Europa Universalis will be coming to tablets, Paradox Interactive has revealed.

While in-house developer Paradox Development Studio is yet to begin development on a iPad or Android version, project lead Thomas Johansson has said it's just a "matter of time" until work begins.

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"It feels like these games would work really well, that you have this strategy map in your lap," Johansson told Digital Spy.

A stumbling block for the project is the interface and "optimisation of the memory requirements".

"A lot of our interface development is similar to developing an operating system," Johansson continued.

"We need scrolls and buttons and stuff. I can really see myself playing EU on a tablet, it's just a couple of things [to solve]."

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Gaming: Europa Universalis 4Studio head Johan Andersson added: "We haven't really figured interface stuff yet, but when we have figured out that, our engine runs on iOS, Linux and all that.



"It's more like solving [the] interface because our games are heavily tutor dependant now, and solving some limited technical issues."

Thomas Johansson added that it will be the full Europa Universalis experience, and not a catered mobile version like Civilization Revolution.

"I don't really understand why people feel they need to 'dumb down' - if you pardon the expression - games just to have it on tablet," added Johansson.

"Okay, they want to broaden the install base and there are lots of tablet customers, but it's the same argument that there are also lots of PC users that don't play our games.

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"We could make a completely different game but there's no difference in the format, right? The tablet is awesome for a deep strategy game, and that's what we're good at."

Paradox Interactive said last week that it would publish on the new Xbox and PlayStation 4 if they were more open platforms.

The publisher also revealed Brian Blessed DLC for War of the Roses, a beta for The Showdown Effect and a new expansion for Crusader Kings 2 at the convention.

It will also make its debut on tablets with the release of Magicka and Leviathan Warships later this year.

Europa Universalis IV will be available on PC in August or September 2013.

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