Paradox Interactive Joins Xbox Game Pass for PC with Imperator: Rome and More

STOCKHOLM and LOS ANGELES - June 9, 2019 - Paradox Interactive, a publisher and developer of games for worldwide audiences, today announced that their newest Grand Strategy Game, Imperator: Rome, is available with Xbox Game Pass for PC alongside other Paradox games. Xbox Game Pass for PC is a new gaming membership for PC gamers that gives players access to over 100 curated titles for one low monthly price with new games added all the time. Imperator: Rome joins the Xbox Game Pass PC Games library of new releases and must-play games, which also includes Paradox's survival-management game Surviving Mars and role-playing game Tyranny.

Imperator: Rome, which is among the very first games to appear on the service, is the latest Grand Strategy Game from Paradox Development Studio. The game challenges players to build an empire in a classical history setting, taking control of military, government, and trade systems alongside the squabbles and struggles of the characters who make up your nation. The game is available to download and play for Xbox Game Pass PC Games members as of today.

"Paradox is best known for its deep, endless games - and the extended support and additions we provide to those games," said Ebba Ljungerud, CEO of Paradox Interactive. "Our games provide our players with thousands of hours of entertainment, and they grow and evolve alongside our community with both free and premium content added over the lifetime of a title. Xbox Game Pass PC Games presents us with a promising new means to provide these long-lived titles to players, and with a new community we are excited to welcome to our own. I'm proud to have our newest title on board to support Xbox Game Pass for PC, and I can't wait to see what empires will be built by members."

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For more information about Imperator: Rome, visit https://www.gameimperator.com/

Paradox Interactive is a leading global publisher of strategy games for PC and console. The company has developed and published a world-renowned catalog stretching back to 1999, with players hailing from all around the world.

The publisher's steadily-growing portfolio includes firmly established franchises such as the critically acclaimed Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron, and Stellaris series created by Paradox Development Studio, the Age of Wonders series created by Triumph Studios, as well as award-winning titles such as Cities: Skylines, Pillars of Eternity, and more from a network of partner studios. Paradox is the owner of the World of Darkness IPs and is publishing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.

Paradox's head offices are located in Stockholm, Sweden. Our development studios are located in Stockholm, Malm and Ume, Sweden, in Delft, The Netherlands, in Seattle, Washington, and in Berkeley, California. We share a passion for gaming and gamers, and our goal is to provide deep and challenging games with hours of gameplay and endless variety to our ever-growing community.

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