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Europa Universalis IV is a 2013 grand strategy video game in the Europa Universalis series, developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Europa Universalis III (2007). [1] The game was released on 13 August 2013 for Windows, OS X, and Linux.
In 2007, the studio debuted a new game engine, called Clausewitz Engine in Europa Universalis III. [10] Named after the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz , the new engine is written in the C++ programming language and provides a 3D view of part or the totality of the world map, depending on the played game.
Hearts of Iron IV was a commercial success. [2] It sold more than 200,000 units within two weeks of its launch, which made it the fastest-selling historically themed Paradox title by that time, ahead of Crusader Kings II and Europa Universalis IV. [55] The game's sales surpassed 500,000 units in February 2017, [56] and 1 million units in May 2018.
Some games, such as Grand Theft Auto IV, use DRM that negatively alters gameplay, if it detects that the game is an illegitimate copy. In GTA IV's case, it disables the brakes on cars and gives the camera an amplified drunk effect, making gameplay much harder, thus creating an incentive to legitimately purchase the game. [9] [10]
Paradox is the publisher of its internally developed single and multi-player grand strategy games series; Imperator: Rome, Crusader Kings III, Europa Universalis IV, Victoria 3, Hearts of Iron IV, and Stellaris.
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Europa Universalis is a historically accurate real-time strategy game; it recreates 300 years of history from the Age of Discovery in 1492 to Napoleon's rise to power in 1792. [ 7 ] The game lets the player take control of one of seven European nations (others are available in different scenarios) from 1492 to 1792, expanding its power through ...
The basic combat system is a combination of the systems used in Europa Universalis III, Europa Universalis: Rome, and Hearts of Iron III. A key component to combat is "frontage": the number of units in an army at the front line , which decreases as technology improves to simulate the change from the roving armies of the Napoleonic Era to the ...