Paradox Interactive released screens for four of its upcoming titles:

• 'Combat Mission: Shock Force' - Screens
• 'Hearts of Iron Anthology' - Screens
• 'Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power' - Screens
• 'Tarr Chronicles' - Screens

Paradox Interactive has acquired the intellectual property for Cyberlore '98 fantasy kingdom sim title Majesty, which quickly became one of the most renowned games to be released in the genre and sold over 500.000 copies worldwide.

Chaos Concept's 3D tactical/strategy game UFO: Extraterrestrials' is set in the year 2025, and on the newly colonized planet Esperanza our space devices have not just been approached by alien machines but attacked.

Paradox Interactive announced today that it has signed a worldwide deal with developer Battlefront.com to publish their upcoming PC title Combat Mission: Shock Force.

Paradox Interactive announced its first MMO RTS title, Infinity Empire, an online e-only massive multiplayer strategy game played in real-time and set in a world beset by a planetary-wide catastrophe, with thousands of islands to claim and over millions of square kilometers of the northern continent known as Nespanona.

Paradox Interactive announced today that it will publish an addon to Soldiers: Heroes of World War II. In Silent Heroes, previously known as Saboteurs, you take control of a special operations force during World War II.

Paradox Interactive announced the signing of two independent titles for Gamersgate.net, its download portal launched earlier this year. Providing smaller developers with promising games a platform to reach the global market, Birth of America" from Ageod and "Mount&Blade" from Ikisoft, both which will be made available on the download portal in June.

Paradox Interactive announced today that they have signed a deal for publishing rights to KDV Games' RTS title Perimeter: Emperor’s Testament in North America and Scandinavia. The player is once again drawn into the battle between the Emperor and the Spirits.

Paradox Interactive announced that it is expanding and has opened a second office in New York City headed by Marketing Executive Susana Meza. Ubisoft also announced the opening of a new office in Dallas, Texas which will house a sales team that will focus on supporting retailers in the area and strengthening regional partnerships, spearheaded by directors of sales Ana Raphael and Linda Reese.

Back in 2002 Paradox Entertainment purchased the literary rights to Robert E. Howard's Conan character, and then sold them on to THQ, which has some upcoming titles based on the character. Today Variety reveals that Paradox also bought the rest of the late writers characters such as Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane and Red Sonya. Paradox hopes to license its new literary properties for film, TV, vidgames, comics, toys and other areas.

Paradox Interactive announced today that they have added yet another major strategy game title to their 2006 portfolio. Developed by MadMinute Games, Take Command: 2nd Manassas explores the titular 1862 battle of the American Civil War, which proved to be the pivotal engagement of the Northern Virginia Campaign.

THQ, Paradox Entertainment and Conan Properties International today announced a worldwide, multi-year licensing agreement for THQ to develop interactive games based on Conan. The agreement covers development for all current and next-gen systems as well as PC, wireless and handheld platforms.

Paradox Interactive announced today that is has acquired the Europa Universalis brand and all associated intellectual property rights.

Paradox Interactive announced today that their Strategy 6-pack has shipped to stores in North America. The pack is rated E for Everyone and has a SRP of $19.99.

After much secrecy and the successful dodging of various infiltration attempts, developer and publisher Paradox Interactive finally revealed today that their next title under development is Diplomacy! Hailed as one of the best board games in the world, Diplomacy is being developed on a new engine that will cater for classical board game features as well as new fresh ideas based on the approved game design.

Paradox Interactive announced today that a 6-pack of their Strategy titles will be hitting stores in North America by the end of next month. If strategy is your game, this jam-packed collection will provide hours of gameplay! It contains such treats as Europa Universalis II Asia, never before released in North America, award-winning Hearts of Iron and best-selling Europa Universalis II.

Midway Games announced today that it has acquired Paradox Development, the studio now developing Midway's upcoming videogame, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks.

Following a successful growth of the interactive business, developer and publisher Paradox Entertainment announces the formation of a new company: Paradox Interactive. The new entity will be handling all of the interactive business previously dealt with by Paradox Entertainment. Paradox Interactive will continue to build on their renowned franchises including Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings. The first game to be released under the new name is the much awaited Grand Strategy title Hearts of Iron 2, sequel to the acclaimed Hearts of Iron.

Paradox Entertainment today announced that it has licensed the worldwide rights from Atari and Hasbro to develop and publish new PC games based on the successful Avalon Hill board and video games.

Crusader Kings will be in stores on September 21st, and as a step in Paradox Entertainment’s long-term strategy, the company will self-publish the title in North America (it was previously to be published by Strategy First).

Today Swedish computer games developer Paradox Entertainment announced that they for some time have been working on a sequel to the award-winning and highly renowned title Hearts of Iron. Hearts of Iron is a grand strategy game depicting World War 2 in a real-time environment. It was celebrated as a pioneer among World War 2 strategy games.

Paradox Entertainment announces that they have entered into an agreement with Swiss company Inca Gold GmbH to acquire the Rock Solid Studios Technology, known as RSSTech. Inca Gold recently acquired all the assets in the Swedish Rock Solid Studios AB bankruptcy, including the world leading graphics engine RSSTech. A consortium led by Paradox Entertainment has now entered into an agreement with Inca Gold to develop and commercialise the technology, which may be renamed.

Publisher Strategy First and developers Paradox Entertainment and Slitherine Strategies have teamed up again and are pleased to announce Chariots of War, their new strategy title, scheduled to release in North America in Q2 2003.

Mid October 2002 Paradox announced the purchase of 20% in Conan Properties. Only four months later Paradox has executed a definitive agreement to acquire all remaining stock of Conan Properties. There is no doubt that Conan is one of the greatest character franchises in the world. The line up of partners surely tells the strength of the property. A wide range of international companies has been working with Conan over the years. Current licensing deals include a feature film option with Warner Brothers, computer games license with TDK, publishing license with TOR books a comic license with Dark Horse Comics and many other key licensees world wide. This, if anything, shows that the great barbarian is a strong and vital character, says Theodore Bergquist, CEO at Paradox Entertainment.

Paradox Entertainment announced today the two-step acquisition of Conan Sales Company holding all the rights to Conan, one of the most successful character franchises in the world. The agreement allows Paradox to acquire 20% of the company with an option to purchase all remaining stock. Effective immediately, the management of CSC will be represented by Paradox Entertainment. Does this mean we'll see some decent Conan games for the PC soon?