Europa Universalis 5's 'biggest update yet' expands the Balkans, overhauls the economy, and fixes more than 2,000 bugs

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Paradox Interactive has rolled out its "biggest update yet" for Europa Universalis 5. This is a slightly cheeky way to phrase things, considering this is only the second major update for Paradox' latest, dizzyingly complex grand strategy. But it's also accurate. With patch notes that Paradox claims would fill 72 pages of a Google doc, the Encinades update overhauls several of the game's major systems and squashes more than 2,000 bugs.

The primary goal of Encinades (which is not to be confused with echidnas, the small, egg-laying mammal and Sonic the Hedgehog frenemy) is similar to that of Alexander the Great, namely expanding the Balkans. The update introduces more than 300 new advances and around 150 dynamic historical events, many of which revolve around Greece and the other countries in Europe's southeastern peninsula. These are designed to couple with the Fate of the Phoenix expansion pack, w...

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