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Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #71 - Autonomous Investment in 1.2

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Hello and welcome to another Victoria 3 dev diary! Today’s diary marks the start of dev diaries about Patch 1.2, which is the next major upcoming patch for Victoria 3 (release date to be announced). As with 1.1, 1.2 will contain a slate of bug fixes, UX improvements, AI...

Stellaris Dev Diary #282 - Announcing First Contact

Hi everyone!

About twenty minutes after we posted Dev Diary 280, the community had largely decoded the message we hid in there... CONTACT IS COMING.

Last week, we had A Message from Minamar Specialized Industries, and it's time to take them up on that offer. (And you deciphered the...

Dev Diary #113 - Community Choice Event Pack

Greetings!

We’re all back, gathered from the holidays, and ready to set sail for 2023! Actually, most of us have been back for a few weeks by this point, working away on this year's big release, but we're not going to be talking about that just yet. That's not to say we're not going to in the...

War Effort - Operation Capital [1.12.8 - Checksum 9d51]

Greetings Generals and Happy New Year!


To continue with the War Effort here are the latest patch notes for Operation Capital, including QoL updates, balance changes and bug fixes. As has been much requested, we've also made changes to the Stalin paranoia system - no need to look over your...

Europa Universalis IV - Development Diary 17th of January 2023 - Emperor of China

Hey everyone, happy new year and I hope 2023 grants you health, growth and lots of love. Let’s take a look at the new content we have prepared for China! We started thinking about this one year ago, while working on the 1.33 update, but now the time has come for it!

Before we begin, the content...

Stellaris Dev Diary #281 - A Message from Minamar Specialized Industries

Incoming message... Decrypting...

MSI - Your Ladder to the Stars


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Warmest greetings from Minamar Specialized Industries!

We delight in meeting new peoples and welcoming them into the greater galactic community. With over 143 successful...

War Effort - Operation Capital [1.12.8 OPEN BETA]

Hello there Generals!

We have begun the final preparations for Operation Capital, and we now reveal our plans for you all! Below you will find a set of patch notes that are now live on an open beta branch. Feel free to give us feedback on these planned changes in this thread, or in our...

Europa Universalis IV - Development Diary 20th of December 2022 - Unit Pips Rebalance

Hello and welcome to another EUIV DD!

Today we will be talking about the rebalance of the Unit Pips we're working on for the upcoming 1.35 update. This task has been led by our QA Team, which was reinforced throughout the year, and that has been key to the release of Lions of the North...

Stellaris Dev Diary #280 - A Look Back at 2022

Can you believe it’s the end of the year already? With the holidays fast approaching, it’s time for our traditional review of how the year went, with a little glimpse towards the future.

After Aquatics shipped at the end of 2021, I started taking over more of Stellaris development in...

Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #70 - Feature Game Jam (part 2)

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Welcome to the final Victoria 3 dev diary for 2022! Last week we took a look at some experimental features and prototypes our team worked on during our recent Game Jam. For the background and purpose of this initiative please refer to last week's diary.

Something that...

Europa Universalis IV - Development Diary 13th of December 2022 - Roadmap to 1.35

Hello and welcome back to another Europa Universalis IV Dev Diary!

It’s been a while since the last one, back in September. The main reason for this is that the Team has been quite busy during these months. In October we released the 1.34.4 update, that fixed most of the issues we wanted...

Financial Districts Dev Diary #2: Free Update & Patch Notes

Greetings city-builders! Financial Districts is almost here, and that means it’s time for not only the patch notes but also the goodies we have for you in the free patch. While not as packed full of new content as the Roads & Vehicles update last month, we have a few new additions we hope you...

Alliances update: Marketing Campaign presentation


Airlines Manager becomes even more cooperative! In this new update, new collaborative content will allow players to make strategic choices in Alliance!
(Version française ci-dessous)

The Headquarters

Upon creating their alliance, players...

Stellaris Dev Diary #279 / Stellaris Dog Diary #2 - 3.6.1, Holiday Beta, and More

Hello again!

Another relatively short dev diary this time, as we’re scrambling to get a few things done before the looming holidays finally arrive.

This week we released a small update, 3.6.1, to address the following issues:

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War Effort - Operation Source [1.12.7 - Checksum b738]

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Hello there Generals!

The War Effort Continues with Operation Source! Today's operation has set sail with new focuses, balance changes and of course bug fixes!
We now sail towards a new operation, which we will be sharing more information about in 2023. But until then, we...

Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #69 - Feature Game Jam (part 1)

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Hello again and happy Thursday! Today I'm going to tell you about a new dev team initiative we ran last week, after we had locked down the final 1.1 build - the Vicky 3 Feature Game Jam!

We know from experience that some of the best features and aspects of our games come from...

Dev Diary #112 - Year in Review

Greetings!

The wintery season is upon us, and soon most of us will be joining our friends & family (or friends & foes?) for the holidays - this is an excellent time to reflect on the year that has gone by, and look at all that we’ve done. I also wish to leave you with a small teaser of things...

Financial Districts Dev Diary #1: Stock Exchange & Investments

Greetings mayors, or should I say, investors? Today we're taking a look at Financial Districts, a mini-expansion for Cities: Skylines arriving on the 13th of December. It brings new financial opportunities to your city such as investing in city services, providing banks for your citizens...

CK3 - "Robe" 1.8.0 Release & Changelog

Hello everyone!

I’m Henrik – nice to e-meet you – I’m a crazy plant person and producer at Paradox Interactive. I'm here to let you know that we have a release coming up for you today:

1.8.0 “ROBE” FREE UPDATE

The update should be rolled out to a store near you some time during...

Stellaris Dev Diary #278 / Stellaris Dog Diary #1 - Release the Hounds

Hi everyone!

Short dev diary today - the team is hard at work putting together a patch for a selection of what we deemed the more critical issues that have come up in 3.6.0, tentatively scheduled for next week.

Among a few other things we're looking at, we're currently investigating the...

Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #68 - Patch 1.1 Changelog (part 4)

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Hello and welcome to the final dev diary on the subject of patch 1.1! The release date for this patch is Monday December 5th, at 10:00 Central European Time. Your existing save games should be compatible* with 1.1, but as usual we will backup the old 1.0.6 version as a...

War Effort - Operation Tungsten [1.12.6 - Checksum a6ba]


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Greetings all!

As I indicated a few weeks ago with the launch of the open beta for 1.12.6, the Hoi4 War Effort initiative is well underway. To recap, this will take the form of a consistent series of monthly updates containing smaller content additions, bugfixes, and...

Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #67 - Patch 1.1 (part 3)

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Happy Thursday! Today we'll talk about some more changes we've introduced in patch 1.1, including how Morale works.

For starters, why rework morale? One piece of feedback we heard a lot of post-release was that it was frustrating to watch long, drawn-out battles that...

Stellaris Dev Diary #277 - The Hunt is On (Stellaris 3.6 ‘Orion’ Patch Notes)

Hello everyone!

I know that we said that we weren’t going to be updating the 3.6 “Orion” Open Beta branch again, but since the Thanksgiving holidays are coming in the US, I’ve asked for one last update to be pushed to the open beta branch, with a potential release candidate.

This update should...

Crusader Kings 3 Dev Diary #111 - 1.8.0 “Robe” Feature Highlight

This image depicts an in-game notification with the title “1.8.0 Feature Highlight”, to the right is the vanity character of Hugo Cortell, while to the left is the Paradox Interactive logo. The text within the notification body says “The Paradox Community gained 20 opinion of you (Received Dev diary).
Hello crusaders! I’m @Hugo Cortell, game designer and horchata drinking aficionado at Paradox Thalassic, and today I am here to present everything new and exciting with the upcoming 1.8.0 “Robe” free update.

We’ve worked hard to ensure that this update is a wonderful...