Paradox Interactive has inadvertently revealed its own new IP in a serious blunder that gave fans their first look at the developer’s next big project.
As spotted on Reddit, Paradox’s new game is titled Afterworld, described as a post-apocalyptic survival grand strategy game in a Discord channel description. The title was revealed on Paradox’s own forum by accident, with the word “Afterworld” appearing under the heading “Unreleased Games” in publicly visible filter settings.
The slip-up blows up any dramatic tension built by Paradox in the past few days, as the company had begun teasing a reveal of the game on X, with an official debut planned during the Gamescom Opening Night Live presentation on August 25. The developer published a video featuring scenes from their previously released titles showing apocalyptic scenes, such as a ruined castle from Crusader Kings 3 and a spaceship exploding from Stellaris.
Fans speculated wildly under the teaser post, hoping for a wide range of genre projects, like a fantasy 4X title or a new spin-off game of Stellaris, while some just begged for DLCs to Paradox’s existing games. Others struck gold, directly saying they hoped for a new grand strategy game–something which Afterworld...
