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All Under Heaven & 1.18.0 "Crane" Update - Now Available
Hello everybody! Today we are releasing our Major Expansion for the year and the centerpiece of Chapter IV: All Under Heaven. We're also releasing Update 1.18.0 ‘Crane’ alongside this expansion. All of us at Studio Blac…
All Under Heaven: Release Schedule & Changelog
Hello folks, The release of All Under Heaven is just a few days away, and we want to share the changelog ahead of time to give you an idea of what to expect once the update goes live. We're also including a release sche…
Dev Diary #188 - Art, Music, Modding, & Achievements
Hello everyone! For the last of our All Under Heaven prerelease dev diaries, we’re covering a wide range of topics written by a wider range of authors. We know you’re eager to get to the New Stuff, so let’s get right in…
Dev Diary 187 - Performance & Optimization
I’m Joel, and I’m the Technical Lead on the Crusader Kings III team. I’m at the start of my second decade working with Crusader Kings in various roles, having originally started out as a designer for CK2. Before we get…
All Under Heaven - Available October 28
From the Great Wall to the great temple cities of Indochina, from the foothills of Mount Fuji to the river valleys of China, an infinite array of new adventures and stories awaits you in All Under Heaven, the largest ex…
Dev Diary 186 - Character Art of All Under Heaven
Akash Garg here, 3D artist lead at Studio Black! Today we’re going to cover the new character art coming in All Under Heaven, so let’s get right into it. Tang & Song Dynasties We wanted to share some insights into the c…
Dev Diary 185 - Playing in China, Japan, and Angkor
Hello everyone! Today’s dev diary will be a slightly unusual one; while China, Japan, and Southeast Asia have received dedicated dev diaries already, there were enough information gaps in them and unanswered questions f…
Dev Diary #184 - The Silk Road
Hello, Chop here again! Today we’ll be taking a closer look at one of the new Situations coming in All Under Heaven, so load up your camels because we’re exploring the Silk Road! The Silk Road Our aim with the Silk Road…
Update 1.17.0.1 & A Long Overdue Apology
Hi everyone, My name is Riad, and I’m the QA Manager for PDS Black, the studio working on Crusader Kings III. You might know me as the guy who wrote a dev diary about Black Forge Jam. I want to speak to you directly and…
Crusader Kings III: Coronations - Available Now!
Assemble your vassals to witness the consecration of a new ruler with the Coronations Event Pack.Take an oath and declare the vision of the ruler you aspire to be. Will you maintain your promise of protection and prospe…
Dev Diary 183 - Coronations Art & Changelog
Hello everyone! Today's developer diary is a short one, as everyone at Studio Black is currently focused on putting extra polish on our remaining Major Updates this year. In this dev diary, we're sharing two high-resolu…
Crusader Kings III: Coronations - Available September 9
Assemble your vassals to witness the consecration of a new ruler with the Coronations Event Pack.Take an oath and declare the vision of the ruler you aspire to be. Will you maintain your promise of protection and prospe…
Dev Diary 181 - Natural Disasters
Hello hello! Lachek here to talk about a feature that will be coming to the whole world with All Under Heaven, but which will have a special impact on China - Natural Disasters. When considering the success rate of medi…
Dev Diary #179 - A Little Bit of Everything
Hello everyone! Studio Black is working at full capacity after the traditional Swedish Summer Break, so today’s dev diary is going to cover a broad range of topics from a few different members of our development team. W…
Dev Diary #178 - A Vision in Gold
Crown-wearing kings and regalia-bearing queens, As you read these very words, you might - by claim of blood or right of conquest - be happily nesting in a Crusader Kings III throne. Perhaps you’re just about to become k…
Dev Diary #177 - A Fresh Coat of Paint
Welcome to another summer Dev Diary! As the Swedes are lazily shuffling in the door after vacations, we’ll be discussing the map visuals. My name is Petter Lundh. I’m the Art Director for Crusader Kings III for the last…
Help determine the direction of future content!
Studio Black is exploring concepts for what comes after Chapter IV, and we want your input to help guide the way forward! Shape the future of the game by taking a short survey about your preferences, expectations, an…
Dev Diary #175 - Ritsuryō, Sōryō, Meritocratic
Hey, I’m Chop, a designer working on the upcoming All Under Heaven expansion, particularly Japan and Korea. Speaking of which, in today’s development diary we will be exploring the Japanese archipelago and Korean penins…
Update 1.16.2.3
Hello everyone! Today we're releasing a small update to resolve a stability issue in addition to some other issues. This update should be fully compatible with existing saves, as well as most mods compatible with 1.16.…
Dev Diary #173 - The Map of China
Good day, everyone! I'm Cordelion, one of the many Game Designers currently working on All Under Heaven, and today I'm going to be taking you on a short tour of the geographical side of our upcoming expansion - specific…
Dev Diary #172 - The Full Medieval World
Hello and welcome to this first development diary about the upcoming All Under Heaven DLC, and its associated update! I am Trin Tragula, one of the design leads on Crusader Kings III and today I get to talk about East A…
Update 1.16.2.2
Hello everyone! We've got a very small hotfix today for a crashing issue players were reporting. This update should be fully compatible with existing saves and mods. Update 1.16.2.2 Changelog Resolved an issue causing c…
Update 1.16.2.1
Hello everyone! Today we're releasing Update 1.16.2.1, which brings a variety of tweaks, fixes, and balance changes. Most notably, this update introduces optional new difficulty levels (creatively named "Hard" and "Very…
Dev Diary #171 - Post-Release Support
Hello everyone! I’m Jacob, the Community Manager with Paradox Studio Black. My role within the studio is to strengthen communication between us and you, the players, to ensure that we understand what you want from the g…
Update 1.16.1
Hello everyone! Today we're releasing Update 1.16.1 to address some outstanding issues with Khans of the Steppe and the associated free "Chamfron" Update. Notably, this includes a variety of balance tweaks to Nomadic ch…
