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Paradox Interactive At GC – Project Mayhem?

1:20AM Mike Fahey | World-renowned PC strategy developer and publisher Paradox Interactive is getting ready to bring their A games to the Games Convention 2008 is Leipzig this year, with a host of new titles and one mysterious mystery project. Probably their biggest title (so far) to be announced for the show is Majesty 2 – The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, the follow up the hilarious Majesty from 2000, which combined RTS gameplay with the most clichéd fantasy role-playing world ever created. They’ve also got Dark Horizon, the space combat sim I am more than a little excited about, Mount & Blade, an action RPG featuring realistic mounted combat, and Elven Legacy, a fantasy RTS. They will also be revealing something they call Project Mayhem, which they simply describe as the “Next title developed by Paradox development team and their biggest production to date”. Got to love the big reveals. Looking forward to seeing exactly what Paradox has up their sleeves when McWhertor and I hit the show next week! More »

Mount And Blade Beta Open For Signups

9:20AM Kotaku US Edition | Don’t you just love the name Mount and Blade? It’s just so functional – as though Ernest Hemingway was moonlighting as a game titler. It’s just you, your horse and some mounted medieval combat. They may as well call it Stabby Stabby Horse Riding. The game offers PC owners some first or third-person single player fighting with an RPG bent as the player guides their horsey around a sandbox environment, cutting a swathe and trading in what is reckoned to be a complex economic system. A bit like GTA with horses, I suppose. If this tickles your fancy and you can’t wait until mid September for the full release, you can sign up for the game’s open beta via Gamespot. Mount & Blade Exclusive Beta [Gamespot UK] More »