This is very interesting! Paradox have announced that they've acquired Triumph Studios, makers of Age of Wonders and Overlord.
The interesting thing here for Linux gamers, is that since Paradox now own the studio, all future titles could end up making their way onto Linux. Current titles in development likely won't be affected, but Paradox has been very good to Linux gaming. All their own developed titles manage to end up coming to Linux now, so with them owning Triumph Studios they might be able to steer development towards us now too.
Triumph Studios did put Age of Wonders III onto Linux themselves, so they were already a bit more Linux friendly anyway. I see this as another good sign for future titles.
They will be doing a livestream at 16:00 CEST/14:00 UTC, where both the Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester and Triumph CEO Lennart Sas will be present to talk about it.
Seems like a good match, since Triumph's main game is currently a strategy title and we know Paradox love their strategy games.
You can read more about it here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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About overlord, I prefer War of overlord
and I found Age of Wonder III too slow to progress to be catched.
Paradox is not focused on percussive and mainstream games, Triumph too... Let's see their future games, hoping for fun and easy gameplay rather than Rube Goldberg machines.
and I found Age of Wonder III too slow to progress to be catched.
Paradox is not focused on percussive and mainstream games, Triumph too... Let's see their future games, hoping for fun and easy gameplay rather than Rube Goldberg machines.
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Stupendous Man Jun 30, 2017
Bad news in my opinion. I hate Paradox' DLC policy and would hate for current and future Age of Wonders games to get the same treatment. Age of Wonders 3 is already feature complete and was even before the 2 DLCs. In my opinion, Paradox games are more akin to early access games on release.
I don't want to start a flame war here, just stating my opinion.
I don't want to start a flame war here, just stating my opinion.
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Quoting: Geppeto35About overlord, I prefer War of overlord
and I found Age of Wonder III too slow to progress to be catched.
Paradox is not focused on percussive and mainstream games, Triumph too... Let's see their future games, hoping for fun and easy gameplay rather than Rube Goldberg machines.
Uhm...
I think you are mistaking Overlord with Overworld.
One is a Third person rpg with some strategy elements the other is a Dungeon Keeper clone.
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Quoting: Stupendous ManBad news in my opinion. I hate Paradox' DLC policy.
Me too. Paradox does indeed bring lots of games to Linux but the amount of DLC they can put is just insane. The Crusader Kings II: Collection bundle cost full price more than 300€ with 61 DLCs. That's just ridiculus.
In addition, Paradox does not seem very DRM-Free friendly. Still no Crusader King nor Stelaris on GOG but Overlord is and all the Age of Wonders are.
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Quoting: STiATThe aradox CEO? Typo? ;-)
Aradox are the reptiloids that...
Oops.
You're not supposed to know.
I guess you know what I have to do now...
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Avehicle7887 Jun 30, 2017
Aah Triumph yes, the company it says it needs lots of money to provide a DRM-Free Linux version of AoW3 on GOG.
Being acquired by Paradox won't change the bad taste they left.
Being acquired by Paradox won't change the bad taste they left.
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Quoting: TheBardQuoting: Stupendous ManBad news in my opinion. I hate Paradox' DLC policy.
The Crusader Kings II: Collection bundle cost full price more than 300€ with 61 DLCs. That's just ridiculus.
Crusader Kings II also been supported and updated continuously for 5 years now appears to be going strong for many more years. I've been playing it since 2012 and have bought all the DLC at discounted prices over the years. It is more like a subscription service at this point and I have 1100 hours play time so it is worth it to me. It really comes down to how much you enjoy their games.
Also, not all of their games are like this, just the majority of ones produced by Paradox. Pilliars of Eternity only has a couple if I recall.
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DamonLinuxPL Jun 30, 2017
Very, very bad news... Black friday for me :/
Last edited by DamonLinuxPL on 30 June 2017 at 3:08 pm UTC
Last edited by DamonLinuxPL on 30 June 2017 at 3:08 pm UTC
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