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CK3 Dev Diary #15 - The Martial Lifestyle

Welcome back to the final installment of our breakdown of the different Lifestyles!

Your host today will be me, @Heptopus, just to spice things up a little, and I am here to guide you through Warfare. But, before I do, I want to remind you that armies and battles themselves are very...

EUIV - Development Diary - 25th of February 2020

Hello everyone! So we have worked on this update for quite a long while and already covered a lot of features in previous diaries. However just because we’ve already covered something doesn’t mean we’ve stopped working on those features but we have been polishing and constantly improving them...

Imperator Dev Diary, 2/24/2020

Welcome back for this week’s Imperator dev diary.


Today, I’m going to be talking a little bit about the three mysterious boxes that a few of you picked up on when we took a look at the new Religion View wireframe the other week...

Stellaris Dev Diary #170 - Performance and other technical issues

Hello, my friends! This is Moah, Tech Lead of Stellaris typing. I can finally talk about what you’ve all been waiting for: How many new platypi will there be in Federations? After weeks of…

Well, apparently, I should be "more technical." But before we jump into the mysteries of the...

HOI4 Dev Diary - AI & Feature Updates

Hi everyone! From the time we show off features in dev diaries and release a lot happens. Usually it's just bugfixing and work behind the scenes, but sometimes it can be bigger changes too. So today we will pick out some stuff that's changed since you last read about it. But first, but not...

CK3 Dev Diary #14 - The Diplomacy Lifestyle

Welcome back everyone! It’s Tuesday, and that means I’m here to talk about Lifestyles once again. Oh come on, I can hear you at the back there, groaning! In my day we would have felt lucky to get such an in-depth rundown of a new system. Don’t worry though, we’re through the Lifestyles...

EUIV - Development Diary - 18th of February 2020

Hello! So today we’ll be covering a fair bit of various functions, most of it is free quality of life improvements coming with the next patch. I’ll also be talking about some changes we’ve done since previous dev diaries in response to feedback from these threads and other platforms. So we’ll...

Imperator: Rome Dev Diary, 17th of February 2020

Hello!

This week we are taking a look at a unique set of missions for Syracusae; the dominant Greek power in Sicily known for its tyrants, resistance to siege, and, of course, the mathematician Archimedes.

The Magna Graecia content pack will include 4 mission trees for this city which...

Stellaris Dev Diary #169 - Origins Q&A

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Today we're continuing the Q&A series we're doing, answering questions related to different topics. Last week we asked you to post your questions related to Origins, which were previously revealed in Dev Diary #160.

Here we go...

HoI4 Dev Diary - LaR UK AAR

Join me as I recount some of the highlights from my recent prerelease testing playthrough of LaR in this After Action Report (AAR) where played I as the UK.

Phase 1: The buildup

When playing the UK in singleplayer I don’t really like trying to hold France, as I feel doing so kinda ruins...

CK3 Dev Diary #13 - The Learning Lifestyle

Oh, it’s Tuesday already! Time to take off my Developer Hat and put on my Developer Who Talks About the Game Hat.

I hope all these dev diaries have been showing off my erudition, deep knowledge and, uh, healthy living? Because it’s time for the Learning Lifestyle!

Seeking out information...

EUIV - Development Diary - 11th of February 2020

Hello! So today I will be talking about two smaller sized features coming with the expansion that will be accompanying the 1.30 Patch.

As part of our improvements to the Catholic faith, which we will revisit in a later dev diary, we want to give the player a carrot for keeping their brethren...

Imperator Dev Diary, 10th of February 2020

Hi all,

As the eagle-eyed amongst you noticed last week, I included a subtle hint upon the subject of today’s DD.

Accompanying the Deity rework that you have already been introduced to, we’re working on a dynamic Holy Sites feature. In keeping with the organic way that Pantheons and deities...

StA Dev Diary 4 - Great Minds

Greetings once again, survivors!


I’m Matti and today’s Dev Diary topic is the “Great Minds” update. The first of its many features is a hugely important one - a proper Tech Tree. It’s got a total of 79 unique techs and a horizontal layout with new mechanics. In addition to unlocking buildings...

Stellaris Dev Diary #168 - Diplomacy Q&A

Greetings!

As a part of the Q&A series we're doing, we will be answering your questions related to different topics. Last week we asked you to post your questions related to diplomacy, and we want to thank you for all the questions we've gotten.

Before we jump into the questions...

HOI4 Dev Diary - Achievements

Hi everyone! Release of La Résistance is closing in and we are busy fixing, testing and polishing. Today its time to present all the new achievements we are adding, so that the achievement hunters among you can start planning :)

Without further ado, here is all 20 of them (I apologize in...

CK3 Dev Diary #12 - The Stewardship Lifestyle

Hello everyone!

Welcome to another dev diary about another wonderful Lifestyle and its associated Perks!


This week I'm speaking to all you budding entrepreneurs and fiduciary financiers. No, this is not about another long-requested game that ends with the number 3, but the Stewardship...

Europa Universalis - Development Diary 4th of February 2020

Hello and welcome to another development diary for Europa Universalis. This time I’ll talk about a new feature for our soon to be announced expansion. This is the mechanic we called Hegemony.

The purpose of this feature is to create a greater narrative for the endgame, but there are two cases...

Imperator Dev Diary, 2/3/2020

Salvete Omnes!

Welcome back for another Imperator dev diary. While we have some further additions to the religious aspect of Imperator awaiting you, I want to have something to show you, and so we’ll leave these until next week. Indeed, the site of them might interest you greatly.

Today...

Stellaris Dev Diary #167 - Galactic Community Q&A

Hello again!

As part of our Q&A series, this week we're going through the questions you've asked about the Galactic Community. As expected, there were a lot of them, so we condensed a few similar questions together.

While some of the Diplomacy related questions are answered here...

HOI4 Dev Diary - LaR Music and Art

Hi everyone and welcome back to another dev diary for La Résistance. Today its time to cover the art and music part of the expansion plus showcasing some of our new historical operatives. I will also be sharing the rest of the diary schedule until release. Enjoy!

Music
Let's start...

CK3 Dev Diary #11 - Seduction, Torture and the Intrigue Perk Trees

Welcome and welcome back to all!

This week I’m here to tell you all more about Intrigue: it's not just an act, it's a Lifestyle.

As covered in a previous dev diary, each character Skill has a Lifestyle, and each Lifestyle has three associated Focuses and three Perk trees, which is what we'll...

EUIV - Development Diary - 28th of January 2020

Hey again! So I know the last development diary I said that the next one wouldn’t be coming until 4th of February, and if you check your calendar it is still not yet 4th of February. However we’ve gotten to a point of 1.30 where we feel we can more regularly provide development diaries again. So...

Stellaris Dev Diary #166 - Federation Q&A

Hello everyone!

In last week's dev diary we talked about the new Q&A format that we will be doing for the next couple of dev diaries. We asked you to post your questions regarding the federation rework, and we're glad to see so many questions!

Next week's topic will be the Galactic...

HOI4 Dev Diary - Formables and Releasables

Hello everyone and welcome to another dev diary for La Resistance! I should begin by introducing myself: I am Meka, I joined Paradox just a few months ago as a Content Designer. Some of you may be aware of me due to my work on Theocracies and Burgundy over on EUIV, but now I'm here to show what...