Hearts of Iron IV

Greetings, Commanders, Following the recent launch of our Warships of the Pacific cosmetic pack and the subsequent pair of hotfixes, I wanted to provide a quick update regarding our current studio progress. Please note that developer interactions may be slightly delayed, as our Swedish team is currently away for the holidays until Tuesday. Open Beta...

Greetings, Commanders! I’m Zwirbaum, a Game Designer here at the Hearts of Iron team, and I’m afraid I have a brief update regarding our development cycle: there will be no Open Beta update released this week. Rest assured, we expect to resume our standard beta update schedule starting next week. Thank you for your patience...

Commanders, The hour to fortify the borders of Czechoslovakia is fast approaching with the impending arrival of Peace For Our Time. This new Focus Pack empowers you to rewrite the somber history that defined the nation’s fate. While numerous strategic avenues await your command, we suspect most of you will prioritize one immediate goal: nullifying...

Greetings, Commanders! It is time for another installment of the Developer Corner. For those who would like a refresher on how we manage these sessions, please refer to our previous update here. As the development of Thunder at Our Gates continues to gain momentum, we have reached the stage where we begin brainstorming the next...

Attention, Commanders! Following our recent Open Beta Announcement, we have officially archived the initial feedback thread. Please direct all further observations to this new discussion. For technical malfunctions, kindly utilize the bug report forum. If you choose to launch a dedicated thread elsewhere, please include [Open Beta] in your title to assist our tracking efforts....

Attention, Admirals! A new hotfix for Warships of the Pacific, version 1.17.5.2, has been deployed to address several technical inconsistencies and improve the overall gameplay experience. Update Log: Support Model Rendering: Resolved an issue that restricted the division designer to displaying only a single support model. Interface Synchronization: Fixed a UI-specific bug where template modifications...

Greetings, Commanders! Welcome back to another installment of the Developer Corner. When we launched the No Compromise, No Surrender expansion last year, the influx of new nations pushed our UI to its absolute limit. Through some rigorous pixel-perfect adjustments, we managed to fit every flag into the selection screen, but we have officially hit a...

Naval Command: The Open Balance Beta is Live Greetings, Commanders! I am Zwirbaum, Game Designer for Hearts of Iron IV. Today, I am excited to introduce a dedicated Open Balance Beta that will remain active for the foreseeable future. Unlike our recent “War Effort” updates, such as patch 1.17.4, this initiative is strictly focused on...

Attention, Admirals! A minor hotfix has been deployed for Warships of the Pacific, version 1.17.5.1, focusing on resolving specific visual discrepancies and asset priority issues. Bug Fixes Infantry Asset Calibration: Resolved a sorting conflict within the infantry model hierarchy. This correction ensures that national-specific 3D models are correctly prioritized over generic placeholders for all affected...

Salutations, Admirals! We are proud to announce the deployment of Update 1.17.5, Warships of the Pacific. In this iteration, our primary objective was to heighten the game’s atmospheric depth. Informed by community critiques of previous updates, our team explored various avenues to enrich the naval experience. While our prior efforts highlighted the esoteric and prototypical...