One test of a strategic wargame is whether real-world military expertise and planning translates to the virtual space. We invited Lieutenant-Colonel Conny Hansen of the Swedish Armed Forces to play Hearts of Iron IV in our studio so he could get the measure of Paradox Development Studio’s newest grand strategy wargame. In this short video, you can watch Lt. Col. Hansen plot an American war st... more.

Paradox Development Studio returns to one of its most popular game series with the release of Hearts of Iron IV. This giant war game gives you control of any nation in the world during the chaotic years in and around World War II. Vast armies are yours to command, industrial infrastructures are yours to build and the far reaches of science are yours to research. The Hearts of Iron series has al... more.

Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio today announced the start of  the pre-order for Hearts of Iron IV, the latest grand strategy game about one of  the worlds most destructive conflicts. World War II is at your fingertips as you guide your nation, plan your research, build you forces and design sweeping battle plans that will put the world at your feet. To illustrate the altern... more.

With the release of Hearts of Iron IV only weeks away, the developers behind Paradox’s newest grand strategy wargame want to imprint on your mind the scale of the task that lies ahead for desktop generals around the world. The newest video developer diary emphasizes how Hearts of Iron IV will be the total strategy game for a total war. Victory will depend on your armies, but not on them alone... more.

In a dark alternate timeline, a weakened United Kingdom falls to the overwhelming might of the Third Reich. In a new trailer for Hearts of Iron IV, you can watch the key events in the fall of Europe’s last hope as played out in the game’s Clausewitz engine. The trailer shows air strikes on the British homeland, combat around the capital and demonstrates how players can follow the war on the... more.

Paradox Interactive today released a documentary video that examines the origins of Paradox Development Studio, the in-house team responsible for the publisher’s iconic grand strategy games including the Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis franchises. From its humble beginnings to its success as an award-winning designer of grand strategy games, Paradox Development Studio shares a look at i... more.

Paradox Interactive today, at the Paradox Interactive Convention in Miami, announced the forthcoming release of two new games from Paradox Development Studio. The two titles revealed were Runemaster, a role-playing game (RPG) set in a fantasy realm based on Norse mythology and Hearts of Iron IV, the highly anticipated new entry in Paradox’s World War II strategy series. Runemaster is an R... more.

Last week, Reykjavik, Iceland played host to Paradox Interactive’s annual convention, giving international media a chance to get a look at what Paradox has to offer in the coming months, including its internally developed titles from Paradox Development Studio. Paradox is a company founded on deep grand strategy titles, and the three strategy games shown at PDXCon, coming from PDS, mad... more.

The most quickly moving half century in history has always been a daunting setting for game designers, but Paradox Development Studio and BL-Logic have donned their cloak and dagger, calculated the appropriate payloads and are now ready to reveal to the world how they are taking on the challenge of bringing the Cold War to life in the grand strategy game East vs. West: A Hearts of Iron Game. ... more.

With Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour having now taken to the skies, Paradox Development Studios and Paradox Interactive want to make sure that all air crews are fully prepared. After a series of communiques via the developers' diaries, your final mission briefing is ready. Today at 7pm CET / 6pm GMT / 1pm EST, you can see a live stream presentation from Dan Lind, project lead for “He... more.