Tackling the tumultuous years of the Roman Republic’s rise to power in a grand strategy game is no easy task, but Imperator: Rome proves Paradox is definitely up to it. This is a game built on columns ...

While Paradox the publisher has expanded its reach and remit over the past decade - from the hooded spell-splashing of Magicka, through the civic-minded megalomania of Cities: Skylines, to the ...

The launch of a new Paradox Development Studios game is one that’s greeted with open arms by their fans, even when it isn’t Victoria III. Imperator: Rome instead takes us back to an age where grand ...

In Imperator Rome, you lead a nation of people, and you have a startling amount of freedom in how you go about achieving your own ambitions. There are restrictions, however, and these usually stem ...

Imperator Rome is a grand strategy game all about reshaping history and leading your nation to victory over all others. This can be done militarily, economically or diplomatically, and even on the ...

Imperator: Rome feels like a synthesis of all of Paradox Development Studio's previous work. It mixes the setting and certain concepts - such as barbarians - of its spiritual predecessor, Europa ...

Of all the periods in history, the rise of the Roman Republic is easily one of the ripest for grand strategy games to tackle. It’s incredibly evocative, from the marching armies that swept aside ...

The year is 304 BCE, and a scrappy Italian city-state called Rome has not yet begun to even dream of the greatness it will one day achieve. Paradox’s recently announced grand strategy game Imperator: ...

The hardest part of writing up Paradox games these days is trying to extrapolate where they’ll be in three or four years. A pioneer of games-as-a-service, Paradox’s grand strategy titles have a habit ...

I’ve been wondering for years what a Paradox grand strategy game would look like if it was designed for regular humans, and in Imperator: Rome I have my answer. As long-time readers may know, I’m a ...

In the year 489 ab urbe condita, or 489 years after the founding of Rome, General Quintus Marcia Philippus achieved his life ambition. Having led Rome’s legions for nearly four decades, he stood on a ...

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