Paradox Unleashes Its Holy Fury Today, Crusader Kings II Gets Its Biggest Expansion Yet
STOCKHOLM - 13 November 2018 - The medieval battle for the soul of Europe takes center stage in Crusader Kings II: Holy Fury, the newest expansion to Paradox Development Studios beloved grand strategy role-playing game. The almost infinite playground of dynastic politics in the Middle Ages takes on new drama with the addition of pagan warrior lodges, where you must constantly prove your mettle, and heroic bloodlines that add glamor and prestige to the descendants of history making characters. Holy Fury is available now for an MSRP of $19.99 at the Paradox Store and major online retailers. Holy Fury adds special new challenges for experience players by adding Shattered and Random World starts for the game. Begin playing in Shattered world where no one controls more than one county and prove how clever you are on an even playing field. Or start in a Random World that includes ahistoric kingdoms, empires and religions - a world that resembles our own, but is entirely fictional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDohBTt8j44 Other features in Crusader Kings II: Holy Fury include:

• Warrior Lodges: Join a Pagan warrior lodge and raid your way up the ranks, unlocking access to powerful allies and greater military skill.
• Dynamic Pagan Reformations: Choose the tenets and organizing principles of your new religion.
• Legendary Bloodlines: Descendants of great warrior heroes will have bonuses that match the accomplishments of their forefathers, including historical bloodlines of Charlemagne, Genghis Khan and others..
• Sway or Antagonize Your Neighbors: Try to win a reluctant vassal through charm and persuasion, or provoke someone you want to push into conflict.
• Sainthood: Pious Catholics can become canonized, passing on their glory to their descendants and making their resting place a site of great value
• Mass Baptism: Emulate Vladimir the Great and convert your pagan nation to Christianity or Islam, dragging your citizens and vassals to the altar with you.
• Coronations: Feudal kings and emperors must find clergy to crown them, since all power descends from the heavens.
• New Crusade Events: Deeper gameplay for the religious wars of the era.
• New Succession Laws: A Pagan Elder Council may have the final word in how a realm is divided among heirs, or a ruler may challenge his brother to combat to unify a realm.
• And much more: Changes to religion, custom names for people or objects, lists of people youve killed, and other small changes for flavor and variety.

Key features:

• Start a game at any point between 1066 and 1337 and play until 1453
  
• Pick a Christian lord and make sure his dynasty survives as you play a succession of his descendants through the ages
  
• Gain Prestige for every successive character you play, furthering the glory of your Dynasty
  
• Expand your feudal domain - and keep it from falling apart
  
• Unravel the plots of your courtiers and vassals, each with their own opinions and agendas
  
• Take up the Cross and fight the Moor, the Heathen and the Heretic.
  
• Defend against the onslaught of the Mongol Horde
  
• Struggle with the Pope for control of the bishops
  
• Relive the Middle Ages with up to 32 other players in a competitive multiplayer mode
  

• OS: Ubuntu 16.04 x64
• Processor: IntelR PentiumR IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+Memory: 4 GB Hard disk space: 2 Gb Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce> 9600 or higher. 1024MB graphics memory required.
• Memory: 4 GB Hard disk space: 2 Gb Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce> 9600 or higher. 1024MB graphics memory required.