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Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West Surpasses 2.4 Billion Copies in Pre-orders

Mandi Weems — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:52:50 +0000

Paradox Interactive today announced initial pre-order sales data for the upcoming team-based shooter, Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West. In pre-orders solely for the PC, Paradox has confirmed sales of at least 2.4 billion copies.

In a brief statement made after an intense round of Lead and Gold from the game’s beta testing, Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester said, “There are so many inflated sales numbers in the gaming industry today that it feels especially good to present some actual numbers for once. This game is so incredibly awesome that the sales numbers don’t shock us at all. One beautiful thing about being a privately held company is that we really don’t need to provide proof, but everyone can just take our word for it. With console pre-order numbers are coming early next week which we expect will triple the sales numbers.”

For more life changing information, please visit www.paradoxplaza.com and www.leadandgold.com.

About Paradox Interactive
Since 1999, Paradox Interactive has been a leading global developer and publisher of PC-based strategy games. World-renowned for its strategy catalog, the company holds a particularly strong presence in the United States and Europe. Its steadily-growing portfolio includes originally developed titles such as the critically acclaimed Europa Universalis and the Hearts of Iron franchises, as well as publishing titles such as the Elven Legacy series, Mount&Blade and Majesty 2. Paradox stands poised to make an explosive entry onto consoles during 2010 with the release of Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West. For more information, please visit www.paradoxplaza.com and follow @pdxinteractive on Twitter.

About Fatshark
Fatshark is a Swedish game development studio located in Stockholm. Comprised of experienced and skilled developers, the team members have been involved in the Swedish game development industry from its humble beginnings to its current elevated position. In addition to their previous experience, the Fatshark team has continued to evolve being involved as subcontractors in a number of AAA titles for consoles as well as for PC. Follow Fatshark at twitter, www.twitter.com/fatsharkgames or visit us at www.fatshark.se

New Developer Interview for Victoria 2 Emerges from Paradox Interactive Convention

Mandi Weems — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:43:12 +0000

Today, Paradox Interactive has released brand new footage from the Paradox Interactive Convention, as well as additional assets, including a teaser trailer, for the upcoming grand strategy game, Victoria 2.

Watch as Johan Andersson, Producer at Paradox Interactive, takes viewers through the title which calls upon players to guide their chosen nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century through expansion and colonization, ultimately becoming a great power by the dawn of the 20th century.

“Victoria 2 is an economical game in its core,” says Johan, when stressing the title’s large focus on simulating the economy and political landscape during an era which featured the largest free market in the world. For fans of Paradox’s war strategy titles, Johan adds, “…there is of course, still war.”

Victoria 2 is scheduled for a Q3 2010 release.

The interview and teaser trailer are available for viewing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzWY6ykHDFA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGDMgNJbaGQ

For more info, follow Victoria 2 on Facebook and on Twitter and www.paradoxplaza.com

Victoria 2 Main Features:

• Deep, engrossing political simulation with dozens of government types
• Detailed economy with over 50 different types of goods and various production factories
• Over 200 different playable countries, from 1835 to the onset of WWII and with the possibility to export a saved game at the end of the game into Hearts of Iron 3
• Advanced technological system with thousands of inventions to discover
• Advanced spheres of influence system, where the great powers battle over the control of the world

About Paradox Interactive

Since 1999, Paradox Interactive has been a leading global developer and publisher of PC-based strategy games. World-renowned for its strategy catalog, the company holds a particularly strong presence in the United States and Europe. Its steadily-growing portfolio includes originally developed titles such as the critically acclaimed Europa Universalis and the Hearts of Iron franchises, as well as publishing titles such as the Elven Legacy series, Mount&Blade and Majesty 2. Paradox stands poised to make an explosive entry onto consoles during 2010 with the release of Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West. For more information, please visit www.paradoxplaza.com and follow @pdxinteractive on twitter.

GamersGate Adds Runic Games to Online Catalog

Mandi Weems — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:39:15 +0000

GamersGate, the online retailer with the largest selection of games available for digital download on the web, today confirmed that it has partnered with Runic Games to distribute titles worldwide. The partnership kicked off with the recent release of Torchlight, Runic’s recently released action-RPG.

“It is a top priority for us to identify key retail opportunities as a growing publisher,” said the CEO of Runic Games, Max Schaefer. “GamersGate offers a quick and easy solution to purchase games and we’re happy to be on board.”

“Torchlight is a fantastic game and it’s an excellent addition to the catalog,” added Theodore Bergquist, CEO of GamersGate. “We’re constantly looking for great publisher partners and Runic definitely falls into that category.”

For more information, or to purchase Torchlight, please visit www.gamersgate.com and follow @GamersGate on Twitter.

About GamersGate

GamersGate is a leading digital distribution platform creating easily accessible gaming experiences for gamers worldwide – anytime, anywhere. Viewed as a strong contender in the digital download arena, GamersGate continues to redefine the download industry and future strategies including the launch of several accompanying services and comprehensive tools, in addition to an aggressively growing product portfolio from a wide range of internationally recognized publishers. http://www.gamersgate.com

About Runic Games, Inc.

Runic Games is a developer of PC-based entertainment software, designing games that focus on quality, approachability, and fun. Runic Games is staffed by a team with experienced members, including leads on “Diablo,” “Diablo II,” “Diablo II: Lord of Destruction,” “Fate,” “Hellgate: London” and “Mythos.” Runic Games is located in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Free Add-On Announced for East India Company

Mandi Weems — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:27:50 +0000

In its continuing efforts to deliver the ultimate gaming experience to PC gamers, Paradox Interactive and Nitro Games today announced a “Designer’s Cut” update for the hit naval strategy title, East India Company. Based on ideas from the game’s developers, as well as feedback from the loyal East India Company community, the development team has gone to great lengths to ensure that players of East India Company experience everything they could possibly desire as they assemble the strongest naval empire to sail the seas.

The free add-on introduces a vast amount of enhancements for improved gameplay, including new port views, the ability to fight on land in island battles, the introduction of multiplayer modes “Beehive” and “Breakthrough”, history graphs to help track long term progress, and many more new features to make East India Company a deeper experience than ever before.

“In ‘Designer’s Cut’, we made several improvements to the original game to make it even better,” said Kim Soares, lead designer for East India Company. “Some features were chosen from the ideas presented to us by the East India Company community. This kind of feedback from the active players is invaluable, as they have spent hundreds of hours playing our game and know it inside and out.”

The East India Company “Designer’s Cut” will be available for download on October 27. Starting today, East India Company is also available at a reduced price of $ 29.99/€29.99 in retail and via digital download.

For more information on East India Company or the upcoming expansion East India Company: Privateer, please visit the official East India Company website.

Natural Selection 2 – Skulk Reveal

Daworm — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:38:30 +0000

Unknown Worlds Entertainment have released the next alien in their reveals, The Skulk!

He’s everyone’s favorite wall-hugging murderer and he’s looking more handsome than ever. As most of you know, the Skulk is the default character class and main element of the alien fighting force. He is fast, able to hide and ambush and has a powerful melee attack. But with no ranged attacks and without a lot of health (although he’s a bit tougher than in NS1), being effective as a Skulk is all about knowing when and how to attack and being skilled enough to get close to the target. Pervasive vent and ducts systems help him choose when and where to fight and also provide a quick escape.

Here’s some concept art showing how he started his new life:

…and here are some renders showing his finished model and texture:

The Skulk’s abilities are pretty similar to those in NS1. He’s such an important class that we’re a little timid about giving him crazy new abilities (although new ones are always under consideration).

Wall-running Skulks can drive their sharp leg spikes into crevices to walk on walls or ceilings as if they were the ground. It doesn’t cost energy nor does it slow you down, so it can be used to dodge gunfire, confuse enemies or hide. You can get a glimpse of wall-running in action with the Skulk running up the wall behind the Onos at 0:41 in our teaser video.

Bite With his powerful multi-hinged jaws, he can deliver a lot of damage very quickly. As in NS1, the Skulk player’s view is from inside his mouth (is this really that controversial or weird?).

We’re still not sure what his alt-fire for Bite is going to be. We’ve talked a lot about a grapple type of attack where he could clench down on a marine and do damage to him over time, but that seemed too annoying from the marine’s perspective (and how would he shoot the skulk off of him?). Please give us some suggestions.

Leap The Skulk can leap short distances quickly, landing in a pounce and doing damage to its target. In NS1, leap appeared later in the game – now he always has it. Coupled with wall-running, leap allows good players to traverse the map without ever touching the ground.

What about ‘site?! You’ll notice that he no longer has Parasite. The reason we currently don’t have it as one of his abilities is because we think it’s better for the Alien Commander to be scouting (which is the main purpose of Parasite). I really like the secondary purpose of it though, which is to do a small amount of ranged damage to kind of goad a marine into (hopefully, very stupid) action. I would love a kind of provoking ability for him here and will probably put one in later if we come up with an appropriate one.

Finally, we wanted to show you a bit of the environments the Skulk will be spending his time in – vents. We have a shiny new engine now and also because players spend so much time as a skulk in vents, we wanted to make them look a lot cooler. Here’s a concept piece Cory painted showing yours truly in a modeled vent (click the magnifying glass in the lower right to get an even higher-res version for your desktop).

The in-game vents look almost this good and we can’t wait to show them to you! We hope you enjoyed this look at the Skulk and can’t wait to show you the rest!

Lock Your Doors, Then Nail Them Shut as Paradox Interactive Unleashes Fort Zombie This Fall

Mandi Weems — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:34:19 +0000

The undead will walk the Earth this fall, as Paradox Interactive today kicked off PAX 2009 with the unveiling of Fort Zombie. Tackle hordes of zombies in this lite action/RPG title that will be available through all major digital distribution channels.

In Fort Zombie, players will find themselves trapped in the small town of Piety, Indiana. Faced with no other choice but to find shelter from an impending wave of zombies migrating from a nearby metropolis, players will be challenged to choose a building to be their fort throughout the entire campaign. By effectively focusing efforts on building up this structure in between scouring the town for supplies and searching out and training survivors, players will have a shot at surviving the massive zombie onslaught.

For the few remaining citizens of Piety, each new day brings more fear. Only the most prepared citizens of Piety will stand a chance against the zombie infestation. Choose from a variety of daily tasks and efficiently build up your character’s stats and skills as you battle blood-thirsty invaders and attempt to avoid total infestation. Most importantly, you must build up your fort for anyone to have any hope of surviving the last, big stand-off against the coming undead swarm.

This fall, stay alive and be prepared for the fight of your life in Fort Zombie!

For more information, please visit www.paradoxplaza.com.

About Paradox Interactive

Since 1999, Paradox Interactive has been a leading developer and publisher of PC-based strategy games. World-renowned for its strategy stable, the company holds a particularly strong presence in the United States and Europe. Its steadily-growing portfolio includes original titles such as the critically acclaimed Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron franchises, as well as the best published titles like Penumbra: Black Plague, Supreme Ruler 2020, and the greatly-anticipated Majesty 2 – The Fantasy Kingdom Sim. Read more: www.paradoxplaza.com

About Kerberos Productions

Founded in 2004, Kerberos Productions is a gathering of experienced video game developers, with over 40 years of collective experience, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Before forming their own company, the team was responsible in the development of Homeworld: Cataclysm for Sierra, Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon for Disney Interactive, and Bully for Rockstar. In 2006, the company released their flagship PC title, Sword of the Stars, which was followed by three expansions – Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows, and Argos Naval Yard. Read More. www.kerberos-productions.com

On His Majesty’s Service: A Warrior’s Journey

Mandi Weems — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:02:53 +0000

Paradox Interactive is delighted to release the latest trailer from the forthcoming fantasy real-time strategy title Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, debuting the fierce and mighty warrior to all.

Across the great lands of Ardania, monsters and the undead rampage throughout the wild countryside. As these foes attack trading posts, ambush caravan routes, and shock the poor and hapless peasants with their ghastly practical jokes, the economy grinds to a halt. The situation cannot be allowed to continue. A hero must rise to take on the challenge. Enter the warrior.

Immediately attacking any enemies on sight, the fearless warrior charges directly into the maelstrom of battle with steel blade and armor, along with a surplus of bravery.

View the warrior in action in the all-new trailer below.

Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim will release on September 18, 2009 and will be published worldwide by Paradox Interactive. The PC title will be available for digital download on all leading digital distribution platforms. For more information about Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, please visit http://www.majesty2.com and follow @pdxinteractive on twitter.

NinjaTrick Sets Up Shop, Allowing Users to Purchase NinjaGold for Rare, Stunning Items

Mandi Weems — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:17:50 +0000

Palo Alto, Calif. – July 23, 2009

CyberAgent America, Inc., a publisher of free-to-play online games, today announced the availability of NinjaGold for purchase in NinjaTrick, the free-to-play multiplayer action game for everyone. Special and rare items can only be obtained in exchange for the new currency, which aspiring ninjas can purchase using any major credit card and pre-paid card through PayPal and PayByCash.

“We’ve received priceless feedback during the NinjaTrick open beta thus far, and that’s helped us make it fun, stable and solid – the game is now at a point where we’re very comfortable inviting ninjas who want that extra edge on the battlefield to purchase NinjaGold,” said Toshimichi Namba, CEO of CyberAgent America, Inc. “We’re confident that NinjaTrick’s unique blend of action-oriented gameplay with MMO elements will continue to stand out in the free-to-play market.”

For more information about NinjaTrick, or to purchase NinjaGold, visit: http://ninjatrick.com/

About CyberAgent America, Inc.

CyberAgent America, Inc. was established in February 2008 as a fully-owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based CyberAgent. With our extensive networks and over 11 years of experience in the Japanese internet industry, CyberAgent America is in a position to bring Japanese internet services to the international market, taking advantage of shared resources across the CyberAgent group.

Basic Black Orc Mastery Trees Info in WAR

Mandi Weems — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:44:26 +0000

Want to know about the Mastery trees for the Greenskins in Warhammer Online, especially about the Black Orcs, before you start to get into a character and play it? Well, look no further than your friends here at Zownder. We have you covered when it comes to the basics of the Black Orc’s Mastery trees.

The Black Orc is the melee tank archetype career and front line for the Greenskins Bloody Sun Boyz. They are tough and able to soak up damage as the largest and most heavily armored Greenskins. Black Orcs specialize in combos where they build more powerful attacks via chains of abilities. They are paired with the Swordmaster.

Masteries
Each mastery tree allows the Black Orc to focus his abilities according to play style and taste.

Path Of Da Brawler
A master of this path believes that the best way to win a fight is through choppin’ the other guy into little pieces quickly. He scoffs at the thought of using a shield, since that just makes it harder to swing a massive Big Choppa around, and he doesn’t need anything getting between him and his choppin’!

Path Of Da Toughest
A specialist in this path sees the wisdom in using a massive shield and taking care to defend himself against attacks – after all, while choppin’ is grand fun, living through the fight so that he can do some more choppin’ later is an appealing prospect as well.

Path Of Da Boss
If there’s one thing that an Orc Boss can do better than anyone, it’s yelling at those who aren’t as big as him. A specialist in this path has had long practice at yelling, shouting, and encouraging his group to fight onwards and be strong – although it’s still a point of military debate whether the Orc’s allies are actually inspired to press forward and fight, or whether they’re simply trying to get the Orc to stop his deafening bellows and reeking breath.
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