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Thunder at our Gates | Art & Achievements
Greetings everyone and welcome to the Art’s Developer Diary for the upcoming DLC Thunder at our Gates! We are looking forward to showing you what we’ve been cooking up behind the scenes. We’ll be showing off a selection…
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Hearts of Iron IV Official Merch Store is now Live!
Generals! To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hearts of Iron IV, and based on your feedback from the community merch survey, we have partnered with PrintClever to bring you the official Hearts of Iron IV Merchandise St…
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Dev Diary | HOI IV-X Anniversary Update
Generals! The Decade A decade. It still feels strange to write. Hearts of Iron IV turns Ten this month, and somehow the most unbelievable number in our telemetry isn't the millions of techs researched or wars declared,…
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Thunder at our Gates: Army HQs & Special Forces
If I were extremely funny, I’d start this off by typing something like “ G’day mates ”, but a simple “ hello gamers ” will have to suffice this time. Welcome to this dev diary, where I’ll take you through the new bigger…
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Developer Diary | Siam
Sawasdee khrap! Today we will go through the focus tree for Siam, today known as Thailand. Context Before the start of the game Siam had lost territory, mainly against the French but also against the English. Large port…
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Developer Diary | The Republic of Indonesia and the National Revolution
Selamat siang to you all once more. This dev diary is once again brought to you by Pdx_lily, and this time I’ll be showing you all the revolution content for Indonesia. As per usual, everything here is still in developm…
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Developer Diary | The Dutch East Indies
Selamat siang, Sugeng sonten, Wilujeng sonten, Rahajeng sore, and Goedemiddag to you all! My name is Pdx_lily, and I will be your host for today’s dev diary about Indonesia, also known as the Dutch East Indies (do note…
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HOI IV | Open Beta Update VI
Generals! Here is another Open Beta Update for our upcoming Anniversary Patch, including some bugfixes, balancing and more naval AI improvements. We recently posted a survey as a way to check the community pulse, and it…
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Thunder at our Gates: Ship Captains & Division Designer
Generals! It’s time once again to talk, even if I consider myself a man of action. In this dev diary we’ll go over these new Thunder at Our Gates Features: Ship Captains, and our Division Designer rework, which includes…
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Hearts of Iron IV | Patch 1.18.2
Generals! Batya here with another patch. The focus is around Czechoslovakia’s content that was recently released with Peace For Our Time. Besides that there have been a few crashes that were fixed and included in this p…
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Developer Diary | Alt-stralia
G’day mate! Punchrullar and Mordred Viking are back again to give you the lowdown on the more radical ideologies down under: Fascism and Communism. Australia in this period was a relatively stable democracy, but there w…
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HOI IV - Open Beta Update V
Generals! Before we head out on our 4-Day LOA we wanted to give you another OB update. Give it a try, leave us a lot of feedback here, and we'll be back soon to take it all in and make potential adjustments. How to join…
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Developer Diary | Australia: Until the Tide of Battle Swings
G’day mate! From the trenches of game development, we, Punchrullar and Mordred Viking, finally emerge. The time has come for the land from down under to undergo its long-awaited revision, and for the nine year old Austr…
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Thunder at our Gates Available June 11!
Generals! Pack your raincoats and shorts because we are going to the jungles of Southeast Asia and the arid plains of Australia. Dark clouds gather and a rumbling can be heard in the distance; Thunder is coming. Today w…
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Dev Diary - OPEN BETA UPDATE IV
Generals! Today we have an update to the open beta, including a sneak preview of the anniversary patch we have planned. This update includes quality of life improvements, bugfixes, gameplay and balance changes, naval AI…
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Extending our Steam Sale - Up to 70% off!
Generals ️ To celebrate the recent release of Peace for our Time we're extending the Steam Sale for Hearts of Iron. Get up to 70% off Hearts of Iron. Start the music, get moving, and grab those discounts. BASE GAME Hear…
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