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Hello — I’m Mordred Viking (Gareth). Thank you for the thoughtful feedback you shared in the Dev Corner. Your questions and suggestions helped shape what follows. As always, this content is a work in progress and some values or layouts may change. Where were the Philippines in 1936? Geopolitical snapshot: the Philippines in the mid-1930s....
Hi again, Today’s Dev Corner takes a different tack — instead of introducing new mechanics, we’re tying together the East Asia narrative we’ve been crafting and showing how the features we’ve discussed fit into that story. If you’ve followed our updates, you’ll know the nations we’ve showcased so far are Japan, the Philippines, the People’s...
When we release (not announce) [redacted], Man the Guns will be removed from sale and its content will be merged into the base game via a free patch. Elements like the Ship Designer, Governments in Exile, amtracs, naval access controls and Admiral traits will become part of the core HoI4 experience. The British and United...
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Hi — I’m Jack, the newest Game Designer on the Hearts of Iron IV team. I’m thrilled to present a substantial overhaul of the Doctrines system. This subsystem has remained largely the same since launch, so when I was asked to redesign and expand it I dived straight in. The redesign is the product of...
Kon’nichiwa — welcome to Japan’s dedicated Development Diary. I’m PDX_Danne, joined by D3vil, and today we’ll explore the historical Japan content coming in the No Compromise, No Surrender DLC. We touched on some of these mechanics in our Dev Corner, but here we’ll go deeper into the design choices and how they reflect the 1936...
Hisashiburi — welcome back to another Japan developer diary. I’m D3vil, and in this entry I’ll walk you through the alternate political directions Japan can pursue in the upcoming No Compromise, No Surrender DLC. If you want to revisit the historical and common branches before reading on, you can find that diary here: Developer Diary...
Generals! Allied Headquarters has put together a new compilation — the General Edition. This collection includes the Base Game, La Résistance, and Battle for the Bosporus. Man the Guns is not bundled here because it’s being offered separately (free for now) until it’s fully merged into the base game with the upcoming No Compromise, No...
Dàjiā hǎo — welcome to the official Dev Diary for the Chinese Soviet Republic. I, PDX_Danne, together with PDX_berthier, will walk you through the changes coming to China in the No Compromise, No Surrender expansion. Please note: everything described here is work in progress and may change. At the opening of 1936 the Communist movement...
As promised, here’s a breakdown of the changes coming to China in the update. Please remember to join the Developers’ Livestream tomorrow, October 30th, when they’ll present the full China experience. ImaginedPanda here — I’m one of the designers behind the Nationalist China content in No Compromise, No Surrender. If this is your first Dev...
