Crusader Kings III News

CrusaderKings III nominated as Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year - DICEAwards

Behold, Crusader Kings III has been nominated as Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year in the #DICEAwards!
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Our next Dev Diary is scheduled for mid-February.
From here, things will ramp up and you will be able to learn more about the future of Crusader Kings III!
We thank you all for your patience while we are working very hard to produce the high quality content you all deserve.
See you soon! 👑

🎥 Weekly Livestream CK3: Jan. 27 - 16:30 PM CET

Rally the troops, our weekly CK3 Livestream is back!
Join us now on Twitch! 👑

We also know that you are hungry for new Dev Diaries.
Fret not, we will return with a new DD Mid-February.
Our team is eager to share more about the future of CK3, so hang tight!

Crusader Kings 3 has already sold over a million copies since launch

Crusader Kings III has joined the 'one million copies sold' club, and it's only been a couple of months since it launched at the start of September. Paradox Interactive has just run a live stream of its Interim Q3 report on Twitch, and has just announced some big numbers for the medieval grand strategy game.

CEO Ebba Ljungerud and CFO Alexander Bricca have been going through the numbers and key points for Q3, and Crusader Kings III was front and centre. Ljungerud mentioned that the game has achieved a 91% score on Metacritic, as well as a 92% approval rating on Steam across 20,000 user reviews. Ljungerund also mentioned that everyone's favourite murder simulator passed the one million units milestone in early October, just over a month from launch.

For some context, it took Hearts of Iron IV until May 2018 - just under two years from launch - to reach the one million mark, and Stellaris hit 1.5 million in February 2018. Up until the launch of Crusader Kings III, Hearts of Iron IV was consistently Paradox's most-played grand strategy game.

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Strategy gaming in 2020 - the good, the bad, and the remakes

Hello, I'm Joe and I'm your friendly neighbourhood strategy editor. One of the great things about being in charge of an entire genre's worth of content is that I get to reflect on the year in videogames through a very specific lens. Who cares about Cyberpunk or Hades - have you heard about what happened in strategy gaming this year?

It's a genre that's getting more mainstream as time passes, though it still has to struggle against perceptions of being niche, against passionate legacy communities who can't agree on what they want, and against various trends that arise within the industry which either aren't compatible with the genre, or distract developers as they try to capture some of the lucrative magic seen elsewhere.

But by and large, things are good and are only getting better for strategy gaming. While the global pandemic has affected our corner of gaming as well, there was still plenty to highlight this year and the highs of 2020 represent some of the best strategy games have to offer.

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❄️ Hero Title: CK3 is on Sale on Steam!

Hero Title: CK3 is on Sale on Steam!! ❄️
Get yourself a royal present for this holiday season!
► Buy for you or a friend here: Crusader Kings III