Paradox Interactive is bringing multiplayer and matchmaking support to its games via GameRanger, the free multiplayer online gaming service for more than 600 games on PC and Mac.

Check out the following new screens and trailers from Paradox Interactive's GamesCom 2009 lineup:

• 'Mount & Blade: Warband' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Ship Simulator Extremes' - New Screens & Trailer
• 'Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim' - Screens & Trailer
• 'Hearts of Iron III' - New Screens
• 'For The Glory' Announced - Screens
• 'Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold' - Screens
• 'Victoria 2' - First Screen
• 'Europa Universalis III: Heir to the Throne' Announced - Screens
• 'East India Company: Privateer' Announced - Screens & Trailer

Paradox announced its lineup of titles it will be showing off at GamesCom 2009 (August 19th – 23rd), such as the just released East India Company and Hearts of Iron III, but also upcoming titles like Mount & Blade: Warband and Project Poseidon.

To celebrate its 10th year in the business, Paradox announced a deal sure to please PC gamers everywhere, offering its currently released library of games, such as Eleven Legacy, Mount & Blade, and Europa Universalis 3, at 50% off their regular retail prices.

Stardock announced that Paradox Interactive has adopted Stardock’s Game Object Obfuscation (GOO) to protect its PC game titles from piracy starting with Majesty 2 and continuing on with other titles for both retail and electronic software sales.

Check out the following new screens from Paradox Interactive's E3 2009 lineup:

• 'East India Company' - 46 New Screens
• 'Hearts of Iron III' - 16 New Screens
• 'Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim' - 23 New Screens
• 'Mount & Blade: Warband' - 20 New Screens

Following on from their showing at the recent GDC in San Francisco, Paradox Interactive confirmed its presence at this year’s E3 Expo in Los Angeles where a number of their development teams will be on hand to showcase the latest builds and features of their titles, all of which are scheduled to release this year.

Sword of the Stars is a space strategy game where players explore planets, manage their empire and research new technology. Sword of the Stars provides quick, intuitive play, state-of-the-art graphics and tactical combat that make the game instantly involving and rewardingly fun.

In East India Company, players will enjoy building the world's most powerful trading empire and engaging in fierce battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes, all within a breathtaking cinematic environment.

Paradox Interactive confirmed it has just signed a brand new, exciting, and groundbreaking strategy game to add to their lineup of games for 2009, and that it will be publicly unveiled at GDC in San Francisco, with the development team on hand to talk about the game in more depth.

UPDATE: It has been revealed as being East India Company.

Paradox Interactive confirmed their presence at this year's Game Developers Conference, along with the lineup of development teams who will be on hand to showcase their titles scheduled to release this year, such as Majesty 2, Elven Legacy and others ...

Paradox Interactive has increased its presence in Leipzig with booths in the exhibition hall as well as the Business Center showing off its fantasy RTS Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, as well as Paradox's internally developed, and yet unannounced, "Project Mayhem." Other titles in the line-up include medieval RPG title Mount & Blade, action space game Dark Horizon and the just announced fantasy strategy title Elven Legacy.

Elven Legacy delivers a world filled with magic, and a thrilling nonlinear storyline, gauged to provide many hours of gameplay for strategy enthusiasts. Through an epic quest to restore the former glory of the Elven race, this fantasy strategy game offers both depth and scope, all in colorful and inspirational settings.

Check out the following new screens from Paradox Interactive E3 2008 lineup:

• Mount & Blade - 10 New Screens
• Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - 5 New Screens
• Dark Horizon - 8 New Screens

Paradox Interactive announced that it will release its "Europa" engine through its download portal GamersGate, giving the the gaming community a chance to the community to develop their own games, which will then be distributed through its digital distribution platform

Paradox Interactive has signed a publishing deal with Aussie developer Auran to publish the world's most inclusive and in-depth train simulators as a complete collection, Trainz: The Complete Collection, featuring the full version of everything players need to immerse themselves in the magic of rail.

Paradox Interactive announced that is has signed Mount & Blade, a single-player, third- or first-person action/role-playing game with a focus on medieval combat. A new beta demo is also available...

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Paradox has released a new patch, bringing their download/retail version (not the Battlefront edition) to v1.05 which includes over 65 new game features, fixes, improvements and all new modding tools!

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Paradox has released a new patch, bringing their download/retail version (not the Battlefront edition) to v1.04 improve performance (multi core support), overall AI, better framerates, key areas like pathfinding, spotting, improved terrain textures and better visual representation of elevations and distant objects.

Paradox Interactive has signed the 4X strategy game, Lost Empire: Immortals. Set in space, Lost Empire: Immortals features six playable races, each with their own compelling storyline who battle for domination of a vast empire.

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Paradox has released a new patch, bringing their download/retail version (not the Battlefront edition) to v1.03 and fixing bugs/crashes, various tweaks, AI and path finding improvements and plenty more.

As a step in the strategy to become the world leading publisher and distributor of PC games, Paradox Interactive announced their latest recruitment, Reena Miranda and Martin Sirc. As former colleagues with key positions at the worldwide publisher Atari, the duo contributes with impressive experiences from the industry.

Paradox Interactive announced that it has signed Supreme Ruler 2020 to its publishing portfolio of 2008. Developed by BattleGoat Studios, Supreme Ruler 2020 adds many new features, building on the success of the award winning Supreme Ruler 2010.

Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Paradox has released a new patch, bringing their version (not the Battlefront edition) to v1.02 and fixing various bugs/crashes, adding ATi gfx card compatibility feature and more.

Paradox Interactive will attend the Games Convention in Leipzig August 22-24. While they have a large autumn lineup, recently increased through a newly signed distribution contract with publisher Nobilis Group France, they'll mainly focus on their two September releases at Leipzig: Tarr Chronicles and Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power.