Society simulator Victoria 3 announced at PDX Con 2021, coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC
Victoria 3 lets you dive deeper than ever before into politics, economics, and society.
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Paradox Interactive is having a productive day with theirPDX Con 2021digital game event. A ton of stuff is being announced today, but of course Paradox Interactive had to have one huge announcement stashed up its sleeve. The headliner at this year’s PDX Con is none other than the valiant return of the long-dormant Victoria grand strategy series. That’s right,Victoria 3 is official, and brings with it all the modernizations and improvements that over a decade-long hiatus brings to gaming. Fans of Paradox Interactive’s other genre-leading grand strategy games will definitely want to keep an eye out for this one.
Victoria 3 is an in-depth society simulator, which means it takes a different approach from other Paradox grand strategy games like the excellentCrusader Kings 3. Rather than focus on war and bloodlines, Victoria 3 is all about managing a country’s economics and politics. Control your government’s policies and laws, and micromanage to your heart’s content all the way down toindividual people. Victoria 3 is setting out to be one of the most ambitious grand strategy games ever, and it just might deliver.
Some of the features of Victoria 3 include:
Victoria 3 is a daunting game, to say the least, with a sheer number of interlocking and intermingling systems giving players unyielding control over an incredibly realistic world - but not without a variety of obstacles and challenges to overcome. The most interesting part of Victoria 3 is that it does everything it can to avoid war, and actively encourages players to turn to diplomacy and negotiating to get their way before resorting to bloodshed.
Victoria 3 does not have a release date at this time, and is likely not too close to being finished. When it is complete, however, Victoria 3 will be a PC-only game releasing on Steam, the Paradox Store, and the Microsoft Store. Interestingly, it seems that Victoria 3 will join Crusader Kings 3 and launch onXbox Game Passfor PC. Since grand strategy games can often be intimidating to newcomers to the genre, Victoria 3’s inclusion in Xbox Game Pass makes it far more accessible.
If Victoria 3 successfully balances the wide number of systems in its incredibly complicated world, it could easily become one of thebest PC gamesaround. If you want to see more of Victoria 3, you can see some screenshots below. Also, make sure you don’t miss anything by checking our guide toeverything announced at PDX Con 2021.
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