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Cities: Skylines 2 Sold Over 1 Million Copies Despite Issues as Paradox Has 9 Games in Development

Today Paradox Interactive shared its Q4 2023 financial results on top of the overall results for the full year 2023, including a sales milestone for Cities: Skylines 2. Sales for Q4 (between October…

February 6, 2024 | 05:40 EST

The map table in Crusader Kings 3
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Crusader Kings III Reveals New $44 Expansion Pass Including the Terrifying Black Death

Today Paradox Interactive revealed a new expansion pass coming to its popular grand strategy game Crusader Kings III.  The new expansion pass includes four pieces of content, the cosmetic pack …

February 6, 2024 | 01:07 EST

Character creation in Life by You
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Early Access Release of The Sims-Like Game Life by You Delayed Again by Paradox

Today Paradox Tectonic announced a second delay for the early access release of its upcoming life simulator Life by You. The game was originally supposed to start its early access phase on Steam on …

February 2, 2024 | 02:09 EST

Phyre key art from Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals First Bloody Gameplay

As promised a while ago, today Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room revealed the first full-fledged gameplay of the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Presented by …

January 31, 2024 | 12:55 EST

A wide view of a city with lots of skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines 2
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New Cities: Skylines 2 Patch Brings Tons of Hotfixes for Crashes and More

Colossal Order has released a brand new Cities: Skylines 2 patch, and while there's nothing earth-shattering in this one, there are plenty of hotfixes that could correct the specific issue you've…

January 31, 2024 | 09:01 EST

Skyscrapers set against an overcast sky in Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Detail Final Bug-Fixing Patch Before Mod Support Beta

Cities: Skylines 2 is getting one more "stand-alone" bug-fixing patch before updates begin focusing on bigger changes, Colossal Order has confirmed. In the latest Word of the Week column on the game…

January 29, 2024 | 09:25 EST

A low-angle view of a city at night in Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Modding Features to Roll Out Gradually, Colossal Order Reveals

Colossal Order has announced what it calls an "important decision" regarding the rollout of Cities: Skylines 2 modding. Previously, Colossal Order has discussed being hard at work on the Cities:…

January 22, 2024 | 09:36 EST

Prisoners lined up (in all-new 3D!) in key art for Prison Architect 2
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Prison Architect 2 Officially Announced for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S

Double Eleven and Paradox Interactive have announced Prison Architect 2, the sequel to the much-loved prison management sim Prison Architect. The game will arrive on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox…

January 16, 2024 | 12:00 EST

A cityscape framed by skyscrapers, one of which bears a logo for Lehto Electronics, in Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Want Your Advice on Dealing With Community Toxicity

Colossal Order has released the first Cities: Skylines 2 dev update of 2024, and the developer wants to get your advice to help with a tricky subject. Previous Word of the Week posts have detailed…

January 15, 2024 | 10:22 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Patch Available Now, Adds Character LODs to Improve Performance and More

Today Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order released update 1.0.18F1, which will be the last of the year teased earlier this week.  The update aims to improve performance by adding LODs to…

December 14, 2023 | 10:23 EST

Life by You key art showing some young people standing around a modern street in a sunset
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Life By You

Move over The Sims, Life by You is a new, in-depth life simulator title from Paradox Interactive that is designed to be as open and moddable as possible, meaning you have almost endless possibilities…

December 19, 2023 | 10:13 EST

A long shot of a cityscape with a forest in the foreground in Cities: Skylines 2
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Final Cities: Skylines 2 Patch of the Year Detailed in New Dev Diary

Developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox have released new information about what's coming in the final Cities: Skylines 2 patch of the year. In a new Word of the Week column on Steam, which…

December 11, 2023 | 09:31 EST

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals Ventrue as Fourth Playable Clan

Today Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room revealed that the fourth playable clan for the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is Ventrue.  If you pick Ventrue as the clan…

December 6, 2023 | 02:10 EST

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals Banu Haqim as Third Playable Clan

Today Paradox and The Chinese Room revealed the third playable clan for the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Banu Haqim. This is the third clan revealed as playable in the…

November 30, 2023 | 09:25 EST

An aerial view of a complex city in Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Warn "Unfinished Editor" Could Result In Broken Mods

Paradox and Colossal Order have released a new Cities: Skylines 2 Word of the Week column containing updates on what the devs are up to, and this time, it's all about modding. In the new Word of the…

November 27, 2023 | 09:34 EST

A cityscape full of tall skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines 2
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Colossal Order Reveals Detailed Cities: Skylines 2 Roadmap As Work On Performance Continues

Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive have revealed a brand new Cities: Skylines 2 roadmap that shows what you can expect from the city-builder in the coming months. Over on the official Paradox…

November 20, 2023 | 10:30 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets Last Weekly Patch With Even More Fixes

Colossal Order released a new patch for its city builder Cities: Skylines 2, aiming to provide more fixes to improve the PC version of the game.  As mentioned earlier this week by CEO Mariina…

November 16, 2023 | 12:55 EST

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Tremere header image with logo and Phyre
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals Tremere as Second Playable Clan

Today Paradox and The Chinese Room revealed the second playable clan for the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Tremere  The clan focuses on long-distance combat, using…

November 14, 2023 | 12:00 EST

A train winding its way through a rural snowy landscape in Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Share Update On Editor, Weekly Patches Ending Soon

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has shared more information on the game's upcoming Editor feature, as well as confirming the end of weekly patches for the game. In last week's Word of…

November 13, 2023 | 09:49 EST

Cities: Skylines 2 Patch 1.0.13
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Cities: Skylines 2 Patch 1.0.13 Available Now to Fix Your Garbage Problems

Today Colossal Order released a new patch for its city builder Cities: Skylines 2, aiming to fix some rather big issues with garbage and more. The patch, which was promised by CEO Mariina…

November 9, 2023 | 10:24 EST

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals the Brujah as First Playable Clan & Teases DLC

Players will be able to choose the protagonist's clan in Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, and today Paradox and The Chinese Room revealed the first playable option, the Brujah.  We also hear…

November 7, 2023 | 12:15 EST

A cityscape with the sun shining on a building in Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Developer Promises No Paid DLC Until Performance Issues Are Fixed

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has promised that no paid DLC will be released for its city-builder until the game's performance has been addressed. In a new "Word of the Week" dev post…

November 6, 2023 | 10:41 EST

A boutique Hotel in Life by You
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The Sims-Like Game Life by You Showcases a Boutique Hotel Workplace

If you enjoy life simulators like The Sims, Paradox Tectonic is continuing to showcase its upcoming entry in the series Life by You.  This time around, we get to take an extensive look at a Boutique…

November 5, 2023 | 08:09 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Update Brings Fixes, Tweaks, & Performance Optimization

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive released a new update of their city building simulation Cities: Skylines 2.  The update is numbered 1.0.12f1 and it's characterized as a hotfix so it's…

November 2, 2023 | 04:55 EDT

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - The protagonist Phyre
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals Customizable Protagonist & Story Details

Today The Chinese Room and Paradox Interactive had a few interesting reveals to make about the upcoming RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, including the playable protagonist. We hear from…

October 31, 2023 | 12:40 EDT

A metropolis skyline in the daytime with the Cities: Skylines 2 logo in front of it
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Cities: Skylines 2 Teams Up With Big Content Creators For Eight Free Content Packs

Colossal Order has revealed that it's teamed up with several content creators in order to make eight free content packs for the game. Known as the Region Packs, these free pieces of DLC were…

October 27, 2023 | 09:09 EDT

Cities Skylines 2 Update 1.0.11F1
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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets "First of Several" Patches to Improve Performance Following Flawed Release

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive released a new patch for their brand new city builder Cities: Skylines 2, to address the game's performance issues. The patch, announced on the official…

October 26, 2023 | 10:57 EDT

A rain-soaked street with a traffic light in the foreground in Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Confirm 30FPS Target, Promise Further Performance Improvements

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has taken part in a Reddit AMA about the game, clarifying a few things about performance in the process. The game has just launched, and in the runup to…

October 24, 2023 | 12:54 EDT

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Paradox & Harebrained Schemes Are Parting Ways Following Weak Sales of Latest Game

Today Paradox Interactive announced that it's parting ways with its subsidiary studio Harebrained Schemes effective January 1, 2024. The split is a result of a mutual agreement according to a press…

October 17, 2023 | 04:07 EDT

An European-style ambulance in Cities: Sylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Will Support Mods on Consoles; Devs Promise Performance Improvements After Launch

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive shared news about modding and performance for the upcoming city-builder Cities: Skylines 2.  First of all, we learn in the announcement that the in-game…

October 16, 2023 | 10:20 EDT

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Sims-Like Life by You Gets Extensive Gameplay Showing Character Customization & More

Paradox Tectonic released an extensive gameplay video of its life simulator Life by You, a promising competitor to EA's The Sims franchise.  The video shows pretty much raw gameplay played by studio…

October 8, 2023 | 04:04 EDT

Three robots, a red one, a yellow one, and a green one, looking out over a cliff in artwork for the new Paradox factory sim Foundry
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Paradox Announces Voxel Factory Sim Foundry, Demo Coming Next Week

Paradox and developer Channel 3 Entertainment have officially announced Foundry, a gorgeous-looking voxel factory-building sim on its way to PC soon. Channel 3 describes Foundry as a "first-person,…

October 2, 2023 | 09:26 EDT

A cityscape at nighttime in Cities: Skylines 2 (the Steam version of the game was used for this screenshot)
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Cities: Skylines 2 Console Versions Pushed Back To Spring 2024

Colossal Order and Paradox have announced a Cities: Skylines 2 console delay, with the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game now due next year. In a post on X, Paradox says its team needs "…

September 28, 2023 | 09:07 EDT

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Paradox Is Teasing Something Mysterious That Will Be Revealed Next Week

Paradox Interactive appears to be about to reveal something mysterious next week.  The reveal is scheduled for September 22 via a video on YouTube.  At the moment, we don't know much besides what…

September 15, 2023 | 03:36 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets New Trailer Highlighting the Full-Featured Photo Mode & Cinematic Camera

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Entertainment released another trailer about the upcoming city builder Cities: Skylines 2. This time around, the video focuses on the cinematic camera and the photo…

September 11, 2023 | 10:01 EDT

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Sims-Like Game Life by You Gets New Video Showing Relationships & Character Customization

Paradox Tectonic released another video of the upcoming simulation game and The Sims rival Life by You.  This time around we take a look at relationships and how they're governed by like/dislike,…

September 9, 2023 | 01:34 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets Extensive Video About the Marvels of Audio Design

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Entertainment released another extensive video about the upcoming city builder Cities: Skylines 2. Following up on the trailer about music and audio released earlier…

September 7, 2023 | 03:30 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Introduces Sounds and Music With New Trailer

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Entertainment released another trailer of the upcoming city builder Cities: Skylines II, focusing on music and sounds.  The soundscape of your city is certainly no…

September 4, 2023 | 12:08 EDT

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The Sims-Like Game Life by You Shows Tons of Clothes & More in New Video

Paradox Tectonic released another video of the upcoming simulation game and The Sims competitor Life by You.  The video is presented directly by studio head Rod Humble, whom you may know for his…

September 3, 2023 | 06:50 EDT

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Is Back, Developed by The Chinese Room

Today Paradox Entertainment announced that Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is back from the dead with a brand new developer. The game is currently being developed by The Chinese Room, a…

September 2, 2023 | 05:52 EDT

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Crusader Kings III Sales Hit Three Million Across All Platforms

Paradox has announced that Crusader Kings III sales have reached a major milestone. According to the studio, the grand strategy game has sold 3 million copies across its lifetime. That figure counts…

September 1, 2023 | 09:00 EDT

Life by You Key Art - Humans enjoy their time in town as the sun sets.
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Life by You Preview - The Sims May be About to Have Some Serious Competition

Life by You is the new life simulation in development at Paradox Tectonic, and it obviously positions itself as a competitor to the storied Sims franchise. At Gamescom in Cologne, TechRaptor was…

August 29, 2023 | 09:00 EDT

A group of civilians walking through a city in Cities: Skylines 2
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New Cities: Skylines 2 Video Shows How Your Citizens Live Their Lives

A new Cities: Skylines 2 trailer has arrived, and it's all about your citizens and how they'll live their lives. In previous Cities: Skylines 2 dev previews, we've learned about city progression,…

August 28, 2023 | 10:19 EDT

A massive, bustling metropolis with plenty of skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines 2
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New Cities: Skylines 2 Video Talks City Progression, Milestones, And More

A brand new Cities: Skylines 2 video has been released, and it's all about city progression, milestones, and the various ways in which you can grow your city. Earlier this week, Colossal Order and…

August 24, 2023 | 10:21 EDT

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New Cities: Skylines 2 Trailer Is All About Progression

Today Colossal Order released another trailer showing off the upcoming and highly-anticipated city-builder Cities: Skylines 2, focusing on progression.  The trailer showcases how you can help your…

August 21, 2023 | 10:19 EDT

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Life by You Developer Rod Humble Discusses the Economy & Washing Machines

Paradox Tectonic released an extensive video about its upcoming Sims-like game Life by You, and this one is special.  The video stars studio head Rod Humble, whom you may know for his work on The…

August 20, 2023 | 11:06 EDT

Cities: Skylines 2 - Ambulance Among Trees
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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets Extensive Video All About "Complex But Not Complicated" Economy

Today Colossal Order released another video showing off the upcoming and highly-anticipated city-builder Cities: Skylines 2, focusing on the economy.  The video is very extensive, expanding on the…

August 17, 2023 | 06:36 EDT

A sophisticated-looking skyline of skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines 2
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New Cities: Skylines 2 Video Sheds Light On Economy And Production

A new Cities: Skylines 2 video has been released, showing off the game's economy and production systems. The new video is part of the Feature Highlights dev diary series, which has also included in-…

August 14, 2023 | 10:20 EDT