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STOCKHOLM - 23 September 2020 - For centuries, the Bosporus and Dardanelles have been key to strategy in the Mediterranean. A gate that joins the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, a short crossing that divides Europe from Asia. In the middle of a world crisis, this strait is an attractive target for any great power that seeks to dominate the region. Is neutrality even possible when war arrives on your doorstep?

Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus is a new country pack for Paradox Development Studio’s best-selling grand strategy wargame. New events and decision paths let you take control of the destinies of Bulgaria, Greece or Turkey through years of uncertainty and conflict. Is it possible for these middle powers to steer a path between factions that will demand their support?



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Greetings, salutations, and merhaba - we now return to your regularly scheduled programming with the reveal of Turkey! It’s going to be a long one, so settle in with a dish of köfte and a glass of rakı and then let’s get into it!



So, let’s address the obvious - Turkey did not formally enter the Second World War until 1945, and never participated in any active fighting, yet as a nation they consistently held the dubious honour of being able to fundamentally alter the war’s trajectory with their own participation throughout almost the entire conflict. They were courted by every alliance but maintained and leveraged their position of strength so that they could maintain their neutrality ... Read more

Greetings, salutations, and merhaba - we now return to your regularly scheduled programming with the reveal of Turkey! It’s going to be a long one, so settle in with a dish of köfte and a glass of rakı and then let’s get into it!



So, let’s address the obvious - Turkey did not formally enter the Second World War until 1945, and never participated in any active fighting, yet as a nation they consistently held the dubious honour of being able to fundamentally alter the war’s trajectory with their own participation throughout almost the entire conflict. They were courted by every alliance but maintained and leveraged their position of strength so that they could maintain their neutrality while still wi... Read more

Today's Development Diary by ManoDeZombi[pdxint.at]



Здравейте всички - Hi everyone! And welcome to a new Hearts of Iron 4 Dev Diary!
Today we’ll be talking about the second country in the upcoming DLC, which I’ve been working on after La Resistance. A country that didn’t make it into DoD because by that time the team considered that they lacked the appropriate tools to depict both its multiple internal conflicts and its complex diplomatic relations. And as many of you had already guessed, the country in question is... Bulgaria!



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The results of the achievement contest are in!
Over the last couple of weeks we've been running a contest for the Hearts of Iron community to suggest and vote on a new achievement to be added to the game.

Voting has been open for a little over a week, and we had more than 31,000 votes cast on the shortlist of 10 achievement suggestions.

Here's the placings from 4th-10th:



In third place, with 5,506 votes is 'I am the Senate'!

The goal here was to achieve 100% support in both the Senate and the House as democratic USA.



In second place, with 5,765 votes is 'The chad Chad'

This achievement required you to take all of Africa a... Read more

Ever wanted to have some input into what we pick as an achievement for Hearts of Iron IV?

This is your chance!

Over this week we asked for suggestions on social media for new achievements. Having received around 400 submissions, we've distilled these down to a shortlist of just 10.

The choice of which one gets added into the game at our next major update is now yours!

Click here to cast your vote [docs.google.com]or read on below to see the details of all the achievements on the shortlist.


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Chain of Command: Devs vs. the HOI4 Community: 1800-2000 CEST, 10/11/12 June


Everything you need to know
Tomorrow at 1800-2000 will be the first session of a special kind of Three Day War: It's the Devs vs. the Hearts of Iron IV community at large, spearheaded by four content creators.

Each team will be playing entirely within one nation: Imperial Germany for the Devs, and Democratic Britain for the Community team.

We've taken the 'democratic' element literally, electing a Virtual 'House of Commons' from across the HOI community to vote on and discuss the strategy for the UK. Some actions will be decided by what the house wants, not just the four players.

Read on below to find out about what the 'Virtual House of Commons' has been up to in preparation for the event.

There w... Read more

Update: The Polls have closed and the results are in!




We can certify that SwedishKaiser, Dankuser, Spartacus, Coffee Monster, Acy, Matius, Joseph, and Toastyman, are duly elected to serve as Members of (virtual) Parliament for the Steam constituency.

Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to those who didn't make it.

We will be in touch with the winners shortly to invite them to the Discord.

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Yesterday's Election Details [vote closed]

It's election day for the 'virtual House of Commons', as part of our chain-of-command multiplayer event next week!

If you missed the information about this ... Read more

1.9.3 "Husky" is now live and downloadable through Steam. Checksum is a7a4.

We should be compatible with 1.9.2, but if you for some reason want to remain on 1.9.2 or older Here are instructions for reverting to patches since 1.5.4[forum.paradoxplaza.com], or special instructions for 1.5.3 and earlier.[forum.paradoxplaza.com]

Please make sure that any mods you are using are updated for... Read more

Today's Dev Diary by Podcat[pdxint.at]


Hi everyone! This week is Hearts of Iron IVs 4th anniversary. I’ve got some cool data to share with you, new armor and radio packs as well as patch for you to celebrate! All of this releases tomorrow :)

A Look Back & Cool Numbers

It's crazy how Hearts of Iron keeps growing. I personally started with playing HOI2, and worked on HOI3 as a coder and game director on HOI4, and while people still call it a niche experience for WW2 buffs, it has also grown to be so much more (or us WW2 nerds are more numerous than we think :D). Around La Résistance release we clocked a new record on monthly players of 899k (the 1... Read more

Chain of Command Multiplayer - Developers vs. The Hearts of Iron Community


It's Hearts of Iron IV's 4th anniversary on June 6th, and to celebrate we're holding a multiplayer event for the ages.

From June 10-12 a team of four heroic content creators, backed by the wider
Hearts of Iron community, will do battle with a team of four of the most dastardly devs around.

For the first time in an official multiplayer event, you can participate, helping to shape the community teams strategy and choosing its leader. Read on to find out how.


It's going to be a chain-of-command stream, meaning that all each team will be playing one nation; Democratic UK for the Community team, and Imperial Germany for the Devs.

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Join Fiona and Daniel once again at 14:00 CEST for the penultimate episode of our tutorial stream series.

Tune in over on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive

1.9.2 "Husky" is now live and downloadable through Steam. Checksum is a73d.

We should be compatible with 1.9.1, but if you for some reason want to remain on 1.9.1 or older Here are instructions for reverting to patches since 1.5.4,[forum.paradoxplaza.com] or special instructions for 1.5.3 and earlier.[forum.paradoxplaza.com]

Please make sure that any mods you are using are updated ... Read more

Hi everyone I hope you are enjoying 1.9.1 and La Resistance. Today will be a smaller diary to let you know that we are putting out a beta for 1.9.2, and also to fill you in on what the plan is now moving forward into next expansion work.

1.9.2 Beta
Since we came back from easter we have been working hard on nailing down some stubborn out of sync bugs. Some of those still elude us so the quest continues but we have also gotten some other things dealt with.

1.9.2 Changelog (so far!)

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- added mil factory to china that was incorrectly set up in 1.9.1

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- Soviet now retains the old behaviour of sending volunteers to spain
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In this week's 'World War Work From Home', our tutorial streams enter their third week.

If you're new to the game or can't wrap your head around a certain mechanic, then this might be the stream for you!

Tune in at 14:00 CEST at: https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive

Today's Development Diary by Podcat[pdxint.at]



Hi everyone and surprise! We just released 1.9.1 to make sure you guys get all the fixes by easter. We are currently investigating some out of sync MP issues that are proven to be incredibly stubborn to nail down, so a 1.9.2 is planned after 1.9.1 to address that. Otherwise 1.9.1 has shaped up to be one of the bigger patches we have done with tons of fixes and I want to thank everyone who has helped out by reporting bugs and testing the open beta.

Today I also want to share another update to the roadmap like we usually do to the end of a patch cycle. Its both grown in some entries as well as had a couple checked off as of La Resistance... Read more

It's Patch time!

Over the last few weeks we've been running an extensive Beta patch to add some extra content as well as balance and bugfix changes introduced in 1.9.

1.9.1 "Husky" is now live and downloadable through Steam, with a slew of fixes and improvements to 1.9.1. Checksum is 6d23.

We should be compatible with 1.9.0, but if you for some reason want to remain on 1.9.0 or older Here are instructions for reverting to patches since 1.5.4.[forum.paradoxplaza.com]

Please make sure that any mods you are using are updated for 1.9.1, or your game might not run properly (seriously)
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In this week's 'World War Work From Home', we're continuing our tutorial series which began last week.

We'll be covering all the basics, including national focuses, research choices, template and ship designs, and much more. We'll be running this tutorial for a few weeks to make sure we can fit all the important bits in.

If you're new to the game or can't wrap your head around a certain mechanic, then this might be the stream for you!

Tune in at 14:00 CEST at: https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive

Today's Development Diary by Podcat [pdxint.at]



Hi guys, another week another patch update. We are now focusing on stabilizing it and preparing it for release once its gone through testing.

A cool thing we have added this week is new 3d models for Spain and Portugal. All the different civil war sides in Spain now look different. Here is a fancy render of what they look like in detail:


(pardon the german guns for the renders tho ;D)

Check out the changelog since last week:

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