Paradox Interactive and Deep Silver have released a trial version for Defenders of Ardania for Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, bringing the innovative new Tower Defense and Offense game to console conquerors everywhere. Defenders of Ardania, which made its iOS debut in December, is now available for download via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace... more.

Paradox Interactive and Deep Silver today released Defenders of Ardania for Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, bringing the innovative new Tower Defense and Offense game to console conquerors everywhere. Defenders of Ardania, which made its iOS debut in December, is now available for download via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, and... more.

The clash of steel on steel. The sound of thundering hooves across open plains. The roar of battle-frenzied warriors fighting to the death. These are the unmistakable sights and sounds of Mount & Blade. Paradox Interactive and Taleworlds Entertainment are excited to announce that the entire groundbreaking series has released today in one package as the Mount & Blade Collection with a recom... more.

Once upon a time, there was a group of mages – powerful sorcerers who used their great spells to control cities and tame the wilderness. But wizards are naturally interested in the betterment of all humanity, so one by one they came to the conclusion that the world's problems could be solved if there was a single great mage – one warlock that could direct the affairs of all men and all o... more.

Paradox Interactive and Radioactive Software today announced that it will support the mod community with its forthcoming game, Gettysburg: Armored Warfare through an editor and full toolset to be shared via Steam Workshop. The hybrid multiplayer Third-Person Shooter (TPS)/ (RTS) game brings fast paced action to the PC in an alternative reality version of the American Civil War. Developer Dan... more.

Paradox Interactive today released additional details as to how crime and punishment is handled in the forthcoming Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game, Salem. Developed by Seatribe, a new video of Björn Johannsen discussing crime and punishment in Salem. Salem is already known for its Permadeath mechanic where in-game characters that succumb to the harsh wilderness environment, or are m... more.

You’re wiping blood off the chinked armor you donned today, a mixture of your own sanguine fluid and the foe lying dead at your feet. Good thing you chose the poleaxe over a sword, it was the extra reach that gave you this particular victory, but will it save you from the crossbow bolt zipping toward your head? It won’t. You’ve just encountered your first glimpse into War of the Roses, ... more.

The detection of a Russian attack submarine just outside a major Norwegian port, but still in the northern kingdom's territorial waters, is raising the possibility of armed conflict in the North Sea. Fears that the prolonged oil drilling standoff between Moscow and her Western European rivals will explode have many world capitals concerned. With most of the earth's terrestrial oil supply ... more.

;Not just a clever name, A Game of Dwarves is pretty much all about— you guessed it—dwarves! But what is it about these vertically-challenged beings that makes them fun to play with? Zeal Games CEO Robin Flodin unearths a little info on the pint-sized protagonists’ behaviors in-game, challenges they’ll face, and enemies waiting to be encountered in this newly released developer diar... more.

Have you been counting? The Seventh Deadly Sin is, naturally, Piracy! The final live action trailer for grand strategy game Crusader Kings II is an accurate re-enactment of an internal piracy discussion at Paradox. If Paradox had operated in the middle ages, anyway (though CEO Fred Wester does bellow "Summon my admiral!" even today). Our dramatic finale sees our King fighting the Swiss pira... more.