{"id":62521,"date":"2022-09-01T06:03:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T06:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/paradoxs-grand-strategy-society-builder-victoria-3-gets-october-release-date\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T06:03:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T06:03:04","slug":"paradoxs-grand-strategy-society-builder-victoria-3-gets-october-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/paradoxs-grand-strategy-society-builder-victoria-3-gets-october-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradox&#8217;s grand strategy society builder Victoria 3 gets October release date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n<strong>UPDATE 31\/8\/22:<\/strong> Despite earlier word to the contrary and a listing on the Windows Store, Paradox has clarified Victoria 3 will be exclusive to Steam when it comes to PC on 25th October &#8211; meaning it won&#8217;t be on Game Pass for the foreseeable future, at launch or otherwise.\n<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the news on the Paradox forum, a community ambassador for the company explained, &#8220;After discussion with our partners it was decided that Victoria 3 won&#8217;t be a part of Game Pass or Microsoft Store.&#8221;  Paradox offered no further explanation, only saying it &#8220;[looks] forward to sharing more details on our next partnership with Xbox in the future.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\n<strong>ORIGINAL STORY 30\/8\/22:<\/strong> Victoria 3, the latest entry in Paradox Interactive&#8217;s long-dormant society builder series, has been given a release date and is coming to PC and Xbox Game Pass for PC on 25th October.\n<\/p>\n<p>Victoria, if you&#8217;re unfamiliar (which wouldn&#8217;t be all that surprising given that the previous game in the series released well over a decade ago), transports players back to the era of the Industrial Revolution for a take on Paradox&#8217;s beloved grand strategy genre that&#8217;s a little closer to a management game compared to the, say, RPG leanings of Crusader Kings.\n<\/p>\n<p>Here, the focus is on building up the economic machinery of your state and country at the height of industrialisation &#8211; a process primarily achieved by tweaking and tinkering within your own borders, managing your people and fulfilling their needs to address political and social challenges and deal with diplomacy further afield.\n<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re curious to learn more, we chatted with Paradox about how it&#8217;s aiming expand and modernise the Victoria series back in 2021, at the time of Victoria 3&#8217;s announcement.\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Victoria 3 &#8211; Pre-Order Trailer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Victoria 3 will be available in two version when it launches via Steam and the Microsoft Store on 25th October: a \u00a341.99\/\u20ac49.99\/$49.99 USD standard edition containing just the base game and a \u00a366.99\/$79.99 Grand Edition, which also includes the American Buildings Pack (unlocking on day one), expansion pass, music pack, art pack, and immersion pack.\n<\/p>\n<p>Victoria 3 will be a day one release on Xbox Game Pass for PC too.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    function appendFacebookPixels() {\n      if (window.facebookPixelsDone) return;\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>        fbq('init', '560747571485047');\n        fbq('init', '738979179819818');<\/p>\n<p>      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      window.facebookPixelsDone = true;<\/p>\n<p>      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('BrockmanFacebookPixelsEnabled'));\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.addEventListener('BrockmanTargetingCookiesAllowed', appendFacebookPixels);\n  <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 31\/8\/22: Despite earlier word to the contrary and a listing on the Windows Store, Paradox has clarified Victoria 3 will be exclusive to Steam when it comes to PC on 25th October &#8211; meaning it won&#8217;t be on Game Pass for the foreseeable future, at launch or otherwise. Announcing the news on the Paradox &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/paradoxs-grand-strategy-society-builder-victoria-3-gets-october-release-date\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paradox&#8217;s grand strategy society builder Victoria 3 gets October release date<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61569,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/paradoxs-next-grand-strategy-simulation-will-launch-in-october\/","url_meta":{"origin":62521,"position":0},"title":"Paradox&#8217;s next grand strategy simulation will launch in October","date":"August 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"For years, every Paradox game-related stream or video I've seen has had \"where's Victoria 3?\" and \"Viccy 3 when?\" in the comments underneath. 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