Stellaris and Crusader Kings 3 developer Paradox Interactive has one thing “bold” to point out us subsequent week.
Whereas the workforce stopped wanting displaying any concrete particulars in any respect, it did remind us that Paradox has been growing and publishing technique video games during the last 25 years “which have taken you from the Roman Empire to the celebrities,” and teased it was now “making ready to announce the following main title within the style.”
The mysterious new recreation — recognized solely by its codename, Caesar — has been brazenly mentioned on the studio’s discussion board in a lot of “Tinto Talks” developer diaries. Over this time, it has been welcoming neighborhood suggestions on its function concepts, key recreation methods, and historic analysis, however “now the time has come to disclose Ceasar to the world.”
The latest Tinto Talks — named after the studio that is growing it, Barcelona-based Studio Tinto — talked in regards to the mechanics of Protestant religions and the “remaining state of affairs involving all Western Christian confessions, the Struggle of Religions,” coming to its “completely super-top-secret recreation with the codename Venture Caesar.”
That, plus the clue that the announcement video will premier on the official Europa Universalis YouTube channel, suggests the mysterious mission could also be a brand new addition to that collection… however nothing’s sure proper now.
That hasn’t stopped followers speculating, although, with many coming to the identical conclusion that it’s in all probability linked to Europa Universalis, too.
“Dev Diaries have not referred to as it EU5 however the whole lot we now have been teased to date closely implies it,” reminded one participant on Reddit. One other, replying to another person stating that the video will debut on the Europa Universalis channel, (*3*): “There would possibly’ve been clues alongside the way in which huh.”
“I imply, it was an open secret for over a 12 months due to the Tinto Talks Threads on Paradox boards,” explained another person.
To search out out extra, and uncover if the rumors are proper, tune in to Paradox’s video at 9am PDT (12pm EDT, 5pm UK time) on Might 8, 2025, and uncover “a brand new period for grand technique.”
We had a good time with the final Europa Universalis recreation, awarding it 8.9/10 in IGN’s Europa Universalis 4 overview, saying: “Europa Universalis IV brings accessibility and flexibility to the technique collection with out compromising its complexity.”
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