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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 delayed to 2021
Paradox Interactive and Hardsuit Labs also making organisational changes to improve long-awaited sequel
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Paradox buys Iceflake Studios
Finnish company becomes the ninth developer in the Paradox family
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Paradox signs collective bargaining agreement with Swedish unions
Employees at the publisher's Swedish locations will have more influence over pay, benefits and responsibilities
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Paradox opening Barcelona studio
Europa Universalis designer Johan Andersson will lead Paradox Tinto efforts on grand strategy games
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Stellaris reaches 3m sales after four years
Paradox Interactive's strategy title also broke its own monthly user record in March
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Blizzard and Paradox arrange care packages for remote-working staff during coronavirus lockdowns
Meanwhile, Sega added to growing list of games firms sending employees home to work
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The (Doom) Eternal cycle of crunch
Latest episode also discusses allegations against Riot in class-action lawsuit, Paradox's subscription experiment, and tossing coins to Witchers
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Paradox trialling subscription model to address DLC criticism
But strategy publisher assures long-running fans that no future expansions will be exclusive to subscribers
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Paradox profits up 36% in Q3 thanks to Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Cities: Skylines and Stellaris expansions plus ongoing sales of Hearts of Iron IV and Surviving Mars also drove revenues to $29.4 million
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Imperator: Rome plus multiple game expansions lift Paradox's Q2
Swedish publisher posts record Q2 revenues as long-term investments begin to pay off
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Improving the depiction of mental illness in Vampire: The Masquerade
Bloodlines 2 writer Brian Mitsoda says developer Hardsuit Labs is moving away from the "'wacky' kind of mental illness"
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Paradox Interactive: "The 70/30 revenue split is outrageous"
At Gamelab 2019, a developer panel discussed Epic's attempt to offer an alternative to the dominant revenue share model
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Paradox pulls Bloodlines 2 from Epic Store during Mega Sale
Klei Entertainment follows suit with Oxygen Not Included as Epic offers $10 off basically everything
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Profit and revenue down at Paradox as investments reach "record high"
Q1 2019 performance "characterised by a focus on long-term growth and expansion" says CEO
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Paradox opens new California studio, Paradox Tectonic
Hires former EA exec Rod Humble to lead new internal development team
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Paradox Interactive breaks new ground for modding on consoles
Independent Paradox Mods platform will provide a direct channel to console audiences "without pre-moderation"
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Paradox Interactive capped strong 2018 with best quarter in its history
Expansion-driven strategy paid off as Q4 revenue surged 50% despite no new games
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Paradox acquires Prison Architect from Introversion Software
“We've taken Prison Architect just about as far as we can” says developer
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Paradox taking control of White Wolf after Vampire: The Masquerade LGBTQ+ controversy
Tabletop dev will “no longer function as a separate entity” after “crude and disrespectful” use of Chechnya's anti-gay purges
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Paradox Interactive's record Q2 revenues marred by declining profits
Royalty payments to third-party devs and two cancelled projects dragged on the Swedish publisher's bottom line
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Paradox Interactive chooses development over stagnation with CEO switch
Ebba Ljungerud on the fan response to her taking the role of CEO, and Fred Wester on the "super scary" side of no longer being the boss
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Paradox: "We've released crappy games in the past... I don't want to do that anymore"
Fredrik Wester on the Paradox version of GaaS, why Crusader Kings 3 is probably inevitable, and what's happening with White Wolf RPGs
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Paradox turns its eye to M&A and mobile development
Incoming chief executive Ebba Ljungerud wants ten per cent of game sales to come form mobile by 2020
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Paradox Interactive acquires Harebrained Schemes for at least $7.5 million
BattleTech developer will maintain current creative and management teams, gain financial support
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Paradox: "If a game can't be played for 500 hours we probably shouldn't be publishing it"
Paradox Interactive's management team on moving beyond "premium plus DLC" to a more flexible future