Victoria 3 is real, and we couldn't be happier, although, we'll need to find a new meme. It's not the most mainstream historical period, but Paradox Interactive's 'Victoria' series of grand strategy games still manages to tap into the nascent romanticism surrounding the era. The 19th and early 20th centuries saw seismic changes across politics, international diplomacy, and social welfare.
This is an era where monarchies became the exception, as opposed to the rule. An era where suffrage and voting rights expanded beyond anything that had come before, and an era that saw massive economic changes thanks to the rapid industrialisation of the global economy. Victoria 3 will seek to capture all this in a strategy game that will take on-board all of the learnings from the decade since Victoria 2 was initially released.
Since Victoria 3 has now been announced, we're kicking off one of our usual info guides to help keep track of things like known release date information, betas, pre-orders, and anything else that might be relevant. It's very early days yet so don't expect much at the time of writing, but we'll keep this guide up-to-date as more gets confirmed.
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