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Paradox Interactive is actually releasing Magicka Vietnam later this month. So why not a second game that mixes fantasy with the Southeast Asian conflict? Today the publisher revealed that the previously announced plans for King Arthur II have now added some Vietnam elements.

Paradox has already said on this April Fool's day that this announcement will be a "paradigm shift in the gaming industry as a whole." Indeed the publisher announced that even more of its games will get Vietnam connections such as Sword of the Stars II: Vietnam, Europa Universalis: Vietnam, Vietnam: The MMOVRGP and then finally with Vietnam: Vietnam at the end of 2011. At which point the universe will likely swallow Paradox whole from stopping everything from being labeled as Vietnam.

Ahead of its usual weekend sales, the Steam game download site has a couple of special offers that were revealed today. One of them concerned pre-orders for the upcoming first person shooter Homefront. Folks who pony up their money early for the game will be able to get the 2010 released first person shooter Metro 2033 for free and immediate download. That's a game that's priced on Steam normally at $39.99. Pre-orders should also be able to play the Air Assault Drone in Homefront's multiplayer mode on day one.

Also, the 2010 released historical RTS game The King's Crusade from developer NeoCore Games is on sale on Steam until for just $9 until February 16.

King Arthur is one of the better strategy games we've played, and its unique take on Arthurian legend is compelling. While most of the factions have been relatively normal, there are a few that do incorporate more fantastic and magical elements. The upcoming Druids DLC faction is one of these. Focusing on exploiting nature to their cause, the druids look to be a formidable force. Just watch this trailer if you doubt us. Lightning strikes, setting people on fire, and enchanted weapons seem to be the province of these druids, and that's certainly dangerous.

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Delayed from a planned released last December, publisher Paradox Interactive has now finally sent out the second expansion pack for the RTS-RPG game King Arthur. The expansion pack, King Arthur The Druids, is now available to download via several sites, including GamersGate, for $9.99.

Developer NeoCore Games claims this expansion pack adds over 30 hours of gameplay to the original game. It includes an all new single player campaign as you play a new ruler with his own goals. It also has a new and complex diplomacy system, four new heroes, three new units, three new special units and more.

Ahead of next week's big Paradox Interactive press event, the publisher has gone ahead and revealed one of its unannounced titles. It happens to be King Arthur II, the sequel to the fantasy RTS-RPG title from developer NeoCore Games.

The sequel will be a much darker game than the original with the ruler of the fantasy Britain having to deal with things like, well, what you see in the above screenshot. Paradox is promising that the sequel will have "heroic, large scale battles with bigger armies are at reach to defeat more powerful foes. The game does not yet have a release date. You can check out a teaser trailer for King Arthur II after the jump:

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It's not unusual for a game to have a title change before it's released but its rare for a game to change its title after it comes out. That's what's happening with Lionheart: King's Crusade, the recent historical RTS game from developer NeoCore Games and publisher Paradox Interactive. Saying that the original title was "a bit of a mouthful" the game will now be called simply The King's Crusade.

Along with the name change, Paradox announced two upcoming DLC packs, one of them for The King's Crusade called Arabian Nights. The DLC is due out on February 8. The second DLC pack, Teutonic Knights, is for Neocore's eariler game Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come but it does not yet have a release date.

Lionheart: Kings' Crusade has been out from publisher Paradox Interactive for some time now. Today Paradox announced that the historical RTS game from developer NeoCore Games now has a new permanent lower price of $29.99. Also a previously released DLC pack is now available for purchase (the New Allies DLC was previously made available for people who bought the game before October 17 for free).

The $4.99 DLC contains six new units (Gascon Knights, Ayyubid Bowmen, Ayyubid Infantry, Ayyubid Swordsmen, Archer Elite, and Hungarian Light Cavalry). It also has two new Hero units (Taqi al-Din Umar and Arthur of Brittany) and three non-historical Hero units (The Ghost of Godfrey of Toulouse, Joan d'Arc and Lancelot)

Last month Paradox Interactive announced a new publishing deal with NeoCore Games, the makers of the recent RTS titles King Arthur and Lionheart: King's Crusade. Today Paradox announced plans to release a new downloadable expansion pack for King Arthur that's due for release by the end of 2010.

Titled King Arthur: The Druids, the expansion will have a new single player campaign that adds over 30 hours of gameplay. It has you in the role of King Ryons, the leader of the Druids, as he tries to expand his faith to others. As you can see the game will have some fantasy elements such as dragons Pricing for the expansion has yet to be announced.

The developer behind one of Paradox Interactive's latest games has scored a new publishing deal with the company. Today the company announced the deal with NeoCore Games in a multi-title deal that includes bringing NeoCore's two previous RTS games, Crusaders; Thy Kingdom Come and King Arthur, under the Paradox banner. Paradon just released NeoCore's latest RTS game Lionhead: King's Crusade.

Paradox's first game with NeoCore under its new deal is a upcoming expansion pack for King Arthur called The Druids that will add a new campaign to the game. The publishing deal also covers several unannounced games from NeoCore.

This is the playable demo for Lionheart: Kings' Crusde, a real-time strategy game where players take the role of Richard the Lionheart out to re-conquer the Holy Land. Alternatively, players can take the role of Saladin to defend against the coming attack. The demo includes the first mission from the Crusader campaign, complete with mission briefing, management phase and battle. There's also a tutorial battle in Cyprus. System requirements are shown after the jump.

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