Crusader Kings III News

Lofty ambitions have made the wait for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 a long one, but if you own Crusader Kings III, you can scratch that undead itch with one of its many mods. Dubbed Princes of Darkness, the new total conversion mod is inspired by the iconic vampire games series, transforming the medieval backdrop into the World of Darkness and putting the player in the shoes of a ruling vampire during the 13th century.

Inspired by Dark Ages: Vampire, Vampire: the Masquerade, Vampire: the Requiem, and more from the series, being a supernatural creature of the night bleeds into everything, from unique abilities and magic to immortality. You won't die of old age, at least, but you will still have to watch out for those that want your head.

Many Crusader Kings III mechanics and concepts have been adjusted to fit the new narrative. Since you're undead, you cannot have children and succession is less important, but much like real life, marriage is still useful in a political capacity. Religion is even more important in the mod than it is in the main game, deciding your philosophical tenets and preventing you from succumbing to the Beast.

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Crusader Kings 3 has taken Fall Guys' crown in Steam's top sellers charts

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Crusader Kings III launched just two days ago, but it already has designs on usurping Fall Guys' throne - Paradox's latest grand strategy game has joined Steam's top five most played games list, and it's knocked Fall Guys out of the lead position in the top sellers list.

As of this writing, Crusader Kings III is Steam's number one top selling game, beating out runner-up Fall Guys and third-place Marvel's Avengers. Just below that, Crusader Kings III's Royal Edition sits at fourth, giving the dynasty sim a very strong position in the best seller chart.

Also as of the evening of September 3, Crusader Kings III had more than 85,000 concurrent players in-game (with an all-time peak of 97,008), which puts it ahead of Grand Theft Auto V (82,208) and still well below Fall Guys (125,973), according to SteamDB. The top slots, as you might expect, go to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Bear in mind, however, that these figures only cover players on Steam - Crusader Kings III is also available on Xbox Game Pass for PC, and we don't have any information on how many players have tried the game out on Microsoft's PC platform yet.

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