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Paradox is the new owner of Jagged Alliance 3 and Surviving Mars developer Haemimont Games

"Expect amazing new games from us!"

Inzoi's delay into 2025 has officially dashed all hope of this being the year of the Sims killers… what the hell happened?

Inzoi's delay into 2025 has officially dashed all hope of this being the year of the Sims killers… what the hell happened?

The Sims continues to hold a monopoly over the genre despite everyone very much wanting the opposite.

Paradox says Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is more of "a spiritual successor" than a sequel, and it "maybe shouldn't be compared to" the original RPG

Paradox says Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is more of "a spiritual successor" than a sequel, and it "maybe shouldn't be compared to" the original RPG

"It's about setting the right expectations"

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Cities: Skylines 2 publisher says players "have higher expectations" today and are "less accepting" that games will "fix things over time"

"A few games bring in most of the players, and most games are dropped quite quickly"

Bloodlines 2 is 'a bit more of an action RPG,' Paradox exec says: 'People who have seen it talk about Dishonored'

Paradox deputy CEO Mattias Lilja says The Chinese Room is putting its own stamp on the game.

Paradox boss says Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is doing well, it's "a bit more of an action RPG" and "people who have seen it talk about Dishonored"

The long-delayed sequel has changed devs and seemingly found its footing

Would-be The Sims competitor Life By You was canceled because publisher Paradox realized "everything will be worse if we keep going, so we have to stop"

The life sim had one too many "flaws"

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Cities: Skylines 2 launched too early, says Paradox deputy CEO, but early access wouldn't have been a solution: 'A dev team that thinks they're going to have a nicer ride on an early access game, I think fool themselves'

Cities: Skylines 2 launched too early, says Paradox deputy CEO, but early access wouldn't have been a solution: 'A dev team that thinks they're going to have a nicer ride on an early access game, I think fool themselves'

"The lesson learned is that we should probably not launch that early."

Even after cancelling Life By You, Paradox would make another life sim, 'but in a different way'

Even after cancelling Life By You, Paradox would make another life sim, 'but in a different way'

Unlike RPGs, the publisher still sees life sims as a good fit for its pillars.

Paradox wants to get out of the RPG business: 'If Bloodlines 2, God willing, is successful, Bloodlines 3 [will be] done by someone else'

Paradox wants to get out of the RPG business: 'If Bloodlines 2, God willing, is successful, Bloodlines 3 [will be] done by someone else'

It's time for someone else to shoulder the World of Darkness curse.

Paradox Cancels Life by You, Admits Failure

Paradox Cancels Life by You, Admits Failure

Paradox cancels Life by You. The studio that worked on the game has been closed.

Paradox Interactive closes lead Life by You studio, less than 24 hours after abruptly announcing The Sims competitor is canceled

Paradox Interactive closes lead Life by You studio, less than 24 hours after abruptly announcing The Sims competitor is canceled

Paradox Tectonic employed 24 people

Paradox Interactive officially cancels its Sims-like game Life by You

Paradox Interactive officially cancels its Sims-like game Life by You

Paradox Interactive has officially canceled its Sims-like life simulation game, Life by You.

Paradox cancels life sim Life by You, CEO says they gave the studio 'a fair shot' but now 'believe it is better to stop'

Paradox cancels life sim Life by You, CEO says they gave the studio 'a fair shot' but now 'believe it is better to stop'

Paradox says "the road leading to a release that we felt confident about was far too long and uncertain" to continue.

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The Sims competitor Life by You abruptly canceled, exec admits it's "a clear failure on Paradox’s part"

After 3 delays, Life by You is no more

The Sims 4 challenger Life by You delayed again, again, and this time there's no new release date

The Life by You devs don't want to commit "to a new date that we cannot be certain to meet"

Paradox apologizes for latest Cities: Skylines 2 boondoggle, will give refunds for the Beach Properties DLC: '[We] hope we can regain your trust going forward'

Paradox and Colossal Order are also holding an "advisory meeting" with high-profile Cities: Skylines 2 players.

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