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Dev Diary - PDXCON Recap and Team update
Hi everyone! We need some recovery time after PdxCon before we talk about more new stuff so today I figured we would recap stuff from PdxCon as well as talk about some team and studio topics. I am happy to say that we a…
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PDXCON Remixed: The Spanish Gambit | Community Challenge
The Spanish Gambit Hearts of Iron team members Drikus Kuiper • Content Design Lead - PDS, Daniel Sjöberg • Senior QA - PDS & Josh Bassett • Community Manager have attempted 'The Spanish Gambit' - win the Spanish Civil W…
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Dev Diary: Baltic States | Part Two
Hello everyone and welcome back to another dev diary for Barbarossa where today I’m going to be diving into the unique branches for the Baltic states. I would like to open up by showing the state rework I neglected to s…
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Dev Diary - Baltic States | Part One
Hello and welcome to another dev diary for the Barbarossa patch! Today I’m back with you to talk about not one, not two, but three new focus trees coming with the upcoming expansion: Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia! The…
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Road to PDXCON: Grand Campaign - Hearts of Iron [7th May 12:00 CEST]
Join the Hearts of Iron team, The Grand Campaign cast and our Discord senate for the third leg of our story! The story has unfolded and the Dual Monarchy stands at the precipice of a World War. In this modded, community…
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Dev Diary: Combat & Stat Changes
Hi everyone and welcome back to another dev diary! Today is about various changes that affect combat and units. With the Barbarossa update we want to shake up the meta a bit and also change a few stats and other aspects…
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Dev Diary: Tank Designer
Hello, and welcome back to another DevDiary about content coming in the 1.11 “Barbarossa” patch and its accompanying DLC. As always, keep in mind that the things shown in this DevDiary are still under development, so th…
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Dev Diary: Poland Focus Tree Rework | Part 2/2
Hello folks and welcome back to the Poland dev-diary extravaganza! This week, I am going to continue covering the changes coming to Poland in 1.11 Barbarossa and the unannounced DLC.Today we’ll be covering the DLC conte…
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Dev Diary: Poland Focus Tree Rework | Part 1/2
Hello everybody and welcome to another dev diary for the upcoming Barbarossa patch and yet to be announced DLC. Today I’m going to be talking about the first focus tree which is a rework of Poland. Poland was first adde…
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Road to PDXCON: Grand Campaign
The journey to PDXCON begins: Introducing the Grand Campaign! 4 games, 4 weeks and 5 days of play! Join the teams of Crusader Kings III, Europa Universalis IV, Hearts of Iron IV and Stellaris for the largest event this…
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Dev Diary: Supply - A First Look
(Reposted from yesterday due to an error) Hi everyone and welcome back to regular weekly dev diaries (if you don't count the april fools one last week). I know you are all super excited to hear what we have been up to s…
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Dev Diary | HEARTS OF MALTA!
Malta focus tree Hello everyone! So this is a first for me, my brand own dev diary! Well... in fact, I am in a bit of an odd situation. I fell asleep one day in the office about a year ago and no one came in the next mo…
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Livestream: An Introduction to Germany - 1330 CET Wednesday!
Join Community Manager Josh in our latest weekly stream series! Whether you're a novice or a returning player, this could be the perfect series for you! In this series we'll explain how to play Germany in single player,…
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Midweek Madness: Free to Play + Deep Discounts!
Midweek Madness is upon us! Along with this week's Multiplayer Event, we've got a variety of deals and discounts for you to sink your teeth into. First up, Battle for the Bosporus is on sale for the very first time! We'…
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Masters of the Mediterranean - Multiplayer Event 10 + 11 March
Rome. Egypt. Byzantium. The Mediterranean has known many masters. Now the great powers of the atomic age look to seize this jewel for themselves. Join the Hearts of Iron team for a multiplayer clash over who can call th…
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Live Stream: I Swear I'm Not a Byzantophile!
Join us once again on Wednesday for another episode of 'I Swear I'm Not a Byzantophile!' Having overrun Romania but, inadvertently given parts of Greece to Bulgaria, Josh and Daniel will be looking to take the fight to…

