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Paradox have cancelled several unannounced gamesPlan to focus on strategy and management
Plan to focus on strategy and management
“Paradox Interactive was born and raised in strategy- and management games. It is where we have our heart and our mind and we are passionate about making games that our players can enjoy over a long period of time,” says CEO Fredrik Wester inthe press release.
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Despite the cancellations, Paradox still have a sizeable 15 games in development, some of which are new and some of which are sequels. Of the 15, four have been announced:Victoria 3,Crusader Kings 3for consoles, the Shadowrun Trilogy for consoles, and the troubledBloodlines 2. The 11 unnannounced games seemingly does not include in-development DLCs, which are counted separately.
I’m glad that Bloodlines 2 remains in development, despite not being a strategy game andswitching developers earlier this year.
Paradox’s eyes have been larger than their tummies before, leading to several buggy releases in the early 2010s and several more announced games such asEast vs. Westand Runemaster being cancelled.
The Swedish publisher’s woes have been worse recently. Earlier this year, they released the (since topped)worst reviewed product on Steam. TheirCEO Ebba Ljungerud quitover “differing views on the company’s strategy”, which seems likely related to these cancellations. That same week aunion survey alleged more than half the women working at the company had experienced mistreatment. Then incoming CEO Fredrik Westeradmitted “inappropriate behaviour” towards an employee in 2018, when he was last CEO.
