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Stellaris Dev Diary #323 - 3.10.1 "Pyxis" Beta and Next Steps

Greetings!

Stellaris 3.10.0 “Pyxis” and the Astral Planes Narrative Expansion released last Thursday, and it’s been a bit of a bumpy ride, so I moved this week’s dev diary a bit earlier than usual.

Due to an error we made in metadata, many players were unable to verify ownership of the DLC at...

CO Word of the Week #4

In the last Word of the Week, I touched upon the frequency of the expected fixes for Cities: Skylines II. For the last few weeks, we’ve been focusing on performance improvements and bug fixes at a rapid pace. As we’re continuing to work on the improvements we’ll adjust the pace of the updates...

DevBlog #41 | Foundry Fridays: Regrowable Plants & Trees

Welcome everyone to another episode of FOUNDRY Fridays! My name is Michael aka Lxi and I’m the “oldest” member of the team. I joined MrMcDuck roughly six to twelve months after he started this awesome project and it has been a fun ride ever since! It’s exciting to see how the game has developed...

Mexican Hubs Update

Mexican Hubs Update

(Version française ci-dessous)
Hello everyone,

We continue to update our airport data on a country-by-country basis.

We are still using 2019 data as a reference, which is the last year of growth before the impact of the global pandemic on the...

Console Edition Development Diary #62 - Overtuned and a Toxic God

Hello Console Edition Community!

Today we’re here to talk about the two new Origins coming in the Toxoids Species Pack.

But first, we've seen that some of you are disappointed in the announced release date for First Contact and Galactic Paragons on Console Edition. We would like to share some...

Star Trek: Infinite - Dev Log #10 - Engage!

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Hello and welcome!

Today we are going to lean into a more practical approach to our dev diary, as the stars align, we are looking at what is happening next Tuesday, when we explore some community engagement outside Discord, and look at our other friends in Star...

[Dev Team] Astral Planes Ownership Hotfix Released - checksum (462c)

Hi everyone,

We've pushed a hotfix that should fix the Astral Planes ownership issues that many players on Steam were encountering. You may need to restart Steam in order to receive the update.

This hotfix includes no other changes and does not change the checksum or the 3.10.0 "Pyxis" version...

[Dev Team] Astral Planes and Stellaris 3.10.0 "Pyxis" Released - checksum (462c)

Hello everyone!

It's my pleasure to announce that the Astral Planes Narrative Expansion and the Stellaris 3.10.0 "Pyxis" update have been released and is available for download now. A 10% discount is active until November 27th.


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Here are the...

Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #101 - 1.5 Post-release Update

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Hello Victorians! It has been a few days since the release of 1.5 and the Colossus of the South region pack.

First of all, we would like to thank you all for the response to both 1.5 and Colossus of the South. The appreciation for the art, narrative content, UX changes, mechanics...

Development Diary Recap #1 - Atmosphere and Art

Good evening Kindred,

This week, as mentioned in our last dev diary, we’re bringing you our first video recap. Straight from The Chinese Room and their Community Manager Josh Matthews, you’ll hear from earlier dev diary authors Michele Nucera (Senior Concept Artist), Alex Skidmore (Project...

Clan Reveal: Tremere

Good evening Kindred,

Last week we revealed the first of the playable clans for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Brujah. Today we’re excited to be sharing the second playable of the four available at release, in Fall of 2024. Following launch, two additional clans will be...

Star Trek: Infinite - 1.0.4 Patch Notes

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Hello everyone,

It's Tuesday and once more we are here with our weekly patch.

Still not done though, and will be back next week with more fixes and updates.

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[Dev Team] Astral Planes and Stellaris 3.10.0 "Pyxis" Preliminary Release Notes

Hello everyone!

Astral Planes and the Stellaris 3.10.0 "Pyxis" update are releasing this Thursday, November 16th. Today we've got the preliminary changelogs for your enjoyment.

The Astral Planes Narrative Expansion is available for pre-purchase now, with a 10% discount until November...

CO Word of the Week #3

Last week I promised to give you an update on where we are with the modding of Cities: Skylines II. The Editor is in the works and we shared an updated version of it with the closed Modding Beta group for a feedback round just last Friday. The Editor currently includes only maps and support for...

Stellaris Dev Diary #322 - 3.10.0 “Pyxis” Custodian Features

Hello everyone!

The Stellaris 3.10.0 “Pyxis” update will be released alongside the Astral Planes Narrative Expansion on Thursday, November 16th. The expansion has a 10% discount until November 27th.

...

Star Trek: Infinite - Dev Log #9 - Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam

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One of the best parts of the Deluxe Edition (and pre-order if you got that) is the Klingon Advisor VO Pack. During launch there was a lot of confusion about what this was. Several outlets said it was a voice line, just the greeting when interacting with Klingons.
We did...

Console Edition Development Diary #61 - Expansion Pass CSix

Hello Console Edition Community!

We’re proud to announce Expansion Pass Six will be available for purchase on November 21st!

Watch the Expansion Pass Six Trailer!

Expansion Pass Six will include the Toxoids Species Pack (coming November 21st), the First Contact...

Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #100 - Anniversary Update Changelog

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Hello Victorians and welcome to our centennial dev diary, which appropriately will be for the biggest free update Victoria 3 has ever received, with particular emphasis on the military mechanics! Alongside this update we will...

Dev Diary #140 - Legacy of Persia & 1.11 'Peacock' Free Update

Hello and welcome to this last development diary for Legacy of Persia!

With the release drawing near, what I have to share today, apart from general excitement, is the list of upcoming achievements and the update notes for 1.11 ‘Peacock’! As with previous achievements our aim has been to have a...

Stellaris Dev Diary #321 - Origins and Civics

Hello again,

Gary from Abrakam Entertainment here to talk some more about the upcoming expansion, Astral Planes. If you haven't yet, you might want to read the first two posts: Rifts and Scars, and Astral Actions.

Astral Planes will release on November 16th for...

Clan Reveal: Brujah

Good evening Kindred,

Today the countdown begins! We’re revealing the first of four playable clans available at release in Fall 2024 in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 today. Following launch, two additional clans will be made available in DLC: one giving you a new way to experience the...

Star Trek: Infinite - 1.0.3 Patch Notes

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Hello everyone,

It's Tuesday and once more we are here with our weekly patch.
We are still working hard on fixing issues, but these are the ones that we managed to fix for this weeks patch.

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Dev Diary #25: Form Traits & Item Forge

Fellow Godir,

We saw how excited you were over the changes that are coming tomorrow, both for the Empires & Ashes expansion as well as the free Golem update shipping with it. Hence, we have decided to move up the dev diary so that you can read all about them! This one will be a meaty two-parter...

CO Word of the Week #2

Another week, another patch! If you missed them then you can find the full patch notes here:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/patch-notes-for-1-0-12f1-hotfix-steam.1606507/

The most discussed change in this patch was the removal of a radio ad after it was pointed out to us...

Console Edition Development Diary #60 - Console Stability and Toxoid Civics

Hello Console Edition Community!

We’re back with another exciting update on content coming in the Toxoids Species Pack for Stellaris: Console Edition! Today we’ll be talking about the three new Civics and the new Ascension Perk coming alongside the Toxoids Species Pack, but first, we should...