain Talk expansion, and new in-battle voices. Both paid DLC and the free update will be available soon. More information can be found with a new trailer found at the following YouTube link:

In the far distant future where SCARLET NEXUS takes place, humanity has entered a new era where a psionic hormone has been discovered in the human brain which grants extra sensory powers. Meanwhile, mysterious deranged mutants known as the Others, descend from the sky hellbent on devouring human brains. The Others are impervious to conventional weapons and there seems little that humanity can do to withstand the onslaught. Humans with extra sensory abilities, known as Psychics, are recruited to the Other Suppression Force, as humanity’s last line of defense. 

SCARLET NEXUS is now available for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10 PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via STEAM.

Leamington Spa – September 30th, 2021: Operatives from the future have appeared in Secret Mode’s Bunker and directed us to announce a new partnership with hugely talented indie developer Cosmonaut Studios to publish the story-driven time-manipulation puzzler Eternal Threads.  

Hailing from Liverpool, England, Cosmonaut Studios is a small collective of industry veterans and talented newcomers with dozens of games under their belts – and even a BAFTA to prove it. Its latest game Eternal Threads is a “single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.”

“Eternal Threads has this utterly compelling story, which grabbed us all from the start,” said James Schall, Secret Mode’s Director of Publishing. “It combines wonderful character-driven story telling with clever time-manipulation puzzles, a kind of narrative Rubik’s cube. As I played through the early builds I was blown away and had to find out more about what happened in that house!”

“We wanted a publisher who understood Eternal Threads,” said Cosmonauts’ Creative Director Paul Johnson.  “Secret Mode’s enthusiasm for Eternal Threads really impressed us – they clearly understood what we were trying to achieve. We look forward to working with them to bring Eternal Threads to a wider audience.”

In Eternal Threads, as an operative tasked with fixing corruption in the timestream, you have been sent to the North of England in May 2015, where six people died in a house fire. Prohibited from simply stopping the fire, you must instead manipulate the choices made by the housemates in the week leading up to it so that they all survive the event.

Eternal Threads will be featured as part of Steam’s Next Fest from October 1^st – 7^thwith a demo available to play during the event.

Please feedback on the demo on the Steam discussions page. All feedback is welcome!

Follow Secret Mode on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeAreSecretMode

About Secret Mode
Greetings from The Bunker! Secret Mode is the newly founded publishing wing of the award-winning Sumo Group Plc. Our goal is to publish internally developed projects from any of our 14 game development studios across the UK, US, Europe, and India, as well as third party independent game developers. We believe that games are for everyone, and that creativity has no limits. We believe quality and fun are everything.

Available on Steam with New Route Collection and Deluxe Edition Featuring Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe

KENT, U.K. – Sep. 30, 2021 – Dovetail Games today launched Train Simulator 2022 on Steam. Featuring a new collection of updated routes, officially licensed locomotives, fast loading times and the brand new Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe as part of the Deluxe Edition.

Take to the tracks and control powerful iconic locomotives from around the world. Master complex operations on the BR Class 323 as you explore Birmingham Cross City Line, master the DB BR 429.1 FLIRT 3 on Frankfurt – Koblenz, and take the controls of the fastest US commuter with Amtrak’s Acela with NEC Washington DC. Deliver passengers and freight to their destinations with a packed timetable of real-world services and scenarios. Whatever you love about trains, Train Simulator 2022 lets you take rail fanning to the next level.

Get the Deluxe Edition and cross the French/German border aboard high-speed traction and heavy freight motive power with Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe. immerse yourself into the extensive and bustling operations on this key international route. Climb aboard the SNCF BR 186 and haul container traffic into Germany, make the return trip from the complex cabs of the TGV Euroduplex or ICE 3M, and hop on-board regional and additional ICE trains to Offenburg. One of Germany’s most important lines awaits your arrival.

For the release of Train Simulator 2022 the game has also been updated to dramatically improve loading times, thanks to the feedback from the amazing community over the past year. All routes included in the simulation, including Add-Ons, now load and perform better than ever before.

Key Features:

• Three detailed real-world routes: Northeast Corridor: Washington DC – Baltimore in the US, Frankfurt – Koblenz in Germany, Birmingham Cross City Line: Lichfield – Bromsgrove & Redditch in the UK
• 11 officially licensed locomotives to drive: This includes the famous Amtrak Acela, BR Class 323 EMU in London Midland livery, DB BR 429.1 FLIRT 3 in DB SÜWEX livery and more
• Brand-new route in the Deluxe Edition with Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe: This 112 km route crosses the border from Germany to France and features a variety of rolling stock, including the SNCF BR 186 in FRET livery which is brand new to Train Simulator
• Improved fast loading times to ensure players can get onto the rails quickly: All routes now load and perform better than ever before with this update

Train Simulator 2022 is available now on Steam priced at $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99 for the Standard Edition and $49.99 / €49.99 / £39.99 for the Deluxe Edition with Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe included. https://store.steampowered.com/app/24010

For further information please visit www.train-simulator.com.

About Dovetail Games:

Dovetail Games was launched in 2013. Previously trading as RailSimulator.com Ltd, the business launched in 2009 initially producing and marketing PC game Train Simulator. Today Dovetail Games is responsible for train and fishing simulation games and is developing for PC and leading consoles. http://www.dovetailgames.com.

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Publisher Coatsink and developers Bunnyhug are unfortunately announcing Moonglow Bay, the story-driven ‘slice-of-life’ fishing RPG set in a fishing town afraid to fish, will be departing the bay a little later than expected. Originally planned to release October 7th, Moonglow Bay is now expected to set sail on 26th October for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One Consoles, Xbox Game Pass for Console, Xbox Game Pass for PC, and Steam.

Epic Games Store is still set to release on November 11th. Moonglow Bay is priced at £19.99 / $24.99 USD / €24.99 SRP across all platforms. 

Developer Bunnhug offered the following statement addressing the 19-day delay:

“The game is delayed, but not by much! We at Bunnyhug have been working on Moonglow Bay for 4 years alongside Coatsink to make the best experience possible. Sadly, over the last few weeks we’ve been encountering some pesky bugs which have made getting a clean release build difficult. The game is now in a good place and in the final stage of development, but still needs to pass the final hurdles, so to ensure all is right as rain, we’ll be releasing Moonglow Bay on October 26! We hope you can enjoy what’s coming!”  –  The Bunnyhug team

Moonglow Bay was once the jewel of the Eastern Canadian coastline until rumours of dangerous, fantastical creatures ruined the fishing trade. With the town on the verge of bankruptcy and only one year until its centennial, you decide to fulfil your partner’s final wish of starting a business in a decisive attempt to revive the town.

Along the way you will befriend locals and encounter strange fish, cook and sell a variety of recipes; acquire new equipment, such as rods and a fishing boat; learn to cast nets, set traps and fish through ice. Explore the furthest reaches of the bay, from frigid glaciers to boiling geysers; and ultimately determine if there is any truth to the tales…

Combining a playful voxel art style and a sumptuous soundtrack, Moonglow Bay features distinct story arcs, 100+ aquatic species to discover, monster encounters, and a fully-inhabited town to explore, which can be enjoyed both single-player or with drop-in-drop-out local co-op. Explore the ocean, grow your business and restore life to an enchanting coastal town!

For more information about Moonglow Bay: https://moonglowbay.com/
Coatsink official site: https://coatsink.com/
Bunnyhug official site: https://bunnyhuggames.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moonglowbay
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlayMoonglowBay/

About Coatsink
Coatsink formed in 2009 and has grown into a diverse and versatile development studio and indie Publisher which is now part of the Thunderful Group. Coatsink has created and published fantastic games for all current gen consoles, PC and Virtual Reality, including the recent games Get Packed, Onward, Cake Bash, Transformers: Battlegrounds, PHOGS! and Jurassic World: Aftermath. Coatsink has built its reputation on exciting and innovative titles and a wicked sense of humor.

About Bunny Hug
Bunnyhug is a diverse, global studio based in the UK, focused on creating small, beautiful voxel games. Founded in 2018, the studio is currently working on its debut title: Moonglow Bay.

Get a first look at the immersive war-story during Steam Next Fest

Vilnius, Lithuania – 30th September 2021 – Perelesoq and Nordcurrent are excited to announce that the demo of poignant war story Torn Away will be available for press and players to enjoy during this year’s Steam Next Fest. After a successful Gamescom, the demo will be available once again for players to get a taste of this genre-defying experience across war-torn Europe.

Play the demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1568970/Torn_Away/

About Torn Away

Torn Away combines a variety of genres while exploring the tale of Asya, a lost orphan who escaped from a forced labour camp and has to cross the wintry wilderness of Germany and Poland to make her way back home. You will have to persevere through the harsh elements of nature, solving puzzles and engaging in a variety of different types of gameplay to hide from soldiers, look for shelter and food and survive to see your home once again.

Exploring themes around the consequences of war and the effect these tragedies can have on children and other non-combatants. In a marketplace filled with glorifications of violence and gun-toting power fantasies, Torn Away hopes to change the dialogue about war and nationalised violence.

Second Extinction Launches Its Biggest Update Yet, Featuring Horde Mode, A New Playable Hero, Crossplay & More

Systemic Reaction’s co-op dino shooter arrives on Epic Games Store and is free to try this weekend on Steam!

STOCKHOLM — Sept. 30, 2021 — Pre-Season 6 of Second Extinction, the action-packed co-op dino shooter from Systemic Reaction, is underway now — and it’s a big one! Pre-Season 6 is the game’s most significant update yet, introducing Emergency Landing: Horde Mode, a new playable character, and full crossplay between Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.

And it’s the perfect time to jump in! Second Extinction is now available in early access on the Epic Games Store. It’s also free to play on Steam today until October 4, with a special 40% discount to purchase.

Here’s what’s new in Second Extinction’s Pre-Season 6 update:

• Emergency Landing: Horde Mode has arrived! You’ll start inside a crashed dropship armed with nothing but a pistol, but as you conquer wave after wave of increasingly challenging dinos, you’ll earn credits to purchase new equipment and abilities to survive. Get your practice in now, because Horde Mode leaderboards are on their way soon with their own special rewards.
• New playable operative hero: Sunetra, a biology researcher who kills dinos with science. Reduce damage for your squad while using pheromones to make enemies turn on each other. Sunetra bumps the game’s roster of playable characters up to six.
• Full crossplay between Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam, the Microsoft Store, and the Epic Games Store.
• Augments, unique drops from enemies that give your character special new abilities. You can only equip a limited number of augments, forcing you to choose how to customize your build.
• In-game voice chat and matchmaking lobbies.
• New Wardrobe function, letting you preview everything in the game even without unlocking it.
• New seasonal contracts and rewards.

Second Extinction pits teams of up to three players against swarms of bloodthirsty dinos in fast-paced battles across Earth’s post-apocalyptic wastelands. Equip a range of powerful weapons and abilities and fight solo or with friends against monstrous dinosaurs long thought extinct — now mutated and deadlier than ever! The War Effort is Second Extinction’s community-driven global metagame: by completing missions and activities, you’ll affect the threat level and challenges players around the world face.

Second Extinction is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, the Microsoft Store for PC, and Xbox Game Pass for consoles and PC via Xbox Game Preview. It is also available in PC early access via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

Players can keep up with Second Extinction’s ongoing development roadmap at www.SecondExtinctionGame.com. For other news, follow @2nd_Extinction on Twitter and join the community on Discord.

WE ARE SYSTEMIC REACTION

Small but fierce, we started as a group of veterans from within Avalanche Studios Group. Based in Stockholm and Malmö, we focus on crafting new and empowering games with unique settings. Drawing from our experiences within the industry, we want to create games that appeal both to us, and to you — our players. We want to play in a sandbox that lets your creativity thrive.

Our focus is freedom, exploration, and a drive to create games like the ones that kept us up at night as kids. We’ve got Generation Zero launched and Second Extinction on Xbox Game Preview and PC early access — with even more to come. Join us in the sandbox!

Paradox Interactive celebrates the acclaimed grand strategy game’s first birthday with new player data

STOCKHOLM – September 30, 2021 – Crusader Kings III, the renowned grand strategy role-playing game from Paradox Development Studio, is celebrating one full year atop the throne. To commemorate the occasion, Paradox has today shared a set of noble accomplishments achieved by lords and ladies across the realm to date.

Since launching on September 1, 2020, Crusader Kings III players have spent over 128 million hours growing prodigious bloodlines fit for royal diplomacy and political intrigue. Within that time, saints and sinners have seen:

• 334 million children born
• 18 million marriages and betrothals
• 4 million characters broken by stress
• 4 million pets petted
• 1 million prisoners escaped

Over the year, player habits and patterns have also begun to take shape:

• The most popular starting region is Britannia
• The most popular faith tenet is Warmonger
• The most popular lifestyle is Stewardship / Wealth
• Pagan religions have been reformed 1 million times
• The Roman Empire has been restored 190,000 times
• The Great Schism has been healed 220,000 times
• Cannibalism has been adopted 14,000 times

“It’s wild to me that CK3, the game we poured so much time and passion into, has been out and in the hands of players for a full year,” said Alexander Oltner, Lead Game Designer at Paradox Development Studio. “It has been fantastic and humbling to read on Reddit and watch on Twitch the myriad ways that this community has both built dynasties and failed to get them off the ground. We can’t wait to see what else the monarchs of CK3 continue to get up to as we work to bring new features and content to the game in the future.”

Crusader Kings III launched a year ago to both critical and community acclaim, combining the depth and complexity of Paradox’ grand strategy offerings with a new level of approachability and accessibility. Fans can look forward to the game’s first major expansion, Royal Court, which will bring upgrades, improvements, and an all-new throne room to the game when it launches later this year.

For more information on Crusader Kings III, please visit the game’s website and follow its official Twitter and Facebook pages.

Crusader Kings III is available for a suggested retail price of $49.99/ £41.99/ €49.99 on Steam, the Paradox Store, and other major online retailers.

Paradox Interactive is a leading global publisher of strategy games for PC and console. The company has developed and published a world-renowned catalog stretching back to 1999, with players hailing from all around the world.

The publisher’s steadily-growing portfolio includes firmly established franchises such as the critically acclaimed Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron, and Stellaris series created by Paradox Development Studio, the Age of Wonders series created by Triumph Studios, as well as award-winning titles such as Cities: Skylines, Pillars of Eternity, and more from a network of partner studios. Paradox is the owner of the World of Darkness IPs and is publishing Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. Today, over four million people play a Paradox game each month, and the number of registered Paradox users is over twelve million.

Paradox’s head offices are located in Stockholm, Sweden. Our development studios are located in Stockholm, Malmö and Umeå, Sweden, in Delft, The Netherlands, in Seattle, Washington, and in Berkeley, California. We share a passion for gaming and gamers, and our goal is to provide deep and challenging games with hours of gameplay and endless variety to our ever-growing community.

For more information, please visit our forums and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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