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Following the introduction of a monthly subscription service for Crusader Kings 2<\/a> last month, Paradox Interactive has launched a similar model for its dizzyingly rich flagship grand strategy game Europa Universalis 4, providing an easier entry point for its mountain of DLC.<\/p>\n

Paradox initially began exploring a potential subscription model<\/a> for Europa Universalis 4 last January, offering the feature to a “limited group of people” in an experimental capacity.<\/p>\n

At the time, it explained, “We have heard for years from existing and potential new players that the cost of getting the game and all expansions all at once is quite expensive (and might be discouraging for completely new EU4 fans), it’s been supported for almost 7 years after all. A subscription model has been suggested to us on many occasions, so we thought we’d run a test to see how popular such a service would be.”<\/p>\n

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Following the introduction of a monthly subscription service for Crusader Kings 2 last month, Paradox Interactive has launched a similar model for its dizzyingly rich flagship grand strategy game Europa Universalis 4, providing an easier entry point for its mountain of DLC. Paradox initially began exploring a potential subscription model for Europa Universalis 4 last January, offering the feature to a “limited group of people” in an experimental capacity. At the time, it explained, “We have heard for years from existing and potential new players that the cost of getting the game and all expansions all at once is quite expensive (and might be discouraging for completely new EU4 fans), it’s been supported for almost 7 years after all. A subscription model has been suggested…<\/p>\n

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