It doesn’t matter if you’re passionate about RPG, strategy, or simply lose yourself for hours finalizing the most obsessive details of the perfect city: Paradox has proposed to consume practically all of our free hours in 2023 and, like the one who doesn’t want the thing, They have taken out of the hat a battery of announcements, and surprises combined under their own annual event: the Paradox Announcement Show 2023. The main course, yes, has its own name: Cities: Skylines II.
And it is if we were already squeezed between what had already been launched in the two months and almost a week of what we have been this year and what arrives throughout the month of March, the Swedish company does not give up, condensing in something more than half an hour almost a dozen novelties that seek to be marked on the calendar. And, as the occasion deserves, in iGamesNews We have gathered them all in one place.
Of course, we anticipate that if you had the slightest hope of leaving your Crusader Kings III games parked or Universal Europe IV, you are going to run into new expansions and content with which to continue adding hours of play in a worrying way. Which brings us to the key point: what has been announced and when we can get our hands on it. Well, for now let’s start with the main course.
Cities: Skylines II, the sequel to the acclaimed city builder is a reality
What better way to plunge into an anniversary celebration than by announcing a sequel? After eight years in which Cities: Skylines has grown and added numerous expansions and improvements, Colossal Order will take a new step forward within the City Builders through Cities: Skylines IIoffering an unprecedented level of detail in the gaming experience and a greater ambition in the possibilities.
We know that will arrive throughout 2023,
This is The Lamplighters League, the new Paradox Tactics
The creators of the Shadowrun trilogy and the recent BATTLETECH reinvent themselves with The Lamplighters League, a Tactical RPG inspired by the classic adventure stories of the early 20th century. With its clichés, yes, but with heroes full of personality and a distinctive element: to the turn-based combats we must add infiltration mechanics that give a new layer to the gaming experience.
In fact, more than heroes, in The Lamplighters League We will control a group of very peculiar adventurers including thieves, spies and, in general, personalities with unorthodox resources that make them the ideal candidates for a high-risk mission.
Two more and truly interesting details: not only will it arrive in 2023 on PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and the Microsoft store, as well as on Xbox Series X /S, but also Game Pass subscribers will be able to play it at launch.
Una sorpresa: Surviving the Aftermath Rebirth
The title of the recently announced expansion of Surviving the Aftermath it is, at the same time, a declaration of intent: under the theme of being reborn after an apocalypse, a new chapter begins for humanity and a new era for the entire planet Earth.
A stupendous and very promising context for those who are passionate about simulation in which we will have to transform the wastelands into green pastures and, in the process, find a cure for the Plague that has plagued the forms of living beings and restore the course of humanity. nature.
What is possibly the most interesting expansion of Surviving the Aftermath to date it will arrive on PC very, very soon: on March 16 the renaissance begins. Ten days from the event.
Mechabellum makes its entrance
Combining strategy and robot blows has almost always resulted in joy. A tradition that Mechabellum It has proposed to continue with two key concepts: beyond the futuristic setting, its game proposal is based on a PVP (player against player) system in which once the units are deployed, the battles are resolved automatically.
In other words: the idea behind this auto-battler it is based on improving and organizing our offensive force in a distant world that is gradually being colonized and, in the process, facing other players while being cautious when placing our units. From there, the battle started, it remains to enjoy the show.
It is predicted that Mechabellum debut on Steam starting next May 11 (one day before The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, by the way) in early access quality. Of course, from Steam it is already possible request access to the Test Server
Europe Universal IV Domination,
Paradox makes larger, richer and deeper the historical strategy of Universal Europe IV with Domination, giving a very special weight to the great empires of the early Modern Age such as England, China, Japan, France, the Ottoman Empire, Russia and, of course, Europe.
In fact, one of the most curious contents is that extended mission trees will be offered for Castilla y Aragón, so that there will be different ways to form Europe. To which must be added new management and military mechanics in which the powerful thirds will debut. And beware, on the part of France the musketeers join in and the samurai arrive in Japan.
The good news is that Paradox will round out the value of the content by adding even more music through nine songs written for the occasion. The not so good news is that we are left without setting a date, although under the promise that it will be available very soon.
Across The Obelisk: The Wolf Wars ya asoma
The second expansion of Across the Obelisk It is close to its launch, and it is full of news.
On the occasion of Paradox Announcement Show 2023 Dreamsite Games has shown everything that will be added to the deck-building roguelite RPG, which is not exactly little: a new story arc, a new map, a new hero with his mascot and, given its prequel quality, new rejuvenated aspects for the previous characters.
The release date is just around the corner: the DLC of The Wolf Wars for Across The Obelisk arrives on Steam in three weeks. More specifically, on March 30. And although we wouldn’t know how to tell you its price, you can also add it to the wish list.
Crusader Kings III se expande con Tours and Tournaments
More intrigue, more conspiracies, more role-playing and adventure possibilities with a very special emphasis on strategy. Because if the possibilities of Crusader Kings III were already fun, solving rivalries through jousting and becoming a legend in your own right adds new layers to what already worked well.
Paradox has given its name to the next big expansion of Crusader Kings III in which we momentarily put aside our responsibilities in creating the greatest dynasty in history and go on trips to see the world, participate in jousts and meet colorful personalities while organizing weddings in style.
As with previous games, Crusader Kings III: Tours and Tournaments can be added now to the steam wishlist, although it remains to be seen if it will reach consoles (which continue to receive expansions at their own pace) and when it will be available on PC. And beware, in addition to the expansion content, it has been announced that there will also be free content for players of the base game.
Knights of Pen and Paper 3 has appeared out of nowhere on Steam
They say that there are not two without three, and Knights of Pen and Paper 3 is the best proof of this: the classic hit in the key of Pixel Art by Kyy Games wasting color, nostalgia and moderately hooligan humor from which not even the omnipresent Minions from Universal Studios are spared.
Following the previous premises, we control some very particular adventurers: essentially, they are role players characterized and in the middle of a game in which they face, dice in hand, the rolemaster while the environment and the enemies appear to their back.
The big surprise? The announcement of Knights of Pen and Paper 3 is, at the same time, its launch trailer: the game will be available on Steam from March 7. In other words, 24 hours after the Paradox Announcement Show 2023 itself. Those are the announcements we like the most.
Don’t leave yet, there’s still more…
In addition to these announcements, Paradox showed imminent news regarding a Age of Wonders 4 which will also come to consoles or the next update of Victoria 3 whose arrival is scheduled for March 13.
Of course, the next release from the Swedes comes right after: the space strategy and simulation game Stellaris will receive First Contact March 14. Barely a day after updating the historical grand strategy saga, two days before the DLC of Surviving the Aftermath and only one week from the celebration of the event.
The reading after Paradox Announcement Show 2023: If you are passionate about strategy, with everything shown you will definitely have the year 2023 covered.
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