development studio . paradox interactive traded as pdx industry interactive entertainment founded 1999 1999 headquarters stockholm sweden key people fredrik wester ceo johan andersson products video games revenue sek 604 million 2015 1 number of employees 200 2 website www.paradoxplaza.com paradox interactive is a swedish video game publisher based in stockholm . the company is best known for releasing historical strategy computer games . paradox interactive publishes its own games both developed by their division paradox development studio and those of other developers . it was formerly a division of paradox entertainment rights holders of properties such as the robert e. howard character conan . 3 contents 1 ownership 2 game characteristics 3 see also 4 references 5 external links ownership edit on march 7th 2016 ceo fredrik wester stated in an interview with di digital that paradox interactive has launched the ipo process . the company will complete the process within the year with the intention of spreading ownership between employees and players of their games and looking for long term owners who want to take part in the paradox journey . 4 on the 31st of may 2016 trading in paradox interactive commence on nasdaq first north under the symbol pdx . 5 the initial price offering was 33 sek 3.96 usd 6 valuing the company at 3 485 million sek 420 million usd . game characteristics edit the studio produces what it calls grand strategy games i.e. ones played on a real world map marked by the use of standard real time elements but with an ability to make any and all changes even while paused . almost all paradox games have historical settings and demonstrate a reasonable commitment to historical accuracy . the focus of each game is different but generally a player must manage the economy commerce internal politics diplomacy technological development and military forces of a nation . paradox interactive games are also characteristically complex with highly detailed gameplay models and consequently steep learning curves . citation needed paradox regularly releases patches to their games long after a game s initial release . some games have required patches shortly after release to make them playable . 7 later patches may contain large changes to the game and the way the game is played in response to the demands and requests of fans . the games are mostly based on an open game engine sandbox style game with no set victory condition . paradox tries to make games that are open and easy to edit moddable from tweaking a saved game to creating an entirely new scenario . modding can be accomplished with simple tools and basic knowledge of scripting . to assist modders to figure out how to edit the game on their own the paradox forums provide fan compiled libraries of how to advice . due to this each game has a very large number of mods ranging from minor additions to complete system overhauls . citation needed popular strategy games produced by paradox interactive include the europa universalis series and the hearts of iron series . aside from games produced by its own development studio paradox also publish games from other studios . these include the survival horror penumbra series the action role playing magicka series and the mount & blade series . paradox also collaborated with colossal order and published the simulation cities in motion series and cities skylines which has marked a new sales record of the company . according to metacritic the company s highest rated product is pillars of eternity a computer role playing game developed by obsidian entertainment and was released in march 2015 . 8 paradox interactive purchased white wolf publishing s assets including world of darkness and vampire the masquerade from ccp games in october 2015 . 9 see also edit paradox development studio list of paradox interactive games references edit https www.paradoxplaza.com news year end report coworkers . paradox interactive . retrieved 12 january 2016 . 9th circ . nixes appeal over conan the barbarian rights . law360 . 22 oct 2013 . http digital.di.se artikel paradox interactive gar till borsen 7 march 2016 retrieved 8 march 2016 https www.paradoxinteractive.com en paradox today commences trading on nasdaq first north premier ipo . missing or empty title help http www.exchangerates.org.uk usd sek 31 05 2016 exchange rate history.html . missing or empty title help my dinner with johan . quarter to three . 27 march 2008 . retrieved 19 april 2008 . paradox interactive . metacritic . retrieved april 13 2015 . futter mike october 29 2015 . paradox purchases world of darkness vampire the masquerade creator white wolf publishing . game informer . retrieved october 29 2015 . external links edit official website official paradox wiki v t e video games developed by paradox development studio crusader kings series crusader kings crusader kings ii europa universalis series europa universalis europa universalis ii europa universalis iii rome europa universalis iv hearts of iron series hearts of iron hearts of iron ii hearts of iron iii hearts of iron iv victoria series victoria victoria ii other sengoku march of the eagles stellaris runemaster suspended list of paradox interactive games retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title paradox interactive & oldid 744492853 categories companies established in 1998companies of swedenvideo game companies of swedenvideo game development companiesvideo game publishershidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent 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