Oh lookie, lookie. It's another one of Paradox Interactive's PC-exclusive products, though you might say that this seems a little more ambitious than the rest. Designed by Tale Worlds, Mount & Blade was built from the ground up to be some sort of Grand Theft Auto of the Medieval Ages.Check out the screens at the full story and learn more about this sandbox game.

Space simulations haven't been 'verse-shaking since Volition's last epic rendering of Descent FreeSpace 2, but they have always come at sweet times when the ache for a FreeSpace 3 and Descent 4 have been pulsing at an all-time high. Space Wolves and Tarr Chronicles were lovely distractions while the X universe continues to provide a leisurely sandbox experience. But some really need that sci-fi dogfighting fix, and Paradox Interactive hopes to  deliver with Dark Horizon (no relation to the flash game). Details and video flow at the full story.

RTS fans, rejoice! Paradox Interactive has just announced that it has picked up Majesty. The sequel, dubbed Majesty 2 - The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is scheduled for an early 2009 release. You can check out the screenshots and art at the full article.

Do you have what it takes to forge an empire from scratch? Paradox Interactive thinks you do, which is why the company has released a new gameplay trailer to ease you into playing Europa Universalis: Rome. View the video after the jump.

Had a blast when playing Europa Universalis III? Well, you might want to check out the details and screenshots we got of Paradox Interactive's brand new upcoming game, Europa Universalis: Rome, which is set to be released in 2 weeks. Catch everything you need to know in the full article.

If you still want more information aside from our last update on BattleGoat Studios' groundbreaking strategy game Supreme Ruler 2020, you definitely will get more this time around. Paradox Interactive has just recently released key features of the upcoming economic, political and military strategy game.

Check out the key features of the game after the jump!

PC games have always taken the backseat when it comes to its share of the gamers' market. However, in a recent interview conducted by Eurogamer with Johan Andersson, producer of Paradox Interactive, believes that consoles are actually helping niche PC titles prosper.

He explains that the reason behind this is the fact that more and more people are getting into gaming thanks to video game consoles. Because of this, the market for what kind of games people are looking for become more defined, making it easier for them to aim for a particular type of market to sell their games to. Andersson explains:

I don't want to predict where PC gaming in general is going, but for us, the increase in consoles has made the market more segmented, and consequently made it easier for us to reach our target audience and vice versa.

This is most evident with the release of Paradox Interactive's Europa Universalis III on the PC platform. The well-known strategy game already has a solid following created by its superior sales when it first came out. While the company's flagship title takes it roots from the PC, Andersson recognizes the fact that there may be a possibility for expanding the market by introducing the game to the console or the hand-held platform like the Nintendo DS.

Europa Universalis isn't the only game planning to make a move to the consoles. Other games like Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is already confirmed to have found its way onto several consoles and hand-held platforms, ensuring the possibility that PC gaming isn't quite dead yet.

Anticipation grips the Nintendo Wii owners here in North America, as Mario Strikers: Charged schedules for its retail punt this Monday. For the PSP owners, we've sighted Brave Story: New Traveler making the trip, while the PC owners get some serious luvin' by way of Combat Mission: Shock Forceand Attack on Pearl Harbor. We have the list of games on shelves this week.

Mario Striker Charged. Making its first appearance over in Europe, this latest installment of the Mario Strikers franchise will now be kicking into North America. Play as any of your favorite Mario characters in Nintendo's take on the ball game that's taken the world by storm.

• Nintendo Wii - July 30, 2007
• US$ 49.99
• ESRB E 10+ (Everyone aged 10+)
• Nintendo

Of course, that's just a teaser of the games that will be landing in your local retail stores this week as July moves into August. Click on the Full Article link below for the full list, and make sure to call your local stores to confirm if your local shop's got stock.

Europa Universalis III is a strategy game that spans from the events after the Fall of Constantinople (1453) up to the French Revolution (1789). This video game from Paradox Interactive, while covering 300 years of history, also allows players to pretty much make up their own.

No, we haven't gone back in time here at QJ Central. This is for those who are still undecided whether to get Europa Universalis III or not. They've got a new mod for additional world domination enjoyment called Magna Mundi 1.0 by Ubik and SharpAlignment. And we've got some screens featuring the other side of world conquest that takes diplomacy, trade, and espionage. Heck, you can even choose to "sow discontent". Anyway, here are the basics:

• Adding historical plausibility to the game
• Adding depth to the game.
• Increasing the difficulty level of the game through a stronger abstraction of the real world.

Good thing Paradox Interactive made the Europa Universalis III mod friendly. If you're interested to get the mod, just click the Download link below and with just about any game - check out the ReadMe first. Enjoy!

Download: Magna Mundi Europa Universalis III mod

The rest of the screens come right after the jump!

Nival Interactive and Paradox Interactive are setting the stage for another blitzkrieg, so to speak, of an RTS. Since most of you can't seem to get enough of WWII scenarios, seeing Frontline: Fields of Thunder in action is more than enough to help you tide over the wait for its eventual worldwide release this month. Screenshots are one thing, videos are quite something else. And here's a trailer of the German-Russian battle.

Fields of Thunder is going to be the first in the Frontline series from Nival. From that statement alone, you can expect to find more installments in the future. Question is: who wants to bet it'd be of WWII-era also? Any takers? If the trailer below is any indication, you'd know your answer...