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Paradox Interactive acquires Harebrained Schemes

Strategy game publisher buys the studio behind BattleTech and Shadowrun

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Publisher Paradox Interactive has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Harebrained Schemes, LLC, a Seattle-based developer.

Harebrained Schemes will now act as an internal studio and division within the Paradox organization, led by its own internal management and creative teams.

Harebrained Schemes was founded in 2011 by industry veterans Jordan Weisman and Mitch Gitelman. Weisman is the creator of many acclaimed game universes including Shadowrun, Crimson Skies, and BattleTech/MechWarrior, and has founded several previous entertainment companies. At Harebrained Schemes, the partners have shipped eight titles in seven years including the Shadowrun Returns series of CRPGs and the recently released turn-based strategy title BATTLETECH, published by Paradox.

As a token to welcome all fans of Harebrained Schemes to the Paradox family, Paradox will give a complimentary copy of Stellaris, the sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studio, to every player who backed BATTLETECH on Kickstarter.

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