Europa Universalis III

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Europa Universalis III is a grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, covering a period of time from the collapse of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 to the French Revolution in 1789. EU3 uses a new, 3D engine.

EU3 is available in 3 editions:

  • North American release (George Washington box art)
  • European release (conquistador box art)
  • Collector's Edition (box art pictured).

[edit] System requirements

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP
  • Intel Pentium 1.9GHz or higher processor (or similar)
  • 512 MB computer RAM.
  • 128 MB Video RAM graphic card, with pixel shader 2.0, compatible with DirectX 9.0C.

Note that performance might suffer if using an integrated GPU, eg. Nvidia 6100. Paradox is currently working on a way to reduce the Video RAM required for the game to run.

[edit] Release dates

  • North America - January 23, 2007
  • Scandinavia – January 26
  • Germany – January 26
  • UK – February 2
  • France – February 2
  • Benelux – February 2
  • Italy – February 22

[edit] Patch history

Patch 1.1 was released on 23rd January 2007 and is the latest patch available as of 12 May 2008. See the patch 1.1 release notes.

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