Europa Universalis V News

[p]Today is the culmination of many years of effort, not just from us, but mainly from you, the community that gave us the support and feedback needed to make the most ambitious grand strategy game of all time a reality.[/p][p][/p][p]Launching Europa Universalis V closes one era, but it opens another, and we anticipate you the community will continue support our endeavours on EU5 with crucial feedback for years to come![/p][p][/p][p]We're more excited than ever to have you on this journey. Ambition doesn't come easy, so we'll be here to support any road bumps you might face on the way. [/p][p][/p][p]No easy paths. No Simple Victories. Only the Sharpest Minds will endure. [/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Greatness isn’t given it’s earned. Only the ambitious will claim it.
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[p]Greetings to our ambitious rulers!

At time of writing, Europa Universalis V is less than a day away from it's global release. If you want to get in on the action as soon as possible, you can begin pre-loading the game on steam NOW! Looking to join in on on this final countdown, be sure to check our YouTube Premiere, here:
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But don't forget, the best rulers are always well prepared, and well educated, so to help you with this monumental task we're also happy to present the 2nd in our EU5 tutorial series is out now:[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]AND Our player resources which you can find here:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/europa-universalis-v-player-resources.1866446/

These resources will continue to be updated as time goes on.

Remember EU5 Launches 18:00 CET Globally. Our post below has a timezone release map if you're looking for what time that is in your local timezone.
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]We can't wait to share tomorrow's launch day with you. Always remember:
Be Ambitious

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Europa Universalis 5 is a forever game. Insofar as you might be able to play this grand historical strategy forever, but also because - my god - it takes forever to play. After a mere 45 hours of conniving, trading, battling, and scratching my head at menus, I have just about scraped my way through 150 years of Neapolitan history. I have yet to come across a single pizza with buffalo mozzarella on it, but there are approximately 250 years left to find one. This is the blessing and curse of a typically dense playthrough of Europa Universalis. Paradox's trademark blend of intricate geopolitical clockwork, hands-tied confusion, and "one more year" compulsion is all here. You just need to set aside a few centuries to enjoy it.

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In 1993, French game designer and producer Philippe Thibaut released Europa Universalis: a geopolitical strategy tabletop game in which six or five players shape the fate of a handful of major European powers beginning from the late 15th century up until the year 1792.

Given the extended time period covered, the almost 1500 counters and the bulky manuals that came with it, Europa Universalis has a reputation for being monstrously complex and time-consuming, with some full playthroughs purportedly taking around 60 hours or more.

Nevertheless, the board game turned out to be a hit, and so, Thibaut decided to iterate on Europa Universalis. In the years that followed, Thibaut partnered with Sweden-based video game developer Paradox Development Studio (PDS) in order to release a PC adaptation of Europa Universalis. Thibaut likely saw an ideal partner in PDS due to their work on the Svea Rike series of video games, which were based on an award-winning board game of the same name and... Read more

[h2]EU5 is just 5 Days away!
[/h2][p]But hopefully your day 1 experience can be made all the smoother with our new tutorial courses! Today we've got the first in our course series, Here's Everything You Need To Know Before You Unpause Europa Universalis V, with more coming in the near future. (You'll have to excuse us, some of the more advanced in the series will come after launch)

[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]A link to the full course can be found via: https://pdxint.at/LearnEU5

We've also got a timezone release map prepared for you so you can know exactly when EU5 goes live in your local timezone.

Lastly, and keeping in the spirit of things being short and sweet with this post, we'd encourage you to check out our pre-release stream VOD if you didn't have the chance to tune in live:
[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]That's all for now! We can't wait to hear your stories when the game comes out on November 4th.

- Ryagi
Community Manager @ Paradox Tinto
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