Paradox Development Studio

Not to be confused with Paradox Interactive.

Paradox Development Studio

Type	Subsidiary of Paradox Interactive
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	1995; 24 years ago (1995)
Headquarters	Stockholm , Sweden
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Johan Andersson (Studio manager)
Products	Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, and Victoria series
Number of employees	80[1]
Parent	Paradox Interactive

Paradox Development Studio is a Swedish video game developer founded in 1995. It is closely associated with its parent company and video game publisher, Paradox Interactive. It is best known for its grand strategy game series Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Victoria and Stellaris.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Clausewitz Engine
  


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  3 List of games developed
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

History

Paradox Development Studio is based on the heritage of the Swedish board game company Target Games, and has been a game developer of PC-focused grand strategy games since 1995, including the Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, and Victoria series. The company continued to create PC games and in 1999, the company was divided into two separate entities: Paradox Interactive, which focused on creating grand strategy games for PC, and Paradox Entertainment, which focused on creating board and role-playing games.

In January 2012, the company divided yet again into two companies, becoming Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio. Paradox Interactive became the game publisher focused on PC games of various genres and Paradox Development Studio became the game development studio focused on grand strategy games.

The game development studio was one of the first video game developers to create games in the grand strategy genre, and most of the games the studio has developed fall into that category. Grand strategy games are historical strategy games that usually cover the entire world map and include elements such as economy, diplomacy and warfare.

Clausewitz Engine

In 2007 the Paradox Development Studio debuted a proprietary game engine, titled Clausewitz (named after the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz), in Europa Universalis III which has been put to use in every game developed by PDS since.^[2] The engine provides a 3D view of part or the totality of the world map, depending on the played game. Sengoku was the first game utilizing the Clausewitz 2 engine.

The engine is designed to be open to anyone who wishes to modify the files to create mods. As a result, games made in this engine can be modded with as little as a text editor, and it has led to the development of strong modding communities for Paradox games.^[3]

List of games developed

List of games developed by Paradox Development Studio.^[4]

Name	Released	Expansions	Expansion release
Europa Universalis	2000	N/A	N/A
Europa Universalis II	2001	N/A	N/A
Hearts of Iron	2002	N/A	N/A
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun	2003	Revolutions	2006
Crusader Kings	2004	Deus Vult	2007
Hearts of Iron II	2005	Doomsday	2006
		Armageddon	2007
Europa Universalis III	2007	Napoleon's Ambition	2007
		In Nomine	2008
		Heir to the Throne	2009
		Divine Wind	2010
Europa Universalis: Rome	2008	Vae Victis	2008
Hearts of Iron III	2009	Semper Fi	2010
		For the Motherland	2011
		Their Finest Hour	2012
Victoria II	2010	A House Divided	2012
		Heart of Darkness	2013
Sengoku	2011	N/A	N/A
Crusader Kings II	2012	Sword of Islam	2012
		Legacy of Rome
		Sunset Invasion
		The Republic	2013
		The Old Gods
		Sons of Abraham
		Rajas of India	2014
		Charlemagne
		Way of Life
		Horse Lords	2015
		Conclave	2016
		The Reaper's Due
		Monks and Mystics	2017
		Jade Dragon
		Holy Fury	2018
March of the Eagles	2013	N/A	N/A
Europa Universalis IV	2013	Conquest of Paradise	2014
		Wealth of Nations
		Res Publica
		Art of War
		El Dorado	2015
		Common Sense
		The Cossacks
		Mare Nostrum	2016
		Rights of Man
		Mandate of Heaven	2017
		Third Rome
		Cradle of Civilization
		Rule Britannia	2018
		Dharma
		Golden Century
Stellaris	2016	Leviathans	2016
		Utopia	2017
		Synthetic Dawn
		Apocalypse	2018
		Distant Stars
		Megacorp
Hearts of Iron IV	2016	Together for Victory	2016
		Death or Dishonor	2017
		Waking the Tiger	2018
		Man the Guns	2019
Imperator: Rome	2019	N/A	N/A

In addition to this list there are two other titles developed in the early 2000s when the studio was part of Paradox Entertainment, Crown of the North and Two Thrones, both part of the Svea Rike series.

References

1. 
   ^ Andersson, Johan (20 June 2015). "Johan's 2015-06-20 reply regarding the number of employees". Retrieved 20 June 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


2. 
   ^ Savage, Phil. "Stellaris: how Paradox plan to make an infinite grand strategy". PC Gamer. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
   


3. 
   ^ "GDC Vault - Blurring the Line Between Community & Studio". www.gdcvault.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
   


4. 
   ^ Publishing Development Studio Jobs Contact Internships (2013-04-30). "Development Studio - Paradox Interactive". Paradoxplaza.com. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
   

External links

• Official website

v t e Paradox Development Studio
Crusader Kings series	Crusader Kings Crusader Kings II
Europa Universalis series	Europa Universalis Europa Universalis II Crown of the North Two Thrones Europa Universalis III Europa Universalis IV
Hearts of Iron series	Hearts of Iron Hearts of Iron II Hearts of Iron III Arsenal of Democracy Darkest Hour East vs. West Hearts of Iron IV
Victoria series	Victoria Victoria II
Rome series	Europa Universalis: Rome Imperator: Rome
Other games	Sengoku March of the Eagles Stellaris
Related	Paradox Interactive games Johan Andersson Chris King

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