Europa: Universalis III

Publisher: Paradox Interactive

Developer: Paradox Interactive

Category: Strategy

Release Dates

N Amer - 01/23/2007

Electronic - 01/23/2007

Intl - 01/26/2007

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Choose the Length and Style of Battles in “Europa Universalis III”
“A late game start is ideal for those players who want to finish a game in a single evening.”

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Europa Universalis III 1.3 Update
Epic strategy game Europa Universalis III, delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy, and allows players to take control of a nation and guide it through the ages to become a great global empire

New update 1.2.1 – MP Europa Universalis III
Paradox Interactive announced today a new update for their critically acclaimed title Europa Universalis III.

EU III - Now With An Extra Dose Of History
Europa Universalis III invites players to take on more than 300 years of history and make it their own.

New Europa Universalis III Screens and Details
Paradox Interactive has collected a few of the most telling screenshots of attempts to conquer the world and show just how players can forever alter world history

EU III After Action Report Challenge
History is written by winners - now it's your turn to make history

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Description

Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy. This soon-to-be classic PC Strategy title will be characterized by immense depth and historical content that charge its challenging gameplay with incredible replayability value.

Features

* Players can enjoy over 300 years of gameplay by starting at ANY date between 1453 and 1789.
* Nation building is flexible: decide your own form of government, the structure of your society, trade politics and much more. The possibilities are endless.
* The great people and personalities of the past are on hand to support you. Take history in your hands and call personalities like Sir Isaac Newton, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Rene Descartes to your court.
* A lush topographic map in full 3D allows for a rich and complete world view, and contains more than 1700 provinces and sea zones.
* Lead any one of more than 250 countries that originally existed during the game’s extensive time span.
* Have more than a thousand historical leaders and over 4000 historical Monarchs at your disposal.
* Manage more than 100 individual unit troops to secure as much power as possible.
* Co-operative multiplayer mode allows several players to work together to control a single nation.
* Customize your game: Europa Universalis III gives you the chance to customize and mod practically anything your heart may desire. Join the constantly growing and incredibly talented Paradox modding community!

Hardware Requirements

Microsoft Windows XP/2000 1.9 Ghz Intel Pentium or similar AMD 512mb RAM Direct X 9.0c compatible video card with at least 128mb & support for pixelshader 2.0

Notes

Releases in North America on January 23, followed by Scandinavia and Germany on the 26th and UK, France, Benelux on Feb 2nd. Australia - Feb 10.

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ESRB Rating

Everyone
Alcohol and Tobacco Reference
Mild Violence

GameZone's Review/Preview

8.5

GZ Rating

Gameplay8.6
Graphics7.5
Sound8.5
DifficultyHard
Concept8.5
Multiplayer8.5
Overall8.5

Reviewer: Michael Knutson

Review Date: 01/12/2007


A game 300 years in the making

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Steven Hopper - 09/11/2006

The third-entry in the well-received Europa Universalis series adds some great new features to the original formula.

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