Game Developer Spotlight: Paradox Interactive
Defenders of Ardania (DoA) is a next-generation tower defense game set in the rich fantasy world of Majesty, but with a twist.
Besides the addictive core mechanics of placing towers to stop advancing enemy units, DoA also allows players to take on the role of the attackers seeking to conquer the enemy base.
Genre: Fantasy -- Strategy / Developer: Paradox Interactive / Release Date: November 22, 2011Platforms: Windows PC / Apple iPad
Gettysburg: Armored Warfare is a free-to-play online Real Time Strategy / First Person Shooter hybrid putting players in the middle of an alternate version of the American Civil War.
The game feature persistent army progression allowing players to customize their army according to their taste and playing style.
Genre: Historical RTS -- Action / Developer: Radioactive Software / Release Date: Q4 2011
Platforms: Windows PC (Online)
Hearts of Iron The Card Game is a free to play online collectible card game where players get to re-enact World War II in their browsers. The game features over 120 unique cards with authentic World War II artwork, which players can use to create decks according to their liking.
Genre: Card Game -- Strategy -- MMO / Developer: Corncrow Games / Release Date: Q3 2011
Platforms: Windows PC (Online)
Hears of Iron III: For the Motherland (Expansion/DLC)
It's time to dust off the field marshal's baton and take command of any nation in World War II; the largest conflict in history.
The first expansion to the critically acclaimed Hearts of Iron III lets you take charge - or delegate - at any level, from division to nation, through a variety of scenarios. Guide your country to glory from 1936 to 1948 - wage war on the battlefields, in the factories, and at the negotiating table, in the grandest of all World War II strategy games ever made.
Genre: Grand Strategy -- RTS / Developer: Paradox Interactive / Release Date: June 28, 2011
Platforms: Windows PC
Fallen Champions bridges the gap between King Arthur I and II with a tale of three brave souls: Sir Lionel, a brave knight from Britannia on a quest to rescue a damsel in distress; Lady Corrigan of the Sidhe, a creature of the twilight seeking the secret pathways that could lead her back to her lost home of Tir na nÓg; and Drest the Chosen, a shaman of the North, driven by visions of greatness and voices in the night.
A knight, an enchantress, and a prophet - these three will become champions of a forgotten battle that began long, long ago.
Genre: Fantasy RPG -- RTS / Developer: Neocore / Release Date: September 16, 2011
Platforms: Windows PC
King Arthur II The Role-Playing Wargame
Our story begins long after young Arthur pulled the enchanted sword out of the stone,united the war-torn land of Britannia, gathered the Knights of the Round Table and secured peace in Camelot aided by the might of the Holy Grail. Where legends normally end, King Arthur II begins on its own gruesome tale...
Genre: Fantasy RPG -- Strategy / Developer: Neocore / Release Date: January 10, 2012
Platforms: Windows PC
In Magicka gamers will find what is at once both a serious adventure and a send-up of the genre in which up to four players take on a grand adventure to save their world from certain doom using a fully dynamic and unique spell system.
The adventure mode takes the players across three different levels, ranging from the lush forests of mountain valleys to the frozen halls of the Mountain King where wits and creative thinking are keys to victory. Bring your sense of humor as well as your skills as an adventurer!
Genre: Fantasy RPG / Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios / Release Date: January 25, 2011
Platforms: Windows PC
Lead your country through the historical epochs that have shaped our world, from the Fall of Constantinople through to the Age of Discovery in the West.
Master the politics of the Holy Roman Empire, and face down the Barbary Pirates terrorizing the Mediterranean. Guide Japan through the Sengoku Period in the Far East, or take charge of the Horse Nomads of Central Asia.
Lead India through its struggles, direct your nation through religious clashes, and guide your people through colonialism and slavery. Experience the Age of Revolution with America's struggle for independence, and a host of other historical challenges…
Genre: Strategy / Developer: Paradox Interactive / Release Date: Q2 2012
Platforms: Windows PC
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