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Steam News27 January 20265mo ago

Dev Corner 2601003 - Thunder at our Gates

(Previously: Dev Corner 2601002 - TaoG) Generals! It’s time for another Developer CORNER. Just for the first couple of these, before we continue, I want to set some expectations and clear things up.

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0 fixes1 addition2 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
changed(Previously: Dev Corner 2601002 - TaoG)
changedGive you a chance to ask our developers questions, and perhaps even let us know if there’s anything glaringly obvious we missed
addedMoving OnWhen you think of playing Australia , what do you like about how it is right now? What would you want us to add, remove or change? Also important: what’s your player fantasy? And lastly, are there any interesting characters or equipment they used that you really want to see?

(Previously: Dev Corner 2601002 - TaoG)

Generals!

It’s time for another Developer CORNER.

Just for the first couple of these, before we continue, I want to set some expectations and clear things up. By now you know we have two main types of Developer post:

Developer Diaries

  • Give you more detailed insight into content that’s more or less finished and is being polished

  • Start appearing closer to release

  • Give you a chance to ask our developers questions, and perhaps even let us know if there’s anything glaringly obvious we missed

  • (and may still have time to either fix quickly, or already start planning to include in a future Patch; being a Day-x, or a War Effort.)

Developer Corners, like this one, serve a different purpose. They:

  • Need your feedback, specific to the DC

  • Should be short and to the point

  • May or may not include any images

  • May generally give you some idea of something that might come in future content, but it’s not guaranteed

  • Are not usually planned far ahead. Instead, if at any point any developer has something they want to get feedback on, we’ll pick an upcoming weekly slot, probably Tuesday or Thursday

Review

Last week we kicked things off with our first Dev Corner of 2026 where we asked you about Siam, and we got so much good feedback that we decided to publish another Dev Corner (26001002). If you missed it, or want to know more about our thoughts on Limited Wars, Regional Power Fantasy and Internal Faction Mechanics, give it a read.

Moving On

With that out of the way, the second topic we’d like your thoughts on is Australia! The next DLC of Expansion Pass 2, Thunder at our Gates is coming in Q2, so while we continue to work on that, we’d like to know:

When you think of playing Australia, what do you like about how it is right now? What would you want us to add, remove or change? Also important: what’s your player fantasy? And lastly, are there any interesting characters or equipment they used that you really want to see?

And perhaps this will provide a small amount of inspiration:

Source

Steam News / 27 January 2026

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