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Peace for Our Time | Patch Notes
Generals! Tomorrow we’ll be releasing Peace for our Time and you know what that means, not just Patch 1.18 but a whole bunch of Patch Notes. Additionally, keep reading to find out how to roll back in case you have a sav…
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Peace for our Time Soundtrack
Generals! 🎵 Peace was never silent. Listen to the official Peace For Our Time soundtrack and let us know your favorite track. You can also listen on Spotify and Apple Music. Additionally, for those within marching dist…
Patch notes - Hearts of Iron IV
Peace for Our Time | Art, Achievements and Miscellaneous Content
Greetings, commanders! In this last but definitely not least developer diary, we will show some smaller mechanics that are shared across all focus paths. Following that, we will preview the art and other assets you will…
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HOI and Makeship Giveaway (Plushie and Socks)
Troops! 🏆 At ease, and listen up. We're sending reinforcements your way in the form of a Snuggato Jumbo Plushie and Feet Admirals Socks. The fluffiest operation we've ever run. Here's what you can win: A 100%-Discount…
Announcement - Hearts of Iron IV
HOI IV | Open Beta III
Generals! Open Beta Open Beta 01 Open Beta Update 02 Generals! Best to leave your feedback for this specific beta version in this thread. Bugs go in the bug report forum. You can also start a separate thread, just make…
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Peace for Our Time | Alt-Historical Czechoslovakia & Divided Nation Rework
Good day, commanders! I’m marijn211, and I will be showing off the ahistorical paths of Czechoslovakia, after that SpicyAlfredo will take over to show the reworked Divided Nation mechanic. Monarcho-Fascist Branch Like t…
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Peace for Our Time | Democratic & Shared Branches
Ahoj! I’m Spicyalfredo, joined by marijn211 and Abbus. We can’t wait to finally show you what we’ve been working on with the “ Peace for our Time ” focus pack! This DLC will feature a complete rework of everything Czech…
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Developer Diary | RDA Peace for Our Time
Generals! The time is soon upon you to defend the borders of Czechoslovakia with the upcoming release of Peace For Our Time. In this Focus Pack you will be able to change the course of the, quite frankly, tragic history…
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HOI IV | Open Beta Update (No Client Change)
Generals! I’m Zwirbaum, Game Designer for Hearts of Iron, and today I will be the bearer of bad news. Today there will be NO Open Beta Update. We should return to the regularly scheduled beta updates next week. Thanks f…
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Studio Gold Update | April 2026
Hello Generals & Admirals! It’s been a few weeks since the release of our cosmetic pack “ Warships of the Pacific ”, and we’ve released two hot fixes. And I thought I would take some time to give you all an update on wh…
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HOI IV - Open Beta Update II
Generals! Open Beta Announcement Open Beta Update I Best to leave your feedback for this specific beta version in this thread. Bugs go in the bug report forum. You can also start a separate thread, just make sure to ref…
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Dev Corner 2601010 - TaoG Achievement Suggestions
Generals! It’s time for another Developer Corner. For more info on how we run these, make sure to check out this post. Now onto the Dev Corner; We are now reaching the point in Thunder at our Gates ’s development where…
Announcement - Hearts of Iron IV
HOI IV - Open Beta Update 01
Generals! (Following our Open Beta Announcement) We have now locked the first OB thread, so be sure to continue leaving your feedback in this thread. Bugs* go in the bug report forum. You can also start a separate threa…
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Warships of the Pacific - Hotfix, 1.17.5.2
Admirals! Here’s a small hotfix for Warships of the Pacific, 1.17.5.2 Patch notes: Bugfix Fixed issue causing only a single support model to be shown in division designer Fixed a bug where AI or other players updating d…
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Developer Corner 2602001 - Country Selection Screen
Generals! It’s time for another Developer Corner. With the addition of more countries when we released No Compromise, No Surrender last year, we just managed to fit the new countries in the country selection screen’s fl…
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HOI IV - Open Beta
Generals! I'm Zwirbaum, Game Designer for Hearts of Iron, and today I will be bringing up to you a new Open ‘Balance’ Beta that we will be running for the near foreseeable future. As opposed to the recent open betas, li…
