Chief Designer Civilization V creates a secret project in the Paradox Interactive

Paradox Interactive announced today at a conference in Stockholm that John Schaeffer joined the Paradox Development Studio team as a game director for an unannounced project that is already underway.

Shafer is known among fans of strategy, in particular 4X-genre. John was the lead designer of Civilization V, and also worked on additions Civilization IV Beyond the Sword and Warlords.

According to Shafer, he is a fan of Paradox games and switching to a company that created one of his favorite games is a great joy.

Unfortunately for an unnamed game there are no details yet, but given the experience of John in 4X-segment, most likely the game will present just such a gameplay.

Parallel to his work at Paradox, John will continue to work on his personal title At the Gates, which was successfully funded by Kickstarter.