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NEW YORK--December 4, 2008-- Paradox Interactive today announced that the company is developing mobile versions of the well known franchises Hearts of Iron and Majesty. The games will be fully playable across all mobile platforms, including the iPhone. This marks the first time Paradox Interactive has developed games for the mobile platform.

NEW YORK - December 4, 2008 - Paradox Interactive today released new screens and new information regarding their upcoming PC title, Hearts of Iron 3, via Johan Andersson's latest developer diary entry.

Mr. Andersson, Lead Developer on Hearts of Iron 3, writes about the naval combat, map design, orders & espionage. 

Johan states, "Most of these concepts are very familiar to those of you who played the previous incarnations of Hearts of Iron so you are probably wondering what we did add? As we mentioned in the presentation in Leipzig, we have added a command structure. Divisions now fit into a multilevel command structure. From Theatre, Army Group, Army, Corps through to Division. Each level has its own commander that gives its own bonus according to his skill level. At division level you get a bonus to combat while a corps commander increases the chances of reserves joining combat. Our goal is to leave you wanting good commanders at each level thus leaving you to think about should you promote that Major General to a Lieutenant General and give him command of a corps? At every position in the command structure, you can insert a leader of the designated rank."

The hotly awaited tactical turn-based game is now available for purchase from Matrix!

Matrix Games is excited to announce that Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is now available for purchase via the Matrix Games Online Store. Now gamers can enjoy the intense tactical action and intriguing strategic gameplay all while criss-crossing a fictional African landscape!  To mark the occasion, a new pack of screenshots exhibiting the addictive tactical and strategic action is now available for download.

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said "Hired Guns has been highly anticipated by fans of the genre for quite some time and we're confident that this title will deliver all the tactical turn-based action they can handle."

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is a turn-based strategy game that puts you command of a squad of specialists for hire in the genre's biggest game-world yet: the African country Diamond Coast.  Diamond Coast is a playground for the cruel and corrupt, each with their own agenda.  Choose your friends wisely and buy an army of ruthless mercenaries to unleash mayhem on your foes.  Choose "jobs" from different factions and complete them for cash to upgrade your weapons and hire more elite soldiers of fortune.

Tons of firepower and plenty of combat experience will give your team the edge when it comes to fighting, but smooth talk and a wad of bills can also go a long way towards ensuring success. With multiple story lines and endings, you're in total control of your own fate.

• Ally with up to four different factions for unique bonuses.
• Crush your enemies with over 150 upgradeable weapons.
• Hire over 30 mercenaries to fill out multiple squads with various specialties and skills and unique personalities, some work together better than others - you'll need not only mercenaries with good weapon skills, but also medics, mechanics, scouts and leaders
• Destroy everything in your path with a fully interactive world and realistic physics.
• Gain territory with brains, brawn or cold hard cash.
• Determine your own fate with multiple storylines and endings
• Train your mercenaries to becomes experts at their craft or create all-around soldiers effective at every facet of combat.
• Attach special equipment to weapons like laser sights, scopes, grenade launches, and more to maximize their lethality.
• Smooth talk your enemies into working for you with the right combination of intimidation, wisdom, and money.
• Survey terrain and buildings in a fully 3D tactical mode. Zoom up close and personal to your mercenaries or back from the action to get a larger picture of the battle.
• Complete side missions to gain extra cash or loyalty
• Upgrade captured territories with extra defense or squeeze more cash from them with new facilities and upgrades.

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With a bundle of discounts on strategy games, Matrix Games is spreading holiday joy by announcing their 2008 Holiday Sale Event!  This is set to be the largest Holiday sale Matrix Games has ever had, with more games on sale than ever and the largest discounts to date!  Starting on the morning of November 26^th through midnight on January 7^th, gamers around the globe will be able to purchase almost every title in the Matrix Games catalog at up to 30% off!  Only games released in the past six months or those already priced at $19.99 and below are excluded.  Every other game is part of the 2008 Holiday Sale!

Here's a full list of the games on sale this year, with discounts listed based on the digital download price:

Matrix Games and AGEOD (www.ageod.com) are thrilled to announce that the new grand strategy game, World War One - La Grande Guerre, is now available for purchase via the Matrix Games Online Store!  Players who have asked for a deep and detailed game of WWI have had their wishes fulfilled.  Use all the tools of grand strategy - military, economic, political, technological - to achieve victory with one of 8 playable nations across a large and beautifully crafted map.

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said "World War One - La Grande Guerre lets players wage war across a gigantic map of Europe as it was in the early 20^th century. Throw  in fantastic historical realism and an engrossing game system and you've got a great First World War strategy game - and without the trench foot!"

As Europe mobilized in August 1914, both sides of what would be called World War I chanted "Home before the leaves fall!'' Four long and bloody years later Europe lay in ruins and many once-enthusiastic patriots returned home disenchanted and broken ... Will YOU be able to prevent that outcome?

Take charge as a military and political leader during the most trying and critical times of World War One!  As either a member of the Central Powers, the Entente or a neutral nation, you will confront the epic gauntlet of challenges that faced the likes of Kitchener, Joffre, Luddendorf, Clemenceau, Czar Nicholas II or Enver Pasha in scenarios that range from single theatres to the entire grand campaign.

Gaze over an incredibly detailed, beautifully crafted, and massive WWI map as you control dozens of different ground units, planes, and ships. To add further flavor to an already chaotic and intense period of conflict, hundreds of military, economic, political and technological events can help turn the tide of war for or against you. Deftly craft new alliances and jockey for any advantage that can break the deadlock by using ambassadors in an innovative and intuitive diplomacy system.

NEW YORK- November 6th, 2008 - Paradox Interactive has today released new screenshots for their eagerly anticipated Turn Based Strategy fantasy title Elven Legacy, an epic game that pits elf against human.

In Elven Legacy the story is told about a rogue human that has discovered the treasured secrets of the Elven race and for the first time in centuries, elves are forced to enter the world of man in order to protect this information.

Elven Legacy is a turn-based strategy game that offers separate human and elf campaigns. Each has its own unique storyline and missions for players to explore, and these choices directly influence the game's multiple endings.

The battle system in Elven Legacy features five distinct, commanding heroes and over one hundred military units. Multiplayer combat takes place across more than 16 scenarios and players can choose between five factions to swear their allegiance to. Customization is a prevalent feature in Elven Legacy, as players can take advantage of the advanced editor that is built into the game.

"We wanted the rich storyline of Elven Legacy to be enhanced by the choices that players can make," said Max Bodrikov, main programmer of Ino-Co, Elven Legacy's development studio.  "Whether elf or human, players can form alliances and use tactics that can alter the course of the game."

Elven Legacy will be released in Q1 of 2009 and will be available in stores and online through GamersGate.

A major new v1.04.07 update for the computer adaptation of the famous Napoleonics game offers over 70 fixes and improvements!

Matrix Games and Australian Design Group are pleased to release a major new update for the computer adaptation of the award winning turn-based Napoleonic strategy game, Empires in Arms. This latest update comes with a raft of over 70 bug fixes and continued AI improvements, in addition to a few minor enhancements.

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said "This latest update comes with a hefty list of fixes and improvements that should help players who were seeking more of a challenge for the AI as well as smooth out some bugs that were affecting solo and PBEM play."

Take command of one of the many factions in early 19th century Europe! Empires in Arms is a grand strategy turn-based race to prove which nation is the greatest in Europe. In a bid for mastery over the continent, players can succeed where Napoleon failed or try to stop the military genius quicker than his historical enemies could!

The game moves in monthly turns where diplomacy and builds are conducted.  Within the monthly turns there are a variable number of impulses where corps and fleets move about. All movement is simultaneous with battles occurring at the end of the impulse. Battles are resolved by players both picking a strategy and fighting a series of rounds in an attempt to break the enemy. Make and break alliances, declare war, invade minor nations, propose peace terms, build armies of landwehr, regulars, guards, light cavalry, heavy cavalry and artillery. Many historical leaders from the period are included to command corps and fleets, from Admiral Nelson to Marshal Davout to the Pashas of the Ottoman Empires.

The slightest mistake could be the difference between the crown of Europe or exile to St. Helena. Step into history and find your destiny in Empires in Arms!

Get the update here. This update will bring the game to version v1.04.07 and is comprehensive (it will update any previous version).

The highly anticipated remake of Close Combat - Battle of the Bulge is gold and poised for release

Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Strategy 3 Tactics are thrilled to announce that their remake of the Close Combat series' take on Battle of the Bulge - Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein - has gone gold! Gamers will soon have the chance to enjoy the improved and expanded remake of this classic title complete with tons of new art, a new grand campaign, and much more!

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said "Newcomers to the renowned Close Combat series will no doubt find Wacht am Rhein wholly addicting and fun. The veterans of the series have even more to be excited about as the Strategy 3 Tactics team has added so much to the remake without changing the fantastic core gameplay."

Based on Atomic Games' award-winning Close Combat series, Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein brings together the classic top-down tactical gameplay from the original series and plenty of new features, expansions, and improvements!  This remake based on Close Combat: Battle of the Bulge gives newcomers and veterans to the series alike a vastly improved and expanded version of the original experience.  The Wacht am Rhein remake comes with a brand new Grand Campaign including a new strategic map with 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical maps, over 70 scenarios, tons of new interface and unit graphics, countless engine improvements, and much more!

In Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein, you take command of US or German forces and either retrace the last steps of Hitler's army in one desperate attempt to turn the tide of the impending allied victory or ride to the rescue with General Patton and push back the German offensive to reclaim Bastogne. 

Also included is a bonus "classic" version of the original Close Combat IV.

Features include:

Vastly improved and expanded rebuild of the critically acclaimed Close Combat: Battle of Bulge title, originally developed by Atomic Games.

New enhanced Grand Campaign with a new strategy level map as well as 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical level maps.

70+ scenarios based on real-world battles, operations and campaigns.

New graphics for the user interface, aircraft, vehicles and other graphics. 

An easy-to-use but powerful Scenario Editor - Create your own "what if" Scenarios.

Largely expanded moddability: all strategic layer features, all campaign details including weather, turns per day, scoring, support mission (artillery, airstrike) capabilities for both Germans and Americans, battlegroup recycling, battlegroup retreat/disband, supply and much more!

Enhanced head-to-head combat modes including: 24/7 campaigns.

Further improvements have been made to the AI to enhance most, if not all, performance issues:  vehicle pathing, infantry tactics, team and unit morale, overall AI aggressiveness and decision-making in general.

Accurately depicts World War II tactical warfare and its challenges

Realistic soldier psychological profiles during combat.

The Matrix Games web site has announced the release of the following:

Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition Is Updated

New features, BattleSets, and more hit the high seas in this latest update

Matrix Games and Advanced Gaming Systems (www.advancedgaming.biz) are proud to announce the release of the comprehensive 2008.044 update for Harpoon - Commander's Edition. The update includes some new functionality for Battleset Builders so databases can be embedded in user BattleSets.  In addition, there are tons of updated air and sea units, nearly twenty fixes to reported issues, sound and graphic files have been reconfigured to allow for easy modding, and shell Caribbean, South Atlantic, South African, and Middle Eastern BattleSet have been included so a wide variety of new scenarios can be crafted with these new units over the next few releases!

Commander - Napoleon at War Released!

The new Napoleonic Grand Strategy title is now available at the Matrix Games Online Store.

Matrix Games and Slitherine Strategies are pleased to announce that Commander - Napoleon at War, the sequel to the highly popular Commander - Europe at War, is now available!