Mapping out combat in Empire of Sin.
Mapping out combat in Empire of Sin.
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Empire of Sin hands-on — Learn to run your own criminal empire

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 6 min

“Running things. It ain’t all gravy.” That’s a line from one of my favorite gangster films, Miller’s Crossing. But running things is what you’ll learn if you play Empire of Sin from developer Romero Games and publisher Paradox Interactive.

In no time at all, I learned how to attack a thug’s hideout, open a speakeasy, supply it with liquor from a brewery, and manage a brothel. You too can learn how to build a criminal empire if you play this strategy game.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.