Hello there! It's your friendly neighborhood community manager, Katten, here. It's been some time, but starting right now until the 9th of April, the game is Free to Play! This is also accompanied by a Massive sale that is larger than any we have had previously, both of these starting at 19:00 CET https://store.steampowered.com/app/394360/Hearts_of_Iron_IV/ If you are a new player or a veteran looking for people to play with, tips for your games, or just want to chat about the game, then join our Discord below. If we hit 100K members this weekend, we will be giving away 500 copies of the Base Game next week!
Click the above image to join the Discord, or click here instead! Now, what is all of this new art and logos you see everywhere? Well, from player feedback and ourselves looking over the game, we thought it would be a good time for a brand refresh, as we call it. So, Hearts of Iron IV now has a new lovely key art with an additional gentleman in the back (let me know if you know who he is!), a new logo, and a little new icon that represents the game on Steam! This is also accompanied by "Waking the Tiger," "Death or Dishonor," and "Together for Victory" now being part of the base game in all senses. If you want to see a cool new trailer, check below! [previewyoutube=F-uGP2DkZKE;full][/previewyoutube]

Sales and Discounts Starting at 19:00 CET

Base Game

• Hearts of Iron IV 80% off

Expansions

• Hearts of Iron IV: Arms Against Tyranny 20% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: By Blood Alone 30% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: No Step Back 40% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: La Rsistance 50% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns 60% off

Country Pack

• Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus 60% off

Music & Unit Packs

• Hearts of Iron IV: Songs of the Eastern Front 50% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: Eastern Front Planes 50% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: Allied Speeches Pack 60% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: Radio Pack 50% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack 50% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: Sabaton Soundtrack Vol. 2 50% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: Allied Armor 60% off
• Hearts of Iron IV: Axis Armor 50% off

War Effort

I know it's been quite some time since our last War Effort patch, but we're restarting very soon with the "War Effort Roadmap"! The content will vary from patch to patch, but the size of the updates will be similar to last year's. They will also arrive monthly, with quite a few planned before the upcoming expansion about [REDACTED], which is arriving later this year. Now for a recap of what War Effort is for those of you that might have forgotten or for any new faces that are present! What is War Effort? It's what's in the middle of a maintenance patch and a major update. They tend to include bug fixes, small quality-of-life tweaks and changes, gameplay balance adjustments, but most excitingly, they include new gameplay perspectives and focuses for some countries with older content. Now, what that means is that we revisit older released content and give it a more modern look. That all sounds awesome, right? But it's important to know that this does not involve large changes to major systems, feature-level implementations, or non-fix changes to key calculations (combat, production, etc.). This is partly to ensure that mod support during these small updates remains manageable. We will receive larger changes for major updates that come alongside DLCs. Now, what you've all been waiting for. Below, you can see the new and improved Roadmap! And trust me, there's more lurking beyond the shadows.